etherealwinds's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Soul Strings]

I love this so much <3

Bosa responds:

thank you sm!

[Day and Night]

I love this. Nice amount of reverb in the orchestral parts too! Beautiful composition. What are those xylo sounds btw?

[AIM - out of order]

You really are something special.
Amazing work! <3

Miyolophone responds:

Aww, thank you Jordi!

[The Refugee's Song]

I love this. <3333333

Troisnyx responds:

This is one that needs redoing at some point. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? :D

[AIM - distance]

Oh Trois. It's been too long that I've listened to your music but I'm gonna immediately go back and listen to as many of your tracks as I can after listening to this. You're such an amazing songwriter both equally as a composer and a lyricist. Your songs and your words always tell an amazing story and you have such thoughtful elements in your tracks.

I agree that the piano would benefit well from being a lot louder, perhaps a bit brighter and with a different reverb. At times the piano sounds a little muffled and drowned out, especially because it's so quiet. I love the chord choices though and each chord flows from one to the next beautifully.

As I mentioned before, I always love your lyrics. These must be some of your best lyrics yet in my opinion. If I was solely a singer and not a composer myself, I'd totally hire you to write an album of songs for me to perform because I always resonate with your work so much! We have to collaborate sometime.

Vocal-wise, the mixing is definitely the best I've heard it! I'm not sure the reverb on the vocals supports the actual performance perfectly - which reverb plugin did you use? I think once you find a reverb plugin that really brings out the most in your voice, it will be so magical!! I love the harmony vocals. I didn't really get the right-ear heavy mix of some of the harmonies because it sounded a little asymmetrical to me. The recordings are gorgeous though and very tight, very Enya, and definitely your strength. I'd say focus your vocal practice on tonal dynamics and holding a steady tone! Your voice is always so beautiful so continue to practice controlling your voice. Your quiet vocals at the beginning and the end sound so sensitive and vulnerable, which really suits the vocals.

In terms of how much I love the song, I can't give this anything less than a 5/5. Such beautiful work. Usually I don't feel all that comfortable critiquing peoples' work - I much prefer to enjoy it! I guess Newgrounds is one of those websites that is an exception which is one of the reasons I love the honesty the audio community has to offer each other.

Seriously, collab soon pls. <3

Troisnyx responds:

Fruity Reeverb 2 was what I used. I do have Ambience but thought it'd be overkill XD

I agree with you, let's collab soon. I'm absorbing the review as I speak. I hope that it will get better somehow.

[A Naïve Admirer]

You are so talented! I love the effort you've put into the composition of this track. I keep thinking the middle section of this piece is gonna go into a russian version of Harry Potter. Is that the Joshua Bell violin? :) sounds really nice! Some parts of the mix sound a little dry but otherwise it the mix sounds pretty nice. I love the attention to dynamics on each individual part!

[To Save You]

<33

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

<333

[Countryside]

So nice.

[C'mon, Girl]

what's a girl?

johnfn responds:

you singing this SPECIFIC song was definitely my favorite part

[Re:Reveris ~ Vocal Ver.]

I really enjoyed this. One of my favourite of your works to date. This has a very Final Fantasy X feel to it, for me. I feel that perhaps the strings are a little muffled and your vocals are quite loud compared to the instrumental. Your mixing on the vocals has definitely improved though. This reverb really carries your voice well and your performance was very emotional. I loved that part after the first chorus though! I don't want to get this wrong, but during the intro, it sounds to me like I can hear the sounds of your lips/mouth, reverberated. It may be a slight effect or something, but it sounds like you didn't clean the vocal track up before you started singing. Usually all it takes is just a silence of the parts that you're not singing/breathing to cut those bits out, but I may be wrong if this was intended!

This song is really strong Trois! I love the ending too. Keep working hard and keep these songs coming, because they're inspiring and a pleasure to listen to.