Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Last March (Plz Reveiw)]

Sounds good

A very nice piece. The drums create a very good marching rhythm, the melodies in the foreground create a very imposant (and sometimes quite happy) atmosphere, that would jolly the soldiers along.

However, the sound quality is a bit strange. Sounds a bit too... distant. As if this was recorder from a greater distance.

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Cimba responds:

I might be able to fix that, i'll see what i can do

[Your Makeup is Running]

Nice song title

Well, luckily it's not only the song title that's nice. The song is pretty nice as well.

Drum intros are (nearly) always cool and it's cool here as well. The main riff of the guitar sounds very good and catchy, the second guitar sounds a bit strange... I think it's a bit too loud compared to the other instruments.
But the second guitar plays some very ncie stuff as well.

However, I think this song needs better mixing. As I've written, the second guitar is very loud and it even overpowers the drums. The bass is pretty much drowned between the other instruments after the intro. It can only be heard occasionally in the rest of the song.

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Sawdust responds:

Yeah, but I think that my mixing attempts would be futile due to my speakers being crap. And the second guitar was just a clean amp with wah effects.

[Strangled - to be the sea]

Bazarlike

I don't know why, but I had the image of a large Bazar in mind while listening to this. Maybe because on the last track I felt as I was standing in a big city, now I reached the Bazar of said city, heh.

Anyway, once again the melodies in this track blend in very well with the background effects and the drums.
Maybe the rain could even be a bit louder.

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Calamaistr responds:

Its always nice to see what other people hear in it. I guess it could fit fine on a bazaar scene.

Anyway the track was meant as the protagonists (literal) awakening, like a double realisation both in the dreamworld and the realworld, wich is why it starts so hopeful and drags into a kind of 'i need to do something' feeling, slightly reflecting the themes (melody) of the dream.

All in all where in the dream the rain had been seen as a threat, it actually saved him and never ended untill he woke up rejuvinated, the rain is as much the oxygen as it is that wich strangled him, in some way it both stands for the mass of all that is (concerning us) and the show how harmless it is, if you are concious about it.

[Void (Mist Covered Realm)]

Good

"Not particularly happy or sad". Well, you succeeded with this. This piece creates a very strange mixture of a "happy" and a "sad" atmosphere. Kind of reminds me of Okami, the game offers similar music at some parts.

I especially like the flute(?) you use for the melody in the middle part of the song. It fits very well together with the background muisc.

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callitsleep89 responds:

ill have to check out "okami", i havent heard of it before. anyways, thanks for the review!

[Devotion do_ob]

Weird transitions

The background noises (the deep humming and the high pitched sounds) create a very good atmosphere, it is very relaxing to listen to this.

The drums are a bit strange and seem to be out of place from time to time. Also the transitions (slow to fast at 2:09 and fast to slow at 3:35) sound a bit weird.

But overall the song is pretty nice.

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eatmeatleet responds:

thanks, I know where to improve now

[SN | No Purpose Flour | SN]

Great

I don't know how loud the track was when you made it, but here it does indeed sound very quiet.

Anyway, it still sounds awesome. I especially like the glitchy sounds together with what seems to be bird noises in the background (or those bird noises are also glitch sounds, but it sounds as if there are some birds singing, lol).

Also, the drum track you come up with in the second part of the song (at around 1:35) is amazing. On the one hand it seems to be all over the place, but on the other hand it creates a very nice rhythm.

So, the only downside is that it seems to be too quiet, but other than that, it's an aweomse track!

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SessileNomad responds:

bird noises are a certain black fellow, pitch shifted up a few steps, but he is just screamin and shit

i think i might go back in and make this track a little louder, we'll see

thanks for reviewin man

[musicmachine - cover]

Good cover

I just listened to the original song and I have to say I like your cover version even better than the original. Maybe it's because I don't like dance music that much, heh.

But anyway, you've done a very good job with this song. I like the hard sounding guitar riffs in the background, they fit very nice to the voice.
I also like how you tried to keep the song from getting repetitive by constantly changing around the background music. I like even more how all of the different background "parts" fit so well to the voice. Almost seems as if the vocals where exclusively written and recorded for this song.

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loansindi responds:

I'm glad you liked it.

I spent a fair amount of time on this one, and I've still got some files laying around that had failed attempts at writing the instrumentals. The only thing I really had to go on was the bass in the original song, so I kind of just based everything around that.

I left their vocal track entirely intact, and decided to write around it. I think if I had futzed with slicing up the vocals I never would have finished.

Thanks for the review!

[Jazzy, Funky Zombies]

Nice story

I like the story you present in the comments, it gave me a good laugh (especially the last sentence).

The intro and outro work pretty well when imagining that some zombies come out of their graves and go back into it at the end.

The jam session sounds pretty nice, but I think the song needs a bit more work. I think the first riff is played a tad bit too long. It only changes at around 1:23. While it sounds nice it gets a bit repetitive before you finally change it.

Also I would like to hear some kind of drum solo in here as well and maybe even a bass solo if you can come up with one.
This would give all of the instruments some exposure and in my opinion it would make the song sound more interesting.

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Birdinator99 responds:

Thanks for the review! Glad I got the intro/outro working. Hmmm... Drum and bass solos actually sound like a good idea... That'd be pretty interesting just to give it a shot. *Ideas forming*

[Strangled - clarity burie]

Nice atmosphere

Wow, the atmosphere in this track is great. It somehow reminds me of a very large city, something like Kairo maybe (I don't know why, but I have to think of some arabian or egyptian city when listening to this song).

I like how the track manages to stay in the background yet being very present at the same time. It doesn't distract me from what I am doing but at the same time I like listening to this while I'm doing something else.

The only thing I didn't like where the cymbals that can be heard every now end then. They don't really fit in the song in my opinion.

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Calamaistr responds:

What cymbals exactly? (you can pm me if you want) i didnt use alot of cymbals in this track and the ones i did use.. well i dont think they sound out of place really, they are a part of the atmosphere to keep things magical.

How did you like the guitar on the good thought parts? :)

thanks for the review man.

[Dreaming Away]

Bad sound quality, great song

Well, just like with other songs I reviewed from you, the biggest downside of this track is the low sound quality. Sometimes it's hard to make things out properly, but the nice sounds from the guitar and some of the effects kept me interested in the song.

The atmosphere you create with the guitar here is very dense. It creates feelings of loneliness and melancholy in me. Not quite sure if that's what you wanted to achieve, but that's how I feel when listening to the song. ^^

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Monkeydelic responds:

Thanks :)

I guess i sometimes forget that some elements just aren't that easy to hear for people, as i myself know they're there, and that may be the only reason i "hear" them clearly.

Loneliness and melancholy was indeed the emotions i had and was trying to create when making this song, as i found that music with a melancholy feel are the most beautiful and the ones that moves me personally the most, so i guess mission accomplished:P

Thanks for the review :)

Namaste.