Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Epic Emerald]

Too quiet

I like the funky rhythm the bass is playing, it sounds really nice. The drumming is also pretty good.

But why is the song so quiet? It sounds as if I was listening to this track while standing behind some wall or something.
So yeah, make it a bit louder and maybe make it a bit longer as well.

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[Under the Stars]

Very nice

I like this song. There are various instruments mixed together, but they all go along togther very fine. I like how the background melody stays almost the same throughout the song without getting annoying. Instead, it creates a very mellow atmosphere.

The saxophone/trumpet at around 2 minutes plays a tune that reminds me a bit of L.A. Noire, heh.
But still, I wouldn't call this track "sad". It has a very relaxing effect on me, but I don't feel sad when listening to this song.

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ChineseCommando responds:

Haha, it was a trumpet. And yeah, I suppose it's not exactly sad while it's not exactly happy either. Thanks for the review!

[Twilight on Blackwolf Mount]

Good song

I like how you always manage to create images and sceneries in my head. Usually, I'm a very uncreative person. I'm not very good at creating stories or sceneries. But while listening to your songs I always have some ideas rushing through my mind.

This time it's based in a western atmosphere, much like it is portraied in a Sergio Leone movie (maybe because the whistling sound reminds me of Ennio Morricones songs for the Leone movies). Some cowboys are coming into a town. They are dirty because they traveled very far. The townsmen are not very fond of those figures as they usually mean a lot of trouble.

But the twist here is that those cowboys are actually the good guys, haha.

Anyway, this is a really nice song. The only thing that you can do to make it better is to make it longer. ^^

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samulis responds:

It seems all my songs are too short. XD

I am really pleased that my songs let your imagination loose. As I write, my imagination generally goes all over the place and kicks into overdrive (kinda like when I write constructive reviews) with new ideas and paths to take. Eventually my mind gets tired and I end up writing an ending. I have a feeling that part of my style echoes back to the late Romanticism with music filled to the brim with imagery.

Thanks for the review.
-Samulis

[<EagleGuard> Wandering]

Nice song

This is a pretty nice song. I especially like the bass line here. Usually you don't get to hear bass lines very often in songs because the other instruments are mixed so loud that they simply overpower the bass.

I also like the mix of clean melodies and slightly distorted chorus. This adds a lot of varity to the song and it just sounds nice.

In my opinion this song would be even better if you could find someone to sing along to this song. Of course you would also need some lyrics... but anyway, the song still is nice!

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EagleGuard responds:

Thanks Haggard ;)

Glad people like the bass line, perhaps I'll make the bass more notable in future songs as well.

Unfortunately, I don't have the singing experience required to be able to sing in my own music, so I may need to find someone else to do so...

Anyway, thanks for the review! =)

[Newgrounds T-Shirt Commer]

Good commercial

This is a very nice commercial. I like the way you read the text. It sounds very natural and yet at the same way you sound like a guy who really wants to sell the product he is advertising.

I also like the sound effects you included here. At first I thought this was recorded at a party and people in the background where talking while you did this. But no, this where some sound effects included to make this track sound better. Very nice.

However, the music at the end is cut off too suddenly. Maybe a short fade out would be better here.

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[Chieftain of the Desert]

Rick Dangerous

This reminds me of some adventure games, much like Rick Dangerous or some similar Indiana Jones type games. If this was turned into an 8-bit-tune it would work really great as background music for a retro styled game.

But even now, without this track being in 8-bit it sounds pretty good. I like the "egyptian" atmosphere you create with the main melody. Also, the drums fit surprisingly well to the song. They don't play anything fancy, but the drum rhythm just fits to this song.

The only thing I can criticise about this song is that it is somewhat repetitive, even though it's only 1:32 long. A little bit more varity sure would be nice.

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[Stargenx - Love's Embrace]

Very nice

I really like this song. Makes me wish I could play the piano. It's one of my favorite instruments, even though I usually don't listen to music where the piano plays a big role. But whenever I hear songs like this I think "What a wonderful instrument!"

Anyway, the song is played very nice. I like how the higher notes are so "present" in the beginning. The bass notes only accompany the melody that is created by the higher notes. A very nice effect.

Also, the melody sounds very familiar. At first I thought this sounded a lot like the intro to "Twin Peaks", but that's not it. Maybe it's just the chord progression you played here (if that's the right term to use...) and maybe some other artist used it in his or her song as well.

I think this is a great song and I did feel the "love's embrace" while listening to this. I also like how this song has this "atmosphere of love" to it without being overly kitschy.

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Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked it! I'm sure you could learn the piano if you wanted to. ^^

[S:c Angry Wasp]

Nice idea

I like the slow intro of this song. We can now witness a wasp becoming very angry during this song. It starts from "slightly annoyed, but all right" and ranges to "god dammit, I'm REALLY angry right now!", I really like that.

I also like the voice sample during the middle of the song. It's a nice introduction to what follows after the voice. It really sounded like an angry wasp inside a glass.

However, I think the outro is dragged on for too long and it doesn't really fit to the rest of the song. We don't hear any bee/wasp sounds during the outro...

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[Sonic Remix: Tropical Resort]

Good

This is a pretty good remix. I really like the bass line here, it sounds so much different and yet so exactly like the original song.

I also like the tempo of the remix. I think it's slightly faster than the original, but I like it better this way.

The only thing that bothers me here is the clapping sound that we can hear throughout the song. I think it has been overused in too many songs and it is really distracting here.

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