Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-(Raindrops-For-My-Soul)-]

Very ambient

Very ambient indeed. I like how the song constantly seems to fade out and in. This creates a very special atmosphere that is hard to describe with words. It seems as if I am/my soul is floating above the scenery and I can see and hear everything, but I can't control my actions (or I am unable to take any actions at all). While I'm watching everything that happens around me, the image seems to flicker in front of my eyes. It becomes kind of foggy and transparent, then it becomes clearer again...

Anyway, while the atmosphere is nice the song is very repetitive. That's why you get "only" 8 stars from me.

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Tykwa responds:

This is more or less, lots of automation practice, its repetitive yes, Ill try and improve :) thank you for the review

[-(she Takes Up My Tiny Chair)-]

The experiment was a success

Yeah, the intro is quite long, but it creats a very nice atmosphere. Very relaxing.

But after the intro is over it suddendly isn't so relaxing anymore. It now is a mixture between relaxing and powerful, heh.

I really can imagine people dancing to this in a disco, but I can also imagine people just sitting there enjoying the nice melodies.

However, I think the kick could be a bit stronger, especially in the second part of the song.

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Tykwa responds:

It's kind of too long, so it goes from almost ambient right into something strong and something else, I might make the first melo slide in a little more timely and spread out to transition a bit smoother...

[Frozen thunder - TTC1]

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The 8bit parts don't fit that good here, I think. Particularly with regard to how they sound a bit dissonant. They propably are supposed to sound like this, but I still don't like it too much. ^^

The more classical parts on the other hand make this song sound very nice. They are well composed, except for the drums. They could be a bit louder.

Overall a nice song with some flaws here and there.

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Calamaistr responds:

thanks :)

[Atadema - TTC1]

kick is too strong

A very good mix, I like the jazzy atmosphere the piano creates. Also the 8bit tunes here and there add a special to the song.

The kick/bass drum sounds a little bit weird, though. At first I thought those where static sounds. ^^
Maybe a little bit less bass in the kick would sound better.

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[Virtuous]

Good song

A very epic sounding song. Maybe even too epic, my speakers crackled all the time during this song. Yes, I have shitty speakers, but maybe the song is a tad bit too loud, because on other songs here in the AP I don't have this problem.

This aside, the song sounds truly amazing. I especially like the drums here. They create a very nice backing track for the other instruments. They also sound very militaristic, which fits very well to the melodies. They too sound like a "marching song", or a "present the army" song.

I didn't like the "pre outro" at 4:16, though. It sounds a bit strange there and the beginning of the last part is a bit abrupt as well.
But overall the song is very nice.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

Thanx for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the song! Yes, it is a pretty epic song, it turned out a lot more epic than I thought it would =). I did have mixed feelings about the pre-outro too but IMO it turned out pretty well; i try to make my endings as epic as possible=P.
BTW, this songs sounds extra amazing for me because I finally completed all of my personal victories (see my response to Zouk's review)
Thanks again!

[Countless Stars]

Good song with nice fade out

This is a great song. I like the slow and careful build up you have here, this makes this song very interesting for the listener.
Also, the melodies are very nice, they get stuck in your head very quickly and they create a very warm but somehow also an almost melancholic atmosphere.

I'm not so sure about the brass(?) we can hear at around the middle of the song, but the drums sound very nice.

However, I also like the very slow fade out. I think it works really well in this song. Normally I don't like fade outs as they are overdone, but here it works very well.

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it.

[first time blues]

Effect on lead is too much

A very nice track. Maybe the effect you have on the lead guitar is a tad bit too much (a little less "blues guitar effect" would sound better here, imo) but what you play sure sounds awesome.

I also like the backing track. It sounds like typical blues stuff, but at the same time it also sounds very original, heh. Anyway, I like the result of your experiment very much. :)

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mistermurfi responds:

thank you kindly yeah the effect on the lead may be a bit too strong was just messing around with the tone and thought it sounded bluesy so made a blues track

[The End of Our Journey]

Sounds more like town music

Yeah, the music you constantly can hear when walking around in towns. It just has those nice and calm atmosphere that almost all RPG towns have (except of course, when they are being attacked. Which seems to happen a lot in role playing games ^^).

"End of our journey" somehow sounds like "music that can be heard while the credits are rolling" to me. And for that the song would be simply misplaced. For the credits I would expect something more powerful.

Anyway, the song is very nice, but I think it could be spiced up a little with some more powerful melodies in it.

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[[MC Crispy] - Fast Pace Game]

Bad sound quality

The sound quality of this entry is very bad, the backing track can be hardly heard. Also there are statics all over the place when you rap.

The technique seems to be very good. Especially in the beginning your rapping sounds very natural, but later on in the song it seems as if there are some pauses where you have to catch some breath where there shouldn't be pauses (for example at 1:36), but maybe that's just me.

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chrisG755 responds:

yeah true, i really do need to work on breathing. thanks 4 the review