Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chaotic Freedom]

Nice

The slow build up is done pretty nicely, but it sounds a bit too generic. The guitar was unexpected and made this song a lot better (even though FL guitars sound pretty awful).

Corky is right, the cymbal at the end doesn't really fit there. You should try to end this song in a different way. Maybe with a hold guitar note or with a good old fade out.

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Insanimation responds:

Thanks for the review! I'll consider this for future music.

[~Cobalt~]

Generic

As other have said before me, this is pretty generic and quite repititve.
I liked the breaks you had every now and then as it takes away from the repititveness of the song a lot, but it's nothing too new. It feels like I had listened to this a dozen times before.

Also, the ending seems to be a bit cut off. Maybe the song was meant to loop. If so, it's not done very good as the difference between the ending and the beginning is too big.
If it wasn't meant to loop, well... then the ending is cut off.

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[MeZoni TriZoni]

Daft Punk-ish

Those robot voices really remind me of Daft Punk. Also, the funky intro seems to be heavily influenced by them.

Anyway, I like this song, it creates a happy atmosphere and sounds pretty unconventional. Sometimes it reminds me of some of the 90s dance tracks, the next second I recognize some 70s rock influence there (you know, those long-winded guitar and keyboard soli à la Deep Purple).

However, the main beat of the song stays almost the same nearly through the whole song. This gets boring after about 3 minutes.

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GlueR responds:

Thanks for the review! You're right about the beat. Nothing does really change throughout the song, but you wouldn't have noticed it if everything else stayed the same throughout the song, as you would see in not so few dance tunes... ;-)
Anyways, I really should have programmed more drums into this, but at the time, I wasn't too proficient with writing realistic drum parts back then and to be totally honest, I didn't even have the patience to do it. You know, as a listener I'm not into beat oriented music, but I do appreciate some bands here and there, like Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers etc, that put effort and artistic value into what they make, so if I'm influenced by anyone, it would be by them... And you're right about the rock part. But you didn't spot Vanessa Mae influence in the second part of the song... Hehe... This was really a blend of everything....
Cheers!

[OtaQ - Deep One (loop)]

Interesting

This sounds pretty interesting. I like the deep tunes you used here, they create a pretty sinister atmosphere. Also, they make the loop sound as if it was originally played a bit faster, but the tune was slightly decreased in speed. And the result can be heard here. As I've said in the title: It's interesting.

The only downside is, that there isn't much happening here. It's basically the same thing over and over again. You should try to vary this track a bit more, so that the listener doesn't get bored before the song is over.

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[In the news]

Great

Wow, this is really a great song. Everything fits very well together, from the intro to the very last tune. Great song writing!

Only downside is that the voice is a tad bit too quiet and has to compete against the other instruments.

Other than that, this track just blew me away!

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GlueR responds:

Thanks for that! Well, you're right. The vocals are low in the mix, but that depends on your stylistic preferences. I've made songs that are pop, where the vocals sit well above anything else in the mix and others (like this one) that they sit together with the rest of the instruments. It depends on what your goal is for each song. This one isn't about showcasing vocal abilities, solos, too complex instrumentation etc. It's about the message. Everything is built around it and trying not to obstruct it. It's a bit less radio-friendly that way, but I didn't intend for it to be in the first place.

I'm glad you liked this! This is really one of the few songs that really mean a lot for me! Cheers!

[I was made for lovin' you]

Good cover

This acutally a pretty good cover. You managed to bring your own style into the song while at the same time keeping the feelinf of the original intact. This is a very good job you've done here. Most covers are pretty bad and slaughter the original to pieces. The more I appreciate the fact that you didn't do that. :)

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GlueR responds:

Thanks for the review! You're right about that. There are a lot of bands who either reproduce the original song or mock it. We really did do this keeping in mind that we are trying to make a tribute to the original. Thanks for that!

[Let's Fuck - sensual version]

Let's fuck! I'll fuck anything that moves!

Sorry, but the title just reminds me of that quote from "Blue Velvet" ;)

Anyway, the song is really nice and indeed quite "sensual" as the title already suggests. I like the calm atmosphere the song creates.
All instruments here go along very nice together. Especially the drums and the melody in the background.

Also, the song loops very well. Nice job!

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[When We Go]

Nice atmosphere

This song creates a very nice atmosphere. It's somewhere in between "sad" and "mystical" and I can really imagine hearing this in a flash submission.

Too bad it's so short though. Because of that it tends to get repititve after the 2nd playthrough.

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[SRD - Window Shopper]

Awesome

I agree with war-spawn, this isn't exactly techno. But I couldn't name any other genre this would fit into.

Anyway, this is a damn fine song you uploaded here. The atmosphere that is created by the constant humming in the background is amazing. This nice atmosphere is intensified when slowly the beats set in at around 0:38.
The song is completed when at 1:03 the drums set in with a very nice beat.

Even though the song as a whole is quite minimalistic (there's not much varity in it and the beats are quite simple), it does sound pretty awesome! Nice work!

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thegreatmorph responds:

Thank you very much!

Glad you find the same things to enjoy as I try to emphasise in my music as best I can :)

[SRD - Commutersville]

Nice, but again annoying statics

The intro is done quite nicely and the change over from the intro to the next part is pretty good, too.

The beat is again very nice and the melodies are catchy. But sadly this song too is ruined by the annoying static sounds. :/

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thegreatmorph responds:

thanks again, aall but one of my songs are static messes :(