Ackee39's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Road Less Traveled]

Wow. I'm normally a person who isn't really a fan when a song is pretty empty and has few instruments. Which is the reason this song hit me by surprise. The piano melody itself is beautiful; its melodic, progressive, diverse, unique, and something I could listen to all day. It's also really impressive how progressive this is; normally solo instrument songs are very repetitive but this is just some great progression right here! I don't really have much else to say; it's just a beautiful chill song that I'll certainly come back to :)

ChronoNomad responds:

Thank you so much, Ackee39! You truly humble me with your words, and they are greatly appreciated. Since I've mostly had to use free samples and libraries, the stress has always been to try and do a lot with a little.

In this instance, I went back to my piano roots and wanted to make something really different and unique. It seems to be a little bit divisive, but I guess that's the nature of music--either you like it, or you don't. There never seems to be much in the way of middle ground, and that seems to apply to many things in life. Not unlike the title of the track itself. :D

[A love crush and a friend at once]

So wholesome :D

[The View From Here]

This is so great! The melodies are greatly mastered, and flow smoothly from one to the other, the chord progression is great, and the sound design is like nothing i've seen; It's got this cool lyric-like design to it that I barely ever see, with all the curves and slides that change every note. And finally, a song that gets soft drums right. I'm normally very nitpicky on soft drums, but this song does it right; by making it stand out, despite being quietly mastered. I'm pretty mixed on the compression of the song, but I think that it adds to the synthwave-like vibe to the song so i'm cool with it. overall a great song that I'll definitely come back to

ChronoNomad responds:

Hey, it's awesome to see another review from you so soon, Ackee39! Really glad to hear that you enjoy the ride, man. I love being able to put my own personal spin on some cool Synthwave vibes. In fact, I often incorporate note slides and grace notes in my music, which - now that you mention it - I don't really hear all that often. I guess that's just me doing my thing.

I'm happy to hear that you dig the softer drums, especially since that seems to be a pretty rare opinion. While I'm not against hard-thumping beats (far from it), I try not to overdo it. Not everything needs heavy percussion to be impactful, and in this case I really wanted the musical elements to shine through without being overcome by drums.

It's not the first time compression was mentioned, and while I didn't really add compression to the final mix, I did use a lot of EQ effects and such on the instruments themselves, so I guess that's what makes it sound compressed. It's meant to have kind of dystopian sound, so it seems to work out well enough.

Thanks once again for a very detailed review! It's very much appreciated, and I hope you'll keep spinning my tracks. May you always enjoy the ride.

[Bump in the Nightmare]

An absolute banger! I love the vibes of this one! Feels a bit empty at parts but i like it that way!

ChronoNomad responds:

Very much part of the plan, I assure you! I do enjoy a bit of nuance to my haunting melodies...as do you, it seems! Much appreciated, Ackee39.

[Throwback]

H :)

[We Can't Count]

Fun fact: It says shit 7 times :)

[dark dnb]

@TabbyLuigi Check the dates. This was back in 2003. His attitude has changed a lot. Keep in mind he was 14 when he wrote this review.

[FWLR - Computer Talk]

Woah!

[[TMM43]Phoenix]

Where have you been?

TMM43 responds:

Busy :( But back now - will be releasing a new song soon!

[Blood pressure]

awkward and copyandpaste