Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[==(Glass Tree in the Sky)]

Amazing

Too bad that there's a storm going on outside, because I think this piece doesn't really work with storms... it's so relaxing and nice that I almost thought it's summer again and I lie at a beach while the sun is warming me... but then the wind in the trees always disturbed this image for me. :(

Anyway, this song is amazing. It is very well structured from the beginning to the end. I like how the song builds up more and more from the intro to the climax at around the four minute mark, where it slowly fades out.

{ Review Request Club }

[The Storm's Rage (WiP)]

Guitars don't sound too good

This is a really nice attempt, but as a metal fan and guitar player myself I really hate the guitar sound. It's just too artificial. Also, there is some noise in the background when the guitar plays the main riff that is really annoying (it can be heard at 0:27 and other occasions throughout the song). I guess it's from the drums, but it really doesn't sound that good.

Also, I was expecting some thrash metal after the intro. I mean, some hughe storm is going on, then "1, 2, 3, 4" on the hi-hat... and then I was just expecting some more brutal music. I don't know, maybe because bands that play that kind of stuff like to count in their songs with four hits on the hi-hat. ^^

Anyway, enough criticism, now to the good things: Wow, this is your first attempt? It's a quite good attempt, even though I wrote two long paragraphs of what I don't like right at the beginning. The song is well structured and even contains a nice solo plus the main riff sounds very catchy.
Also, the drums play some really good stuff.

The outro needs some more work, I think. The song kind of just ends there. Maybe end it with a short drum solo, those kind of outros work most of the time pretty well. :)

{ Review Request Club }

Step responds:

Thanks for the review! It's true about those gutars. I haven't heard one electric guitar sample which sounds even close to an electric guitar. Probably the annoying sound you were hearing was one of my guitar samples, lol :P. Either that or it was a wind sound effect or something, since I tried using loads of weather sound effects around the song. I see what you mean by the stuff after the intro, now that I'm hearing it again it does skip from loud to soft too suddenly. Anyway, thanks for the compliments, and about the outro... well, I may try a drum solo, but it's not going to turn out that well probably because I'm not that amazing at percussion. Thanks again for the review :D.

[ECHO - Reverb-X (2009)]

Good song

I don't think I've ever listened to the original, but this doesn't reall matter too much. This is a very nice sounding song. I like the trumpet very much as there aren't too many songs in the audio portal that make use of this instrument.

Maybe the background beat is a bit too repititve, but I don't think listeners will pay too much attention to that, as the background beat just stays where it belongs to, in the background. So, the melodies do the main work for this song and they are very diversified, so the song doesn't get repititve too fast.

{ Review Request Club }

Echo responds:

tks man. I always wanted to put a trumpet in somewher, who knew it'd be in a dance song :)

Thanks for the detail you put in, once i'm gonna continue work on the revised version, keeping your review in mind. thanks ;)

Darklight17

Btw, diversified isn't exactly a word lol...

[Hypno_Shooter [Box-killa]]

Very good

Wow you have some very nice melodies in this song. They are all very catchy and once they stop I think: "Hey, why doesn't this melody continue to play? But wait, what's that? The meldoy that plays right now is awesome, too."
And it's like that the throughout the whole song, so I nearly forgot to pay attention to the background beat as well... ^^

The instruments in the background set a nice basis for the melodies, they accentuate them pretty well. Plus the background beats can only be heard in the background, just like they are supposed to be. No overpowering of beat and melodies here, everything can be heard just fine. Nice work in the mixing departement! :)

{ Review Request Club }

Box-Killa responds:

:D thanks, lol i deleted that other submission. It was an unfinished projet i forgot to delete :D Peaceout. Oh kodos for the mixing praise :D Peaceout!

[Industrial Cavern]

Catchy melody

I can really imagine hearing this in a game. It would set the right atmosphere for the scene you described in the author comments, plus it isn't too distracting, which is always a big plus for game music.

Too bad that the song gets a bit repititive towards the end, but I guess you wouldn't really notice that when you are playing a game and concentrate on other things.

{ Review Request Club }

PuffballsUnited responds:

Yeah, I guess the melody does repeat a bit at the end, but it's getting close to the machine winding down so I wanted it to feel more intense.

[byzentine awesome.]

Very repititve

There isn't happening too much in this song. One melody played in various tone pitches and one background beat. It's not enought to keep me interested for too long.

The melody is quite nice and does indeed sound a little arabic, but I wished it would vary a bit more than just changing it's pitch.

{ Review Request Club }

[SN |Pristine| SN]

Good

The intro is pretty nice. Just like an old record that creaks and crackles. I like how the melody speeds up a bit just before the song starts.

The melodies in the song are pretty nice and very catchy. It's a very varied song and I like that you kinda used the intro again later in the song, in between the two parts and later in the outro.

Too bad that there's such a long silence at the end.

{ Review Request Club }

SessileNomad responds:

lol i almost tried to cut the silence at the end, but i didnt think anyone would care, i guess i was wrong

other than that though, im glad you liked the track

thanks for reviewing dude

peace out

[One Gun]

Nice

The intro is very nice, I like the melody and the way it builds up.

Just like Supersteph I like the instrument at 0:26, it adds a different aspect to the song and makes it more varied.

Too bad the song is so short though, as it gets a bit repititve after the third playthrough.

{ Review Request Club }