Aalasteir's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[JOHNNY RYAN | CREATIVE BLOCK #205]

I like the advice of not waiting for inspiration, just start. It’s baffling to hear about how the executives meddle with stories, trying to make everything "nice." It’s funny when the characters have conflict.

[Starlit Sunset]

Great mixed bass! And sound design!

[NG Megamix Collab]

Fantastic work! Great job on making a lot of cool songs!

[B-boy feat. Maxxjamez - Mahdi's Cool Funkin' Mod OST]

Cool energy!

[Jungle is Massive]

Great vibe!

[Sensationally Qualmish (instruments)]

Fantastic work James! I especially like how you're pushing sound design to realms I haven't heard before.

JamesHeart responds:

yeah i was really pushing the boundaries here trying to make it work while also breaking rules

this could be Drum'n'Bass but i felt it broke to many rules

[BEN BAKER | CREATIVE BLOCK #204]

This is my favorite episode currently. Yep, it must really suck to have your art stolen by lame, lame dickheads. I think bands hiring based on an account's following is a very real factor in their decision-making process when choosing who to hire for gigs.

1:26:00 - Newgrounds mentioned! Stick Figure Animations are cool.

Getting a tattoo where one of the words is missing from your deep, inspirational quote is funny. That is actually a valid way to bring down the price. If the quote is too long, you could just remove a couple of words to make it cheaper.

It’s a good point, the people who try to replace artists with AI wouldn’t be good people to work for in the first place.

[Windswept In The Chilly Nostalgia]

Excellent song! The structure is good, and nice jazz.

ZuwerWS responds:

Regarding the structure I'm not 100% satisfied about it. There are two main factors as for why it came out the way it did: Gentle Giant / Time Crunch. Last week right in the middle of when I was working on this song was the first time I listened to any song of Gentle Giant, and to be honest I love their progression and style. I already listened to the entirety of the first album, and today once I'm done with the solo for the second NGMC song I'm gonna listen to the second album. I also originally, well during the day I was really crunching it hoped that I'd have enough time to turn the minute long solo into a four minute long one and basically have it switch much less frequently, and develop each of the little tunes it transitions to much more, but eventually I was just so tired and done I decided to take everything I had and make a Frankenstein monster out of the solo, and while I think it does sound alright, I definitely wished for much more, but oh well, I'll try to make my next attempt much better

[Finding Falkor]

Great bass, and the breakdown is very satisfying.

JamesHeart responds:

trying to catch the old vibe without going old ^^ .. i see things i could have done here

[Wonder Deep]

The sound design is very expressive.

JamesHeart responds:

yeah i was trying for odd idea here. ^^ .. things come to mind when i think about the choices i had with this