Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Grey Sunset]

Hmm

Well, this works quite well with an image I had in my head while listening to this: A few people sit around a fire at night and someone gets out a guitar and plays this.
The tune fits very well to the background, so I guess it could be used just as that.

Also, the atmosphere the track creates is very nice.

Only thing is that it is quite repititve. So maybe you can work on that a bit.

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[Alakazama]

Nice intro

Hey, this could be a nice intro either to a song or act as a small opener for an album.

I like the guitar here very much. It sounds pretty good and is played in a nice way. Only the drums could use some more work, as they sound rather weak compared to the guitar.

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[Silent Castle]

Whoa

Right now it rains outside and this track fits very well to the weather, heh. It's quite an experience. ^^

The song has a very sad feeling to it and this feeling is even amplified by the rain outside.

I really like the slow solo, even though you didn't play that clean here and there. But well, I know how you feel. If you mess up during recording one can get quickly bored of it. Especially if you mess up towards the end of the piece you are trying to record.

Anway, the song is very nice and I like the sad and calm atmosphere a lot!

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[Subtle Changes]

Nice sound

Unlike others here I really like the double notes you create with the delay effect. It creates a quite unusual sound if done right. And yes, you did it right! :)

The intro was done very well with just the drums at the beginning and the guitar added later.

However, while I like the double notes and the atmosphere this creates it would do the song good if you had some longer parts without any echo effects on the guitar. Or maybe a second clean or slightly distorted guitar that plays along.
It would add a bit more varity to the song in my opinion.

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[Mindframe]

Good ambient track

Wow, this track creates a very great atmosphere. I also like your choice of instruments, it's quite original and definatly your everyday mixture of instruments.

I like how well everything works together here. The guitar, the percussions, the sound effects in the background.

Nice job!

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RopeDrink responds:

It's definately a different blend of instruments, which is what I aimed for - Simple differences like having two-bass guitars have more focus over the electricguitar (Usually the other way around).

Thank you, really appreciate the review and glad you enjoyed the tune ^^

[|2008| Minor Issues]

Even better than the "original"

I just reviewed 'RD Dusted' and I liked it very much. But I felt that something was missing. I figured it would be lyrics, and I was right.

I like this even better with the added lyrics. Even though your voice is nearly overpowered by the music sometimes you did a damn good job of rapping to the beat. Your words and rhythm fit very good (nearly perfect) to the background beat.
Great job!

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Chista responds:

Thanks bro. I hardly get reviews, and I look forward for them, because I always want to improve. This means alot.

[Dusted]

Good. But the icing on the cake is missing.

This is quite a good track. I like the atomsphere you create with the beats. It's a somewhat light and relaxed feeling, but it's a bit thoughtful at the same time, too.

I also like that the song is quite diversified, even though the main beat plays nearly the whole time. It's the little things you added here and there that make the song interesting and worth listening to.

Well, but as I've said in the title. The "icing on the cake" is missing... that little extra that makes me want to hear this song again.
Maybe it's the lack of lyrics here. I'll definatly check out chista's version to see if I like it even better with lyrics. :)

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[Touch Of A Dream]

Good

The intro sounds a bit too random for me. At first I thought that this is a spam submission... but luckily quite a good song followed once the intro was over.

The song is very fast paced and you have some interesting melodies and a very good main beat in here.

I also like that you added various parts to the song, makeing it less repititve and more interesting.

Good work!

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[The Voice of the Rain]

Good track

It's a good track. The atmosphere it creates is great.
I like the sound samples you used throughout the track. At first we can hear some birds chirping, it seems as if it is a nice and warm day. But the music already foreshadows that there's a storm coming.

Later we can hear the rain falling, the music now creates an almost sad atmosphere. As if the rain doesn't bring relief and doesn't wash away all the sorrow... but it carries sorrow with it.
This impression is strengthened by the fact that we still can hear the rain fall even though the music already faded away.

The ending may be a bit too long though. Or the sound of the falling rain is too low. Maybe it would work better if you not only fade out the music, but also fade in the rain sounds at the same time, so that it seems as if the rain outpowers the music in the end.

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gregaaron89 responds:

Thanks a lot for your review, that was really helpful! Glad you liked it.

[Lost Heaven (Mafia Mix)]

Nice, but repititve

The build up in the intro is done very nicely. At first I thought this was going to be another boring techno song. But you added more and more stuff, makeing the song more and more interesting while doing so.

I love the synths in the background. They create a very nice atmosphere.

However, the song gets a bit repittive after a while. Maybe it's because it is nearly 7 minutes long. It's hard to create a song with such length without getting repititve.
Maybe if you try to shorten the song a bit it would be more varied.

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WritersBlock responds:

:D
Thanks for your review. Yeah, a bit more practice and experience and I'll hopefully fix this repetitiveness problem that I've got.
<3