MJTTOMB's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[_-={Subito Crudelo}=-_]

Nice.

Although musically brilliant, I found the mix to be terrible. The voice was FAR louder than EVERYTHING. At least give another instrument a spotlight. the voice, although beautiful, got boring after singing for three minutes straight with no interruptions.

I think you kind of sacrificed the "Maestro touch" by writing for solo voice. The mix just sounds so light. Lol, no orchestra is going to want to play such a fiery piece pianissimo just so the solo singer can be understood, they want to play fortissimo instead. :D

Anyway, I'd be happy to re-review via PM if you upload an edit. :)

Regards,
MJTTOMB

MaestroRage responds:

hmmm, that is quite strange, on my headphones/speakers, the voice is often times muffled. Then again, both of these equipments are not exactly pro quality. It's entirely possible.

The re-edit will feature quite a few changes, I hope it will be more to your liking then! Thank you for your honesty, I will work my best to make the mix levels more balanced! Perhaps add an orchestral solo for the end, just for you then ;).

Thank you for the review, we're glad you liked it!

[Prelude no. 6 in Cm]

Yey!

Yey, fifen.

ANYWAYS...

Some asshole just 0'd my most recent piece. halp plz?

xD

Thx man.

MusicalRocky responds:

Lol thanks. Glad you like it.

Yeah, your piece went up .26. woot.

[Etude D minor Estefania]

Lol @ the last guy.

That song you advertised wasn't sweet, and nor was it classical. It just... sucked.

THIS, however.

Is just...

Well, what his song is not. A wonderful etude, beautifully written, and just flat out amazing.

I absolutely love it. Fifen, and faved. Man, you're far better than I. xD

Regards, mate. MJTTOMB

[Soul Mirror]

Very well written.

The serenity of it is just astounding. Congrats on the third place, man!

Regards,
MJTTOMB

Fuoco responds:

Hey thanks man! I'm glad you stopped by.
Yeah, I was surprised that I won third place. It's the first contest I get a place :D

Thanks again man!

[-´concerto Dk No.1`- Preview]

Perhaps, eh...

You could finish it? It cuts off at like 30 seconds, the audio clips, it's about 10 minutes short of even being close to being a concerto, not accounting for form and movements.

Anyways, Yeah, it's ok. Perhaps some chromaticism would help, and some mood changes. The static direction of the song is just too dull, it could, and should, be going places. But it's just sticking with your main theme, there's no breakaway section.

Anyway, I do think you're talented, and I'm not trying to disrespect your work, but you've got talent, and you could probably get a lot further with it. Just keep working.

And research about form.

Ah, and research a piano's mechanics. This is unplayable, the bass notes would require freakishly large hands. xD

Anyway, keep trying. ;)

Regards, mate!
MJTTOMB

(I'll be watching out for ya)

DavidKracht responds:

There's a reason why i labelled it as a preview, =D

Don't worry about mood changes and such, that will come, i've only just begun today with it and this is a "cutted" version. I allready have the intro ready and things.

Also, i can play the bass notes.....it's from A to A, G to G, F, to F, and E to E. It's certainly reachable.

[Confessions - by hania]

Wow.

Brilliant improvisation. Damned if I don't five this.

This is far better than anything I'll be producing anytime soon.

Just, wow.

Faved.

Regards,
MJTTOMB

[Path to Darkness (remake)]

Good, but...

There's WAAAY too much going on at any given time. Break it up into little groups of different instruments playing different themes at different times, and I guarantee you, it'll seem a lot less cluttered.

Other than that, wonderful.

Regards, MJTTOMB

p.s. an extra point for using yours truly's fave program!
(GarageBand FTW!!!!)

[Invention No.1 (à la Bach)]

Great.

I gotta 10 this. I was pleasantly surprised to see this was original, and not some cheesey Bach remake. I absolutely love Bach.

Anyway, brilliant orchestration. You may want to give the players a second to breathe somewhere in the song. :)

Regards, MJTTOMB

Esn responds:

Thank you kindly.

There are plenty of spaces to sneak a breath in there, actually - I'd know if there weren't. I play the euphonium, after all. :)

This piece was a class assignment and I made some notes for it. I might as well post them here:

My intention, from the very beginning, was to write a piece that sounded like it had been written by Bach (or written in his style by somebody not very good at it, anyway) in the Baroque era. I told myself to forget about any personal preferences, listened to a number of Bach's sinfonias (freely available for listening on wikipedia) and tried to write something that sounded very much like them stylistically. This meant several things: first of all, there had to be very few if any breaks. Any pause or long note in one line would be instantly filled up with notes in another line. A musical phrase would not end at its exact appointed time; it would either continue on for a little longer or would end a little earlier, giving way to the next phrase. There would be a lot of syncopation. The time signature would not change, but the feel of time would (it would all come together in the end). And besides that, there would be thing like short motifs, sequences (also transposed and inversed), and a few passing key changes. The piece would be made up of a lot of little sections, rather than any long melodic lines.

Oh, and by the way, if anyone wants to see the sheet music, feel free to PM me.

[Canon in D (Piano)]

yay!

Pretty good. Although it wasn't an original piece and there weren't really any original material. You also may want to state the composer.

7/10 because of originality, but otherwise very nice. Pachelbel, after all, is my favorite composer('s sister's Godfather- No joke.)

xD

Anyway, regards!

MJTTOMB

[Fur Elise- Piano(1:00)]

Nice. Gotta love Beethoven.

Pretty well played. Try to play softer and slightly slower in the first and last sections. I know Beethoven may not have written it that way, but i think it would sound better. Try adding more reverb too.

Regards, MJTTOMB

(Check out some of my stuff if you get the time)