MichaelJ's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Animation demo skit]

That was silly! I wouldn't call it a demo, but it was really creative. Good job.

Ultraconsole responds:

Haha why not?
It demonstrates a variety of my character voices in a relatively short amount of time. But I get that it isn't a demo in the traditional sense. Just a fresh take on it.

[Fugu Complex BTS 10]

I want to record with you guys too! Call me next time you are recording. I have only recorded episode 1 so far.

RiverK responds:

He recorded all 5 that day.

[Call THAT a Terrible Demo]

Hired.

Omahdon responds:

I'm really, really geuninely talented. Not like that sellout talentless douche-wad who doesn't have talent. Yeah, that guy. The sellout talentless douche-wad. Yeah.

[[HoS] Giant Evil Alien Insects]

It's a neat idea, but the motif should change after about 24 seconds. It gets way too repetitive.

HonorOfStyle responds:

Thanks! That's good advice.
I changed it up and it sounds better now.

[Cthulhu Surfaces]

The first minute really reminds me of Jaws.
I just love the cool little percussion sections.
From about 2:50 to the end reminds me of this computer game I used to play called Ghost Master.
Needless to say, I enjoyed this!

headphoamz responds:

Haha, sweeeet! Love the music to Jaws! Never heard of Ghost Master, but the fact that it reminded you of a game is wonderful. Thanks Michael! :)

[GM - Dragon Of The South]

I don't normally listen to heavy metal, but this is very solid. I am impressed.

InYourDreams responds:

Thank you! It's allways nice to hear someone likes my music, even if he doesn't normaly like this style of music. Specially if that someone is also another good musician ;).

[Draesdne Adaas]

Finally, a worthy opponent.
Props for using organs. I would never attempt that. You did a good job with this piece, but for me, it wasn't quite as memorable as some of your other work.
@BrokenDeck I thought about Phantom of the Opera as well!

samulis responds:

Glad to hear you liked it. Memorability wasn't really the goal- hitting the right textures was. When I heard you took the path of emotion, I took the path of logic and tradition, the opposite. I figure anything I can do to make those judges think is worthwhile!

You should try organ sometime, it's quite fun!

[Lazy Island Daze]

I'm with headphoamz on this one. This was neat! I could definitely hear it in a happy little video game.
The bagpipes got annoying very quickly. I'd rather them change or not be there at all.
Overall, good job.

acmeDyne responds:

I had the bagpipe operator shot so it won't happen again. ;)
Thanks for the review!

[In the end]

This is impressive for one evening. It was pretty enjoyable. The ending felt a bit weak, maybe because it trailed off. I would have loved to hear your live performers.. Too bad.
Good luck though!

BlazingDragon responds:

Thanks Michael! Hope to see you in the contest next year.

[Main Title Heroes]

I like some of your ideas, especially what you have going on at the beginning.
I know, and I'm sure you know that an intro sequence for a film wouldn't normally be 4 minutes long. It sounds to me like you crammed a few different ideas into this piece, and they don't all work together. Keep at it!

TheBenjerman responds:

Thanks. I'm not writing a regular intro sequence though, I wrote a main title sequence, a la any of the Spider Man movies, James Bond films, etc. (not the amazing spider man). The idea is to feed all of the major musical themes to the audience during the credits so they have something to latch onto later on. I definitely crammed a bunch of themes in there and if you think they don't work together I might have to work on my transitions. :/

4 minutes MIGHT be a tad long, but in my experience they range from about 3-5 minutes.

Thanks for the review!