I've been thinking lately...
I usually try to retain as much of the original quality as I can when I post to newgrounds, but lately I've been wondering if my low volume mixes are just turning heads away...
Should I mix my stuff a tad bit too hot and thus sacrifice a bit of the audio quality, but result in a much louder song that might be more on par with the usual music on newgrounds?
I'll still keep the low volume mixes for bandcamp releases, this is just for newgrounds
LexRodent
I dislike the current trend to make overly loud music.
Same as you, I prefer to keep my music at a decent level in order to preserve dynamics, clearness and quality as much as possible.
You can always squeeze a bit of extra volume (with no quality sacrifice) using a moderate amount of mastering compressor ;)