Aalasteir's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Guns (Pico Day Mix) - Friday Night Funkin' UST]

Great teamwork! The song you have created is excellent, a barrage of violent flourishes that evoke an auditory combat scene. A legendary rap battle! The chart is not going to be easy on this one! Excellent for celebrating Pico Day and the Newgrounds community. You are all awesome!

MasterHand4444 responds:

Thank you Aalasteir!! I’m very glad you enjoyed it :D

[A Sine of Relief Collab]

Thank you! @xanxoepico @TheNormalMusic @Theepicosity @MYYA @MastaPowa7 @Anonymous-Frog you all have a great sense of creativity.

I am happy that the collaboration is out!

BeepBoxClock responds:

hey

[Riding - Att 2]

The atmosphere is excellent, and the beat is well-structured and unique. Very atmospheric! Great melody!

oChron1cTQ responds:

Tysm!

Atmosphere is mostly created by this cool FL Studio plugin called "Fruity Convolver," it convolutes the sound and mimics a real space. The reverb is awesome, and imo it's better than Fruity Reeverb 2

For the structure I just decided a nice, chill buildup would be nice, glad to see it payed off!

For the melody, I had to redo it, (hence why it is named Riding - Att 2), actually I redid it multiple times, once on a complete do-over on a new project, and the other one was jus an edit.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Winter Solstice (full ver)]

Very cool and atmospheric. You have a good sense of progression, and the mix is balanced well.

MrMcMusic responds:

Thank you very much Aalasteir!

[Newgrounds Squatchcast #1 - Bigfoot Is a Newgrounder That Smokes Weed]

Great to hear about Newgrounders' philosophy concerning Bigfoot. It's interesting that there was a no advertisement rule.

45:30 - Certified Kahoot! moment

vurb responds:

you’re going to fucking die

[MrMcMusic X Aalasteir - Super King]

Thank you so much for collaborating, and the song sounds excellent! It's awesome to hear that you found it very fun to make and had a great experience.

MrMcMusic responds:

Thanks for collaborating with me! I’m glad I had this opportunity!

[DANNY HYNES | CREATIVE BLOCK #165]

Amazing episode! There were lots of great discussions about experiences at art school and many philosophical discussions about art, which were very interesting, especially when it was put into perspective that animation is teamwork-based. I am less skeptical of art school now that I have listened to the perspective that was shared by Danny.

The discussion and philosophy of living, getting to the perspective of not seeing yourself as you do the work, and not being focused on trying to control the bigger picture, but rather on doing the work, as well as talking about living a life opposite to narcissism and getting rid of the self-centered mentality, and focusing on doing good work, was a good talk.

Strange of May 1, 2024 - The episode is just titled Episode 165 - There are no information and links in the Author Comments, I find this strange; there must be an addition that will be added later. Perhaps there is something that I am missing, though most crucially, the audio is here and fully functional.

CreativeBlockPod responds:

Technically, this episode is for next week. We upload an episode one week early for a our patreon supporters, but we're still figuring out a system for Newgrounds. It'll be updated by tonight so you can follow/support the guest of this episodes!

[Fall Away]

The song has great energy and powerful vocals. There's a lot of variation in the soundscape, making it a well-structured composition with well-defined, balanced, and organized strong tonalities that contribute to a high-intensity environment. Excellent teamwork!

ADR3-N responds:

Thank you! The whole project really came as a shock, more so than usual even. I feel like @SkankyMojo was the glue that tied it all together, the secret sauce. Without him it'd just be another unfinished project, or lyric files sitting in the corner waiting for an inspired beat! He did a fantastic job with the chord progression and bridge, which exceeded both of our expectations. Really floored me the first time I heard it and is still my favorite part of the song!

[Animation Industry Podcast 252: Celeste Art Director Pedro Medeiros & How To Become A Professional P]

Terry, you are a great animator, a great person, a great listener.

You are awesome. The skill, dedication, and passion you have for expression are extremely humbling to witness. Your ability to appreciate art and give artists honest and sincere appreciation is deeply admirable. Thank you so much for starting conversations, and listening to awesome artists.

Pedro Medeiros has some of the best pixel art tutorials I've ever seen!

I'm extremely happy to hear about Medeiros' experiences with creating amazing pixel art and his journey and advice. I really appreciate his advice on creating mock-up game scenes!

An amazing artist with great passion and lots of respect for the arts, and we are all so lucky for his interest in expressing and creating games. It is so true that it's easy to neglect technical skill and the power that giving a bit of curiosity to see what craftsmanship and being inspired by different types of art and creating more unique games instead of just trying to do the same thing that everybody else is doing, which is just going to feel dated. But what's not going to feel dated is passion, expression, and telling a story that resonates with oneself. That takes a lot of strength, the willingness to be vulnerable in art.

Thank you so much, Medeiros! Absolute Legend.

terryibele responds:

Wow! What a great message to read. Thank you so much for the kind words to me and Pedro. Appreciate you tuning in a lot! I'm very happy I got to come on your show as well. Best!

[The Josh Abatecola Interview]

Josh Abatecola @guyfromKillerRAT is insightful. I feel that his perspective on: GG Allin; instead of trying to be offensive, is expressing himself, even if it's with smashing his head with his microphone and defecating on stage. It's still better than most pop musicians.

Regarding Toaster Love and Furry Avore (Vore Request), I was surprised by how funny the songs sound. I actually thought they were quite good with interesting backstories as well.

I'm happy Josh's music is still available, and the fact that I got the opportunity to listen to You too talk. Is amazing!

But when will the transcription be added? Does that need to be a transcription?

Lots of good talks about the backstory of his songs were very interesting. You asked really good questions, and I appreciate the fact that you listened and valued the information that was given. You showed interest, and that means a lot. The respect you showed for his craft is very nice, and the atmosphere of the conversation was great.

@Cyberdevil How did you decide to create interviews? I would say it sounded very professional and extremely well-made.

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@Cyberdevil

Now, what I've done some research GG Allin did admit to rape people on Jerry Springer. His birth name is Jesus Christ Allin. He has undoubtedly done vile actions. I have read on a Reddit the most trustworthy source, there is a lot of false information about him, though even if 5% of it is true, then he is still gross. And dead.

Perhaps someone can explain the sources and what actually happened.

But he is very much dead and he may rest in piss, literally people were pissing on his grave. It's still better than most pop musicians.
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Thank you @guyfromKillerRAT you are right. That is his main selling point as an artist, it's pretty difficult to completely blame him for acting inappropriately, if that is a large component of his performance. If the man who is known for throwing poopsie surprises at the crowd is doing something awful, I don't think people should be surprised. That is true, we don't know what type of activities he got up to, when no cameras were around.

Cyberdevil responds:

That he is! Ah GG Allin... didn't recall him being referenced here. Was reading up on his story just recently. Expressing yourself - no matter how extreme said forms of expression may be - is fine by me, but raping and hurting others in the process of expressing yourself... his path seems a more questionable one to me after recent research. Maybe I'm reading the wrong sources.

It really was a grand debut, and Josh still is making music if you want to check out the new stuff!

The transcription thing's still in my bookmarks. XD I tried running the audio file through an automatic service to get that, but it didn't work so well, requires a looot of manual adjustments, still do plan to get to this eventually it's just way back on the backburner now.

Appreciate the commentary Aalesteir, and glad you enjoyed this! The incentive's all thanks to Josh actually. :) Personally I'm not super proud of my interview tone, I get unreasonably jittery and/or silent with any kind of directed speaking, but it was a good experience! Glad we got it out there; hopefully it helped sell a record or two too. :P