Ef-X's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spinning Rocks]

Nice Cold Brew

Oh yes this is some raw traveling music right here. A nice cold beer before hitting the road on your horse, you know some season fries just for the hell fo it. Your acoustic structure is noticed here, the background being long notes and strong but low while the acoustic instruments play and even if it is sloppy it still sounds beast. Cowboy Ambient music. The high notes picking reminded me of flamenco music. And the tambourines was a nice add. I think you view it as sloppy production because there is a lot going on in this tune, however its ok because there's a lot of good stuff going on :D (I know i sounded cliche.) 5/5.

[nb04 Black and White]

>,> <,<

It feels like you are walking during a rainstorm on an avandoned village and someone is walking behind you. You turn around but you notice no one is there...

I'm curious did you overlap the melody for the arpeggio or did you just put echo on them?

5/5. the heart-beat like drums were sweet in the ending.

Jonah-B responds:

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. That's just a simple delay on the arpeggio.

[Run (jb)]

Snowsled trip

You sure kow how to stick with one style and make it beast. This connects with the later song and tastes as good as butter on the popcorn. It sounds folk it sounds athmospheric it sounds experimental it sounds ambient it sounds hopeful it is beast it is a lot of stuff it is a great tune in the long run. 5/5 for you.... 5/5.

[First Snow (jb)]

Owning

One of Brian Eno's rules. You meant to do that out of tune note ;)

As for the guitar itself it is so relaxing and it has a sense of folk music to it. A sense of hope you know. The background sounds to it has that feeling to it like you are on a forest full of snow with below zero temperature. This is a nice way to structure this composition build the guitar as the dominant instrument and have the background be so athmospheric. 5/5.

[nb01 The Cage]

Held down

This is wicked. The repeating note gives a sense of dread and anticipation. The sound effects and the drops of water as instruments sounding like clocks on your right ear is beast. Destruction and dread is what I hear in this piece. 5/5.

[nb02 - Pretty Ugly]

sweetz :D

The guitars overlapping are pretty ugly but the melody it makes isn't. The drums fitting as just background was a nice take on this song. Emotion is a check as always. The repeating notes on that instrument in the second half was a nice add. 5/5.

[nb05 Ghost House]

I should do this style of composition

Its an interesting way to compose music, making quick short songs. It makes you think would you want to include catchy riffs and such, or just go straight to the good stuff and idk, its lack of any formal structure. Experimenting ftw. As for the track itself, it had that athmosphere to it :D I enjoy your tracks for that, and it had that shift in emotion for the second half of it. nice. 5/5.

[Shades of Green (by JonahB)]

T-T

I was I was crazy about this tune as I am about your others but that was until i heard the riff kick in on the second half of the song. The emotion was felt and it was felt greatly. 5/5.

[Ghosts (jb)]

I feel sick...

Sounds like a boat ride gone wrong in the beginning. Those instruments after the boat ride with the drums sounded tribal and ambient like in influence. And the way it faded into the main riff. Totally starting to notice NIN influence. And that riding beat does nothing more than complete the tune. Nice to see experimental like sounds mixed with standard beats and such. Though i felt like listening to the riff near the minute mark near the ending i settle for this just fine. *****/*****

[The Heat Wave Machine]

Experimental

Reminds me of Nine Inch Nail in some ways (hence my guess of the label in the industrial genre.) Nice guitar riff and drums. I'm starting to enjoy your composition style. (am i noticing egyptian like influences here and there? :D) This is like a boss fight on some desert type of music for me. 5/5.