Aalasteir's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pursuit (Madness: Ricochet OST)]

You two make an amazing team! Wishing you a Happy Madness Day as well. I was blown away by how awesome the song is—the guitar is heavy, the drums are fast and full of energy, and the song's structure, the guitar solos, is excellently done!

@TeraVex what advice has helped you in making Madness music?

@TeffyD how did you develop your guitar style?

I wish I could make music this good! I mostly create industrial like Madness music and often use Trash 2 by iZotope—it's my favorite distortion VST. I also really like Omnisphere 2.

TeffyD responds:

I got my guitar style from Steve Vai and Joe Satriani where its more strat sounding (even if I dont own one lol), and playing when I was 14 or so like 8 hours a day for years on Rocksmith 2014, Its all self taught which means its not the best but I enjoy it

[Crypt Voice - SIERRA NEVADA [MSN OST]]

Your song is incredible! The bass and melody create such a spooky atmosphere—it's truly excellent. It’s like a mix of Halloween and synthwave, and they complement each other perfectly—immaculate vibes!

@CryptVoice what elements do you value most in music, and why?

CryptVoice responds:

Experimentation and dark vibes

[SARAH SCHMIDT | CREATIVE BLOCK #182]

Great episode! I remember seeing Vegeversary on Newgrounds, and I think the animation is excellent.

[The theme I play while you are not here]

Majestic composition!

[SAM GRINBERG | CREATIVE BLOCK #181]

Sean's mic is quite distorted at the beginning, and sometimes his voice distorts later on as well—there might be something wrong with the levels. It was awesome to hear about the experiences of working on The Simpsons, as well as the insights into both animation and comics. It's great to know that starting as a production assistant gives you a better overview of the production process as an artist. The advice on connecting and collaborating with other artists is invaluable—being able to collaborate is such an important skill, especially since animation is fundamentally a collaborative format.

As for the comment about stretching intestines across the planet, that’s definitely a big exaggeration! I don’t think they would reach that far, although they could stretch quite a bit. This part might sound out of place if someone reads the review out of context!

CreativeBlockPod responds:

His mc should be good for the next record. Thanks for making it through the rough audio bits.

[Euphoric [Purplerized]]

Nice! My head is bopping, and I’m fully enjoying how powerful the drums and bass are! @KittyhawkMontrose's artwork matches extremely well, very dynamic!

Dieswyx responds:

Glad you liked it!!! 💜

[PAYTON FINNEY | CREATIVE BLOCK #180]

If I were to pitch Newgrounds to people, I would say that it is a platform run by real people who genuinely care about the community. You can message the moderators, and even Tom himself, about any problems you have or issues you see. People will actively try to resolve them, which is actually terrific. It's also excellent advice to collaborate with others on creating projects. There were many great and funny conversations in the podcast episode, and it was interesting to hear about gross-out humor. I personally wish there had been a Newgrounds link to PFINNEY under Follow the guest!

[Zenology (NGADM - Round 2)]

Excellent song! Your structure is well-defined, with a variety of sounds that create a rich soundscape. You are very skilled at making music. Congratulations on making it to round 2!

@G2961 how do you start on making a song?

G2961 responds:

Thank you more! I'm so glad to see your comment and it's so nice to read it! I started making music spontaneously, I just started with the same electronic music, and then switched to Phonk, but my remixes of the song LONDON from the band SLEEPING HUMMINGBIRD, which gave me fame. Then I started making my own music and became a better.
then it took almost 2 years. I started this song by writing a piano part and continuing it. and then 3 days passed and the song is ready!

[Dew]

Jamming song! Great melody.

@Ru2Tu2 if you were to start over learning music, how would you begin?

Ru2Tu2 responds:

Thanks for enjoying this song. Well... since I've considered composing and using daw as exploring new world or playing with toys, I'm just struggling over and over to find melodies that I want to listen to and have every component make sense. I just clicked every button when I first tried to use FL Studio and FLM, and it was quite fun :)

[There's No Sunlight (Alt. Mix)]

The detuned sound is amazingly unique. Thank you for listing the instruments you use. The drums are well-mixed, and the panning is done effectively. The timbre is of high quality.

@im-leia how did you develop your style?

@im-leia how do you decide on creating your song? And why?

@im-leia how did you become interested in making music?

im-leia responds:

thank you. i do that to help folks who don't know where to go to make the music they hear in their head, like me a while ago

-10 years of fucking around in fl studio, making whatever i felt like. i listened to a lot of edm in the earlier years (2014-2015), then i listened to a ton of deadmau5 for a while (2015-2019), then i transitioned to mau5trap at large and now i'm just listening to chill house things and dnb and whatever i can get my hands on

-i made this song a while ago, around november 2019. i wanted to put out a synthwave album and that was the perfect song to remake

-blame my dad (his big huge grand piano definitely didn't hurt my musical prospects)