JimmyTheCaterpillar's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[IAmRustin - scratchy (TRACKTOBER)]

love the way the scratching sample gets played with here throughout, though at times it feels just a hair offbeat.

the track is pretty lowkey but the quality is not! you have a great ear for structure & its super super impressive you made tracktober work. keep up the passion, you can go really far!

200andSeven responds:

thanks for the feedback!! excited to do this again next year 🙌🙌

[IAmRustin - dANKE!]

super tired rn so i cant go into super detail BUT i liked this a lot!!!!!!!!!!

200andSeven responds:

haha glad you liked it!

[Eater of Leaf]

how the fuck have yall not been scouted yet. love your efforts let's be friends

sloggermusic responds:

Thanks so much!!!!!

[D3NTISTXCOMMERCIAL]

this is hype I love the little lead that could!!

I love the percussion, I love the single off-key note that plays at 0:30 to signal in the heavier chords -- like honestly. I love the choppiness of it. There is a futuristic quality here that carries hope and mundanity in equal parts. It kinda reminds me of Laurie Anderson (Big Science; O Superman) whose energy I love.

Thank you this one is awesome! The name is hype too :D

F1regek responds:

haha thank you again! this song is pretty much just me experimenting with layering sounds and creating "landscapes" of sound and I am pretty proud of this too! im glad u liked it aswell :)

[old one, cold stinker]

the overall atmosphere successfully is imposing and eerie.

however, I find a lot of the percussive qualities of the track feel off-beat, as if they're being played randomly across the bar with no real pattern. This is evident especially in portions like 0:55-1:00. I believe this sort of clashing is bringing down the track a bit.

I like the percussive sounds in a vacuum however -- the part I mentioned earlier, sounds like spoons scraping against a bowl and it's kinda freaky and I like it.

My favorite portion of the song is essentially 1:32-1:54, where it feels like everything is in the reins working together. The drop is cool, especially because the mood doesn't exactly stop. I love the kinda fake drop that happens right at 1:31, making way for the real one at 1:41. Very fun.

The ending is kinda metronome-y and I feel like that could be improved too!

Overall, this is an interesting track with some unique flavor and I appreciated the listen, thank you! Keep going :)

F1regek responds:

wow thank you so much for taking the time to write this!! i definetly agree on some parts the end was supposed to be like a metronome thingy but i appreciate you a lot for this review!!

[bLACk iS thE sOUL]

I agree with BBaNK on the bit about more character on the drums, but I love the droning nature of this, more than anything. I love the subdued nature of this apocalyptic presentation -- it's reminding me very much of the later tracks on Carpenter Brut's Trilogy LP -- I think it's a total vibe.

The way it dips out so fast it makes me think that there's another track that is meant to follow!

I would listen to this kinda stuff on long late night drives all the time when I was younger. Shit's hype :)

ADR3-N responds:

That's a high compliment! I actually started this track off with nothing but the throat singing, a random dubstep drum loop that I clipped into dnb, and some samples I had made myself from clapstack cymbals. A huge experiment and a rush-job, but I think it paid off

One of these days I want to revisit and de-ess the vocals some more. I was recording 2 inches from an unshielded mic at whisper volume. You can kinda hear my Russian hard H and non-aspirated T aha

[Poison Mind (Castlevania Remix)]

just about anything castlevania is positive to me!! right on!

ADR3-N responds:

Castlevania has some of the best VGM I've ever heard. Thanks for the review!

[Commerce Among the Clouds]

very much reminiscent of northern city and smog. funny how hope and certain desire can shine through despite.

i enjoyed this, thank you!

Pondererer responds:

Nah dude thank *you* for the review boss

[Flood Warning]

hype shit. i wish i had more to properly say beyond that i was engaged throughout the entire runtime and that you gave me a lot to think about in my own creative process with this song -- so thank you! i will eagerly check out your future/other work :)

MandrakeGuy responds:

thank you so much!

[Running Out of Time]

the clock ticking immediately sets thematic elements. cinematic is definitely the genre.

i love the skipping journey the piano takes on the lower octaves, i love the burst of energy in the piece, and the way it peels back to the strings and the piano and than smashes back on again -- it's all very inspired yeahyeah! i do find myself wondering where the clock went ;; not that i want it pervading the whole track, but its complete omission is a little curious.

I really really love the parts the bells play at the end of this; really good implementation of what can be a clumsy instrument.

right on!

Latadenata responds:

Thank you for all your comments, you are so good at giving feedback that It made me want to hear my own songs again XD

Thank you!