Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[rooms are her travesty]

Again a very nice song

I wonder how you can always can come up with such nice compositions. Again this piece sounds very soft and tender and it creates a very nice atmosphere.

Also the background melody sometimes reminds me a bit of the moonlight sonata, one of my favorite classical pieces. Maybe that's why I instantly loved this song. :)

Maybe the recording of the song could be a tad bit louder, but that's about the only negative thing I can point out this time.

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Calamaistr responds:

About the volume, i decided that im not going to join in the volume war going on in music land (people trying to get more clear and louder voice with every new composition.) Ive started to purposely lower the master volume of the piano before i even start to put down the notes so its much softer. I personally cannot stand sharp tone piano's like most people use in the present day (synth).

Its my personal preferrence tbh.

How i come up with compositions, well.. it just comes to me naturally when i am building the track, before hand i do have a melody in my head but most of the atmosphere (background and emotion or secondary keys) come to me as im composing. I cant think of anything else than that its my experience in the classical and lounge-jazz style and the stubborn mindset to go beyond the conventional, everytime i get to a point where a certain melodical or chord progression is due i try for something different. Ill still be on track of the original idea (theme).
This exact thing can be heard in the capital katlean remix where i later play much more joyfull melody in the same style as the original theme, stuff like that.

Hope you like me being elaborate, feel free to pm me (going for everyone) if you have further questions.

Greets and thanks :)

[Solar Epoch]

Some vocals would be cool

I think this song needs some vocals. The guitars get a bit repetitive towards the end so I think the addition of vocals would add some diversity into the song.

I also think the rhythm guitar could be a bit louder. It plays some cool riffs, but they are very hard to make out.

However, I like small interludes (we can her it the first time at 1:17). The drums here sound good and the riff played there is very catchy. Reminds me of some other song, but the name slips my mind at the moment.

Overall the song is nice, but it needs some more work. I also had to think some time about the rating. At first I wanted to give you 7 out of 10, but then I felt it would be too low, but 8 out of 10 felt a bit too high... but since I can't give out half stars I decided to give you 8 stars since I think the song is closer to 8 stars than it is to 7. ^^

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Sawdust responds:

Seeing how you thought it needed some work...

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/314260

There. Hope it's better, thanks for the feedback!

[<EagleGuard> Project X]

Good song

While the synths in here do sound generic (like Coop already mentioned) I really like the added bells here. They sound pretty unique in this context and make sure that this song sticks out from the big mass of dance tracks.

But I also had the feeling that this song sounds strangely set back, just as if it tried to not attract too much attention. Maybe it's because the drums sound very weak in this song.

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EagleGuard responds:

Thanks for the review. I always try to make it sound different from other songs in its genre, so maybe that's why it may sound a bit set back. I don't think it's the drums though, perhaps I should've added more depth in the song by adding more instruments, like Coop said.

Glad you like the bells =)

[Touched by the abyss (piano)]

Nice

I find it very hard to review your songs. Not because I don't like them, but because I enjoy them so much! It's very hard to come up with something new and fresh everytime. ^^

Anyway, as I've already stated, I like this song. It creates a very good atmosphere, very calm and somewhat relaxed.

Sometimes there seem to be some wrong notes, but the overall impression of this song isn't clouded by this.

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Calamaistr responds:

I dont consider any notes wrong ever, i always go through my music multiple times to be sure.
What 'might seem a wrong note is often a logical note related to a certain sub melody, or at the least meant to change the atmosphere on a melody's emotion and to remind you and everyone else; its about the total of the music, wich is probably why my style isnt thát popular since its intellectual music, a person cant listen to a piece of mine once and tell me he has heard the piece, the piece must become familiar to one to say this, just like when you visit a town for the first time compared to when you live in that town for a year, the whole perception, the whole experience changes.

Hope this helps :)

I dont mind if you elaborate here and there, it wont change the way i make music but i definately apreciate peoples perception and insight.

Greets and thanks again.

-Cal.

[Electric Sandwich]

Minimalistic

A very minimalstic song, but I like it. The bass is pretty amazing, it adds a very special note to the main beat.

The melodies are nice, even though they aren't too complex.

However, the song gets a bit repetitive towards the end, but I guess that's the problem with all minimalstic songs. ^^

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KieranNG responds:

Thanks.
Yeah, I'm pretty new to making music so it can't really be too complicated.

[[S_Rock] Hemp Root]

Nice song

The intro sounds a bit like if there was a bagpipe playing, but maybe I just misheard that (bagpipes are one of my favorite instruments, so maybe I just WANT to hear a bagpipe there ^^).

Anyway, the song reminds me a bit of the score to the movie Requiem for a Dream. Maybe it's the melody or the style in which the melody is played.

Towards the end the song gets a bit repetitive, but overall it's very nice to listen to this.

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S-Rock responds:

Everyone in the review request club gives this song an 8. come on!!!!!...Come on!!!!

[Western geisha (cl+orient)]

Very subtle

Again a very good loop. I like the "china town" atmosphere you create with the melodies here, it sounds nice.

I also like the subtleness of the song. I had this playing in the background for quite a while now and I'm not tired of listening to it. Sometimes I didn't even realize that the song was still playing.
While this may not sound like a great compliment it is indeed meant to be taken as a compliment. ;) I wasn't really aware that the song was playing but at the same time my subconscious mind still realized there was something nice to listen to, so I felt very relaxed. ^^

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Calamaistr responds:

Thats always the 'best compliment :)

[Destiny_Eletric [Box-Kill]

Good song

A very well composed song. It starts off very interesting with the intro already. I think I haven't heard anything like this on NG before, so kudos to you.

But the song isn't only good in the intro but in the rest of the song as well. The transitions between the single parts are quite good and come very "natural". It isn't too subtle sometimes, but it isn't like I'm all like "wait what? Am I still listening to the same song?"

I also like the melodies in this song. They are very set back, but that's what makes them sound so good in my opinion. They don't try to compete with the beat, but they are there and they find a way to draw attention to themselvs.

Also, what's your style? I don't think you shouldn't look for a style, just create your own. :-)

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Box-Killa responds:

my style is everything lol.

[SN | Felix^3 | SN]

Relaxing

I don't know if your intention was to create a relaxing song, but to me this song was very relaxing. Mainly because of the slow background melodies. They create a very nice atmosphere that sounds a bit spacey and, well... relaxing.

The fast beat is set back very nicely and it supports the melodies very well. It's easy to overpower slow melodies with the beat, but you've done a good job mastering this song. Nice work!

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SessileNomad responds:

thanks

good to know i mixed fast and slow well