Reviews for the escape

[LucidShadowDreamer]

Whoah, how did I not listen to this until now o.O!?

Imagine my surprise when I saw the genre, began listening, and there was a beautiful piano intro with great sound effects and strings. The best thing about it is that it isn't afraid to take it's time.

I then read the description. As you had an experimental idea about blending piano improvisation and add more to it, maybe this should be under experimental >:D
Anyhow... You keep on impressing us with your improvisational skills!

You know, I don't really feel like writing a splendid analysis for this either. There are certainly things to improve, but I really don't care. Some of the instruments could probably be of higher quality, while something could be mixed better. The piano playing the same not all the time is effective, but I think that when the volume is increased you can hear something a bit off with it. Did you use Piano One for this :p?

Anyhow, after about three minutes, there's simply an explosion of greatness. I can barely comprehend how you can keep putting out stuff of this high quality o.O

5:23 = Fun with filters, or just an interesting instrument? Sounds like strings with filtering though :p

The ending is fine, wut is thiz?

Anywho... I regrettably will (probably) not be able to leave as many reviews for a while :(
I'm being drafted, so I won't be as active on the site for some months, although I'll try my best to check in every now and then.

Either way, I'm sure you'll keep uploading masterpieces during that time as well :'D

johnfn responds:

I like how you didn't want to write a big analysis and then you ended up writing this massive review anyways. :D

I really appreciate all the comments you left on my tracks. Especially because I felt like we had really similar tastes in melody/improv stuff. I'll miss you! ;.;

P.S. 5:23 -> filtered strings (bandpass). I love bandpass!

[UsSoldier1909]

good stuff

johnfn responds:

Thanks!

[AdventorousBoy]

Really cool! I liked the melodies and the atmosphere, but I will say that it was very drawn out. Good job, keep it up.

johnfn responds:

Dropping the bass is overrated!

[FateModified]

Man, you are an AMAZING music artist. I hope you never give up making music, because I love your music, and you keep getting better and better at it. I look forward to your future songs, because I know they will probably blow me away just as this song has.

GREAT job!! :)

johnfn responds:

Thank you! :)

[TaintedLogic]

I love the spacious, pensive, beautiful beginning. It even seemed a little too far spaced-out after :45 or so. I think the transition into 1:13 could've been a little less drawn-out too. It progresses pretty slowly for the first 3 minutes or so. I did enjoy that bass that came in at 2:04, though. The instruments are beautiful, especially the strings. The tempo change at around 2:40 was effectively, but I suppose I would've liked to see the climax into the next part be a little more creative. 3:40 was a high point - very catchy and cool. Good job there. You actually bridged the gap between classical and chiptune really well here. I like the post-chorus at 4:25 a lot too. The part at 5:25 worked really well for creating some more dynamic contrast. Up to that point, the second half of the piece was a little repetitive, too. I liked the ending a lot, though. It really seemed to tie up some loose ends in the piece. Overall, you did a good job. I was tough on you in this review. Keep up the great work, Johnfn! ;D

johnfn responds:

Yes I did kind of do a buildup-by-numbers, didn't I? :P On a relisten that's probably the biggest flaw with this piece. I agree the beginning is a bit slow too, I never really know how to develop the classical sections of pieces really. I just write a bunch of sections and join them together... WITH SILENCE.

Anyway I'm glad you liked it YA JERK.