Reviews for Peril: Distant Star

[Animith]

Very Cool.

I'll be the first to say Drum and Bass is not my most-listened-to genre of all time, but that was pretty enjoyable to listen to.
The structure is spot-on-solid, so you don't get thrown off at all by the changes of instruments. I've only been on the site a day and I know this does not equate to how utterly random NG songs can get, by any means. The transitions worked really well.
I like the instruments (the piano melody especially) and synths you used; nothing gets too piercing and nothing important gets drowned out by other things. It is a very good-quality piece, in terms of sound and everything otherwise. Good job!

mr-jazzman responds:

thank you sir =) you might only have used the site for a day, but i can tell you're a mature listener. thank you for your input, and i look forward to anything you produce!

P.S. I love the piano too =)

[livewiresound13]

Insanely Catchy

... but could use more melody. The rondo format (order of parts: A, B, A, C, A) is good because otherwise I'd get tired of the main melody/chord progression much sooner, but I felt that the other parts (part B and C) could've been more melodic.

Besides that, this song is perfect. I love the spacey feel to it, the main melody is mindblowingly addictive and the rhythm-work is absolute genius. This is a masterpiece, and this deserves 5,000 downloads. :D

Note: Just to let you know how awesome I think this song is, this is my first comment on Newgrounds. And I've been getting music from here for awhile.

[coleknows]

This is great.

That other song (God i dunno the name) that was dub was probably even more cooler. And i rarely like dub. So chew on the ten like its cake and TAKE IT XD

[LedZeppelinluver180]

damn....

its a pretty good song dood im not going to lie i like how technical it is very unique very creative good job

mr-jazzman responds:

thanks man. and btw, i didn't mean to be so harsh on your song; i just don't like it when people whine. but, you know, i totally understand. it really DOES suck when someone votes your shit low with no justification. especially from people who don't know shit about music production, ya know? and that kid who gave you a 1 isn't the only one like that out here; there's like a billion of em out there, trying to get their stupid shit to the top when it just can't come close to anything else! it's the biggest goddamn uphill struggle there is, and i guess the only thing it takes is a little bit of patience (i dunno how many times this song was voted off the top by 1 or 2 stupid kids who were jealous.) yeah, 0-voting just makes no sense to me...unless it's a stolen song, or it's just a complete piece of shit. and that's rare to come across. i guess the only advice i can give you is what i told you already. just be explicit and you won't open yourself up to direct targeting. (lol just look at some of my older stuff vs my newer stuff; i've tried to avoid labeling it as a "preview" unless i want comments, in which case i label it "feedback.") it really sucks, but part of the game is being explicit i suppose =P

[midimachine]

definite improvement

Oh man, I wish I posted a billion words about this one instead! I feel a bit silly now.

Mix is much nicer, again some parts that clip but that's down to just going through each channel and making sure there isn't any straight digital distortion happening anywhere in the signal chain ;)

mr-jazzman responds:

hey man thanks again for everything you've helped me with. i feel like my sound has improved so much because of your recommendations; i don't think i can thank you enough! =)