Casper's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Don't [Jazz] At Me Now! (D.A.M.N.!)]

I definitely feel you on the downwards spiral, I did this challenge to completion in 2022 and I'm definitely not proud of *most* songs. Even now, I'm struggling with coming up with something for the third day D:

DonDonPan responds:

1. I don't understand why you're leaving everywhere 5 stars
2. I mostly mean it composition wise, and not idea wise because I do have a lot of ideas, but I usually spend around a week flushing these ideas out for a single song.
3. Maybe look for something from one of your favourite or even less favourite songs? I don't know how it works for neurotypical people, but at least for me it works like this:
scenario A:
a) Listen to a song
b) think about it for at least a week
c) think it has some areas to improve on
d) take the idea and do something around it (like here, with shrimp shuffle from BTB:RP, but here it is definitely a worse version)
scenario B:
a) like usually, stim by moving your body
b) think it has a nice beat
c) use the beat for the drums
d) goof around with very wild and chaotic chords until you settle on something
I hope this helps

[2024 (Jamuary Day 1)]

Nice ambient track to start off the year:) good luck with jamuary!

Urielthepro responds:

Thank you so much
idk if I'll keep up without being late due to school but I'll try lo

[Jamuary #1 - Dawn]

practice makes perfect! i wish you the best:)

PlasmaSpade responds:

Thanks!

[Jamuary 1st - Breathe]

that's some lovely chillhop, the only thing missing from it is some sort of groovy bassline, good luck with the challenge:D

GameBoyFireworks responds:

I appreciate that and thank you for the feedback!

[Forget Me Not]

really nice instrumentation, your style is definitely unique! good luck with the jams

PikeyPaige responds:

Thanks for checking it out. More to come

[JAMUARY2024 1: Safe Room]

Really nice pitch bends, they definitely make the track stand out. The guitar is eerie, i think it could have used more reverb and a bit of delay towards the end for a smoother transition. You've got some great video game-y tracks, keep it up!

MyrtleMist responds:

Thank you for the feedback! Initially I wanted to make the latter transition smoother but I feel like it being a bit abrupt added some unease to it, like slowly calming down but then being snapped back into the paranoia.

[GuyFD - Mouse In A House (Jam. 1)]

This track could use a little bit more mixing, like the drums could stand out more. The strings in the beginning are gorgeous, really well done. Good luck with the challenge, keep it up:p

GuyFD responds:

Thx, I probably could have spent more time but I was in kind of a rush so I'll do something about it later. :)

[u feel me? - Jamuary Day 1]

you've got some engaging melodic stuff going on, good luck with the challenge! :)

Charlmot responds:

Thanks!

[Crooked Mate]

This would fit perfectly as background music for a visual novel or that sort of thing, really fun tune, althought the ending part didn't really match the energy of the whole track

DonDonPan responds:

yeah, that definitely could be improved on, I had no idea for what I would want this song to be, If I ever end up doing a collection of sorts of the jamuary songs I'll fix that

[Jazzy Jam]

Definitely gets jazzier the more it goes on, the guitar is great and fits in perfectly! your style is great, good luck with jamuary:)

Arponax responds:

Thanks, i like to just improvise stuff on it, im glad it fits atleast a bit :D