Phonometrologist's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sunset Pyramid]

Love the falling melody. Starting at 1:33 Is intriguing to me. To be honest, there were a couple of notes that sounds like "fumbling" on the keys, but I don't take them to be as such that would inhibit my enjoyment of the piece.
The unrest amidst the beauty of the beginning and end gives it a nice contrast. The hesitation between notes fits well with the discords throughout. You do seem to convey a story in your improvisations to which I can walk alongside with in my thoughts.

[Lycanthropy]

What I enjoyed:
When that bass comes in!
The synth complements it well.
The silences between sections.
How the music follows the story line that you've mentioned--can follow the imagery that you've provided

Not so much:
Needs more of a contrast between the "Man" and "Werewolf."
A bit more variation toward the end (3:15). At some point, what you've written/played has already been heard, and so with a producer mindset, I would vary the timbre more. Typically after 4 bars, one expects to hear something noticeably different.

I should also note that the pattern on how you constructed your chords works well for the flow of the piece: a chord for 8 beats, and then two for 4 beats.

How long did you spend working on it?

Voltus responds:

hey thanks for your review!

It took me roughly 10 to 12 hours to finish it. It might have been more.

[anxiety attack]

The drums cut through quite nicely, and this piece does have an interesting atmosphere that keeps me intrigued to the point where my mind seeks for meaning. In other words, it gets me wondering what to expect next. Although it does tend to be a bit repetitive, I like the synth and bass. I imagine this to fit quite nicely to a FPS sci-fi kind of game, or any game that involves one to roam around.
The one critique I'll mention is the lack of variation after about 2 minutes and 30 seconds of listening to it directly, but like I said before, if I were to listen indirectly while doing something else, it can be effective.

[Mountains]

Can’t say exactly why I enjoyed this piece. Simple, yet soothing. Just an enjoyable piece that I can allow to wash over me. If I wasn’t listening to this while at work, perhaps I could give an analysis to why this works so well, but just wanted to say that this is a good piece of music right here.

[Provincia]

Nice arrangement
Good rhythm
I like the guitar and the adding of layers
Great chord progression
The piece kept my ears interested--3 minutes seemed more like 1 minute
Overall, great sound

I would put this under General Rock or Indie

[SpaceyShip]

At first second, I thought I was going to hear Old McDonald, so there's your minus two stars there since I actually wanted to hear that. I also got a little scared that the spaceyship was going to crash on my face, and so I had to lower the volume 15 seconds in. Welcome to the portal!

bashfrog responds:

Thank you for your welcome, and giving your honest opinion. :)

[AnchorGrinder: AG007]

This sounds like a satire for video game music. Love the rhythm and the depth of this piece. I can definitely hear the distinct traits between you and Heartgrinder in here as I know that’s the point. Would have liked to hear more of that motif at 2:20 to be developed a little more.

Anchorwind responds:

I'm not sure which bits you think are me and which you think are Heartgrinder - but you may be surprised from time to time. It isn't always I'm the dark, heavy, percussive one and HG's the lighter, brighter, melodic one. While yes we do have contrasting styles, it is more: gravity and tempo, as opposed to instrumental choices or anything else. I'm glad you enjoyed, however. There will likely be more at some point when the stars align again.

[The Gate [NGASS 2014]]

This track earned you another fan. Was very impressed by this amidst the many great NGASS submissions.
Love it.

ObsidianSnow responds:

Thanks! :D

[Falling Forever]

Nicely done. I’m enjoying the atmosphere that your synths are providing. I like the layers and rhythm as it keeps this interesting and it doesn’t allow it to be too repetitive. Repetition is fine if the timbre is something that can keep the listener engaged which this certainly does for me.

Comixnik responds:

Thanks!

[In a While]

Anytime there might be a complaint that a piece is too short, that is a good sign.
I like everything about it, but I was expecting more. So good job in a way that this actually makes me curious to hear your other work because of the brevity of it.

Semaphore responds:

Please go on =)

Heard your last classical piece very complex and I'm sure I will never reach the complexity in live playing neither in my songs but I appreciate that you like my music =)

Thank you very much Phonometrologist