etherealwinds's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[NGDAM & NGUAC Extras 2024]

This was super fun! Thanks for having me :D

Irish-Soul responds:

Thanks for lending your incredible talents and letting me use them!

[My planet wants me back]

Honestly, so inspiring. This gives me Final Fantasy IX vibes too; my favourite of all games! You're an incredible composer :)

Tennon responds:

Thank you so much!!! You are too!

[Under the tree]

This is so beautiful. It reminds me of Ōkami's soundtrack. One of the prettiest compositions I've ever heard on Newgrounds <3

Tennon responds:

Thank you so much Etherealwinds, you're an amazing composer!

[A Silent Mist]

Sleeeepy <3

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Sleepyyyy <3

[Could've been something Neat...]

Tämä on itse asiassa aika hyvä - ehdottomasti korvamato. Onnea kilpailuun! :)

EppuJoloZ responds:

Aina yhtä yllättävää kun täällä pääsee kommunikoimaan omalla kielellä! Hyvin underwhelming sävellys ja luova toteutus - mutta sentään saundit on ruuvattu viimeisen päälle ja siitä oon iha ylpeä. Kiitos paljon!

[The Ghost And The Fairy]

Do I hear a nod to FF's prelude in this?! I love this!! You always know exactly the right notes to hit me right in the feels. It makes sense, given that we both have very similar inspirations in our own music, that I'd like this. Still though, you never fail to surprise me with where you take your music. It feels just as fresh as it does nostalgic, and that is a really rare balance to hit successfully. You manage it seemingly effortlessly, somehow. Very impressive :)

Interloping responds:

I definitely had the crystal theme in mind when I was putting together this piece, you have a very good ear. Embarrassingly, I wrote this before I learned how to fade notes on FL studio so it didn't quite come out as gentle as I had wanted it to. However I did write this in like an hour, so considering the time frame I think it came out pretty good o:

I want to bring back the tones of the past, and show people that modern music doesn't always mean best. If I can convey my emotions through sound and make people feel what I do, then I'm glad I'm hitting my target.

A lot of these earlier pieces of mine were made with a very limited understanding of FL studio, and I'm still learning new things every time I use it. I'm diving into new sound fonts and attempting to find ones that I like. I have always used the same DAC Drum kit though

[Coastal Town]

I saw "Town" in the title and jumped to the left clicker on the mouse immediately. This is such a unique take on a coastal town theme but it works perfectly. I'm from a coastal town myself, and can definitely picture this song playing as I'm walking along the seafront, with the harbour nearby and the park on the other side of the road. So lovely :)

Interloping responds:

I'm no Nobuo by any means, but I definitely had Costa Del Sol in mind while writing this. I wish I could just project sounds straight from my head into FL studio before all my ideas disappear as I'm writing them. ADHD is tough sometimes :P

[Custom Pokemon Battle Music (For Team "Simply Lemonade")]

All of your music just oozes with nostalgia and soul. I'm having more fun than I've had in a long time just listening to your beautiful songs, one after another. Another very amazing track, which is no surprise!

Interloping responds:

I actually had to write this track because Nintendo has been slapping people with their foreskin lately for using any of their music in YouTube uploads.

I'm part of an amazing team on PokeMMO, and we recently have been hosting PvP tournaments and uploading the replays, and I was tasked with writing a few tracks to paste onto the uploads.

This was my first piece to use the Pokemon Emerald soundfont, which I have grown very fond of and am still using to this very day!

[Keep Them Coming! (NGUAC Knockout Round)]

You're quickly becoming one of my favourite artists on Newgrounds to listen to. Again, you really have that early Final Fantasy feel which, if it were a genre, would probably be my favourite. Throw some early Pokemon in there too! It's sooo good. Your music has so much heart! Also, I forgot I left loop on and it just looped seamlessly. I nearly missed it. Huge kudos for that :D

Interloping responds:

This track is actually one of my favorites, I had written it on nothing but adrenaline and excitement at around 2 AM if I recall correctly, but it turned out far better than I expected it to. It also ended up being my most successful upload of all time, making it into a few playlists and being my first front page submission

[ONE WITH EVERYTHING]

I just listened through all the NGUAC final entries and this is the last track. It makes for a really uplifting and celebratory end to my listening spree of what has been an insanely impressive final round. I really enjoyed listening to this song, and you clearly have a ear for a nice melody. If there was any constructive advice to give, it would just be that perhaps your music could benefit from diversifying things up a bit! Whether it's the chords, melody or instrumentation, or even just adding some modulations here and there, it would really take it to another level!! That's really just a small detail though, and I really enjoyed the overall positive atmosphere that you crafted with your song. It gave me all the good feelzzz <3

Good luck with the contest, WoogLord! :)

WoogLord responds:

I couldn't agree more! It's like you are reading off the list of things I want to work on for the next songs :)

Thanks so much EtherealWinds!