etherealwinds's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[To Save You]

<33

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

<333

[C'mon, Girl]

what's a girl?

johnfn responds:

you singing this SPECIFIC song was definitely my favorite part

[Once Upon a Time]

Really interesting instrumentation here. I like the fusion. This is really great but you've certainly improved in the last year even! I love me a key change, so I'm glad you make good use of them in your tracks, often :)

Miyolophone responds:

Oh man, is this a blast from the past :P
And key changes make everything better, don't they?

[Market Day (KindLing A0S1)]

Damn that part at 2:05 was so good. There's a lot that I can learn from your approach to your own music that would help me in mine. That subtle keydrop at 2:31 that is almost unnoticeable was a really nice touch too. The guitar could do with sounding a little more humanised. The velocity of the notes all seems a bit too even. The music box sample is really nice. The violin... viola??? could do with being a lot more humanised too. :) I love your composition style though. Something really special about your work.

Miyolophone responds:

Yeah, totally agree about the humanization on this one... I need to do some revisions but I keep forgetting. Glad you enjoyed though!

[astrEnfant]

Your attention to detail really adds a lot to your work. Those subtle reverses are an eargasm. Really enjoyed the seciont at 1:28. Is that a dizi flute vst? Sounds super nice. Really nice melodies throughout the track! Your mixing is bright and everything sits in the mix very clearly. That part at 3:07 was great too. And at 3:17. And all of it. Just keep doing what you're doing.

Miyolophone responds:

Thanks Jordi! The flute (shakuhachi, technically) is just from the Kontakt factory library and when I stumbled on it I knew I'd have to work it in somehow...

[Mandragora]

I'm not aware of M2U or Nicode or anything ...oops. But this was thoroughly enjoyable!

Miyolophone responds:

Thank you! You should totally check them out haha they're amazing

[It Will Blow Over]

Thanks, I thought I was alone for a while!
That part at 2:42 is so damn satisfying to listen to. As usual, really catchy track. I think the mix sounds a bit underwhelming for the most part. The string/pads doesn't really shine through too much in my opinion, and the track could do with some more bass to really flesh it all out. I feel that the percussion could pack a bit more of a punch too. I like that you mentioned 'Christmas' in your genre because the bells were transporting me to December. Hope you go back to this track because it's really good! :)

McGorilla42 responds:

Thanks for the comment, Jordi

Yeah, I feel like the success of this rested largely on the mix because it isn't a hugely impressive track when it comes to the composition, and it falls short in that regard on a few fronts. Again, I'd rather not point out what I feel is wrong where everyone can read it but I think you can probably tell from what you wrote ;) Also, no lyrics RIP.