Barkenadem's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[FD - Well of Tears]

Lovely, beautiful strings and piano.
I'd add a small pad in the background to give it a more atmospherical feeling to it though, or perhaps a crash or hit that'd give it more emphasis. How did you make those strings?
I find it too short aswell, but yet, it is a masterpiece.

ForgottenDawn responds:

Hey, thanks for your feedback!
I usually prefer to leave the distant piano and strings section by themselves in order to bring out their own expressive potential, but that's just personal taste. I guess it also depends on the moment and for what purpose. In the case of this track, it literally just came out like that, it was nearly improvised.
The strings are from 8Dio and they're an extensive Kontakt library.
Thanks again for your input :)

[Destiny]

Really good atmospheric intro, nice drums, and overall, that bass!
I also love the orchestral elements in it.
However, I would've sidechained more the kicks with the bass, seems like they're mixing.
Keep it up!

PureJoy responds:

I tried but this beat was really hard to mix, too much bass frequences.. But I do better next time for sure ! Thanks might !