Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Saga of the Fallen Warrior]

Good

Very nice track. Everything fits quite well here. The beat and the way you rap to the beat sounds very nice. Also, the background music sounds very fitting to the title. The melodies sound like a tribute to old karate movies, very nice.

Also the flow of words you present here is very good. Yesterday I reviewed one of your songs saying it sounded a little choppy from time to time. But here nothing is choppy, it all sounds very good and very natural. Nice work!

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BAF responds:

yeah I remember thinking the same thing about the karate movies when I first heard it. I spent a lot more time on this song than "Froze to the Bone" mainly because the beat was made by people here on newgrounds and I didn't want their music to be associated with something that sucked or even just mediocre.

[Froze to the Bone]

Good

There should be more lyrics written about true emotions. This whole "gangsta" image some rappers try to build up is so overused and pathetic that it really isn't fun to listen to most of modern rap today.

So, I really like your lyrics here. They are just true feelings and I think nearly everyone has felt like this in his life.

While your flow is quite good most of the time I have to agree with MickeyMao. Sometimes it sounds a bit choppy. So maybe you should "proof listen" your songs, or just record a very raw demo to check if the lines are really fitting to the beat or if you have to work on them a bit more.

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BAF responds:

I'm glad you like the topic, rappin' about topics like this or telling stories is much more natural to me than talking about selling drugs and bitches. Funny thing about the chopiness is that since I rapped it sometimes it can be hard to detect because I expect it already because I'm the one who said it if that makes any sense, I've thought about sleeping on a track for a night before uploading it so I can take a step back and listen to it without any pre-existing bias. Maybe I ought to start. Thanks for the review man.

[My Workshop]

Good

Wow, the lyrics are very long, nice. I like hip hop best when the rapper has something to tell (and preferably something else than "I'm the greatest and here's why"). You came up with a nice story so it is very interesting to listen to it.

Only thing I didn't like was the mechanical like way of speaking in the first few lines. Maybe that was intentional, since you are rapping about "a mechanical hand drops down", but I didn't like it that much.
I think you develope a more natural voice later on, or I just got used to the "mechanical" style. ^^

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BAF responds:

You hit the nail on the head pretty much, my delivery is something I will be focusing on for the future as I believe I have the lyric writing down pretty well. for me it's a lot more fun to write a story than just 3 minutes of me telling everyone how great I am at rapping. Thanks for the review Haggard!

[DjTyph - Let's Do The Mario!]

Nice remix

It's hard to come up with anything original when it comes to music from mario games, as it all seemingly has been done already. But this is in fact very original. Nice take on the propably best know main theme in gaming history.

Too bad the song is so short though, just about over a minute. It would be nice if you could add some more parts to it. Maybe even use music from other stages in there as well.

Unlike Fro, I didn't like the vocal samples in here too much, but I have to admit they add a bit varity to the song. It would propably sound a bit bland if the voices wheren't there.

Where I agree with Fro though is the ending. It's really messed up. Sounds as if you suddendly lost interested and left the song unfinished.

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Prodigal responds:

Haha, thanks for reviewing. I actually made this for a flash collab, but i have no clue what the progress is right now. It was just supposed to be short and powerful, and indeed it is. I threw in the vocals so that it had more of a mario taste, and I didn't do alot with the vocals :P The song is left unfinished because it was supposed to be a collab on it's own between me and BeatSource, but I think we both forgot about it, so i'll just hustle up and try to finish this myself.

Thanks Haggard!

[Distorted Reality (DjTyph Mix)]

This song takes no prisoners

it just shots all who stand in the way straight in the face. It's pretty fast paced, there are hardly parts where you can take a deep breath, because it is so full of energy and - yeah, fast paced. Just when you think: "Oh good, a slightly slower part" another kick sets in and the song continues in the same speed as before.

I quite like that, actually. Just the right song to play at the top of a party, when the crowd is ready to rock the house. ^^

After that the party might as well end, as it is possible that people will not only rock the house but completly destroy it. XD

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Prodigal responds:

I love psyching people out with fake slow tempos. It gives me boners. The song would be great for a party but I think the adrenaline itself would rock the house.

Thanks for reviewing!

[Nephelheim]

Slow intro, awesome song

Yeah, the intro is indeed too long and too slow. You may want to cut it down a bit, because the song that follows is actually pretty amazing. Very hard drums and melodies, I can imagine people would really like to dance to this in a disco. The song is full of energy and I guess it makes people want to dance.

So yeah, try to find a better intro. :)

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Centrist responds:

Okey dokie. I'll see what I can do about that. ^^

[No Savior v.3]

Unusual

Hm, the intro tune sounds very familiar, but I can't put my finger on it where I might have heard it...

Anyway, the intro is very nice, not only because the melody sounds somewhat familiar, but because it sounds very nice and kind of... promising. It just sounds as if it says: "Hey hold on, there's something good following!"

And something good follows. I like the mixture of the classical sounding melody and the more modern sounding drums.
It's definitely unusual, so I guess you can also call this track unique. :)

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Centrist responds:

Ooh, very cool. Thanks for the review mate!

I was trying to do a mix of a 'orchestral rock ordeal' type thing. O-o

BUT! In any case, thanks again for the review!

[Ominous Theme]

Resident Evil?

I was playing a lot Resident Evil (the first part) lately, and this really reminds me of some of the tunes you can hear throughout the game. It has the same creepy atmosphere to it. Your nerves are frayed, even though there's no danger visible... but what's there behind the next corner? Oh... nothing...

I get the same feeling when listening to this track. Good thing that I have an Ink Ribbon, so I can save my game and come back later after I took some valerian... XD

Too bad the ending is kind of messed up. If anyone wants to use this in a flash, he has to edit the ending first. He has to either use a transition to the next song or fade it out at the end... it would be nice if the track itself would loop better.

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Centrist responds:

xD, ah the days of RE.

I've been having some trouble with the whole looping thing, even if I export them in Reason, there always seems to be a little bit of space at the end that makes the snap noticeable.

I'll see what I can do to fix it up a bit. ^^
Thanks for the review guys!

[Come on lets Go!]

Nice, but needs some "polishing"

I really like the drums here. They are very powerful and offer a very nice beat.
The guitars sound nice as well, the riff is very heavy and fits nicely to the drum beat.

Only problem is that everything here sounds so "loud". Sometimes the guitars are nearly drowned by the drums and sometimes the drums can hardly be heared. So this track needs a bit more equalizing to improve the overall sound quality of this submission.

sicjes responds:

Thanks for the feedback, really. I know where I am weak and will only improve with every new effort. I'm about to take a 4 month vacation to really practice and work on my music and other creative projects. Thanks again for your time

[[LY] Afternoon Blazing [D]]

Relaxing

You have some very nice melodies in this song and it's pretty groovy, especially that melody that can be heard at 1:13.

Also, the song is really relaxing. I closed my eyes and listened to this a few times in a row, because it really helped me to relief my stress after a pretty tough day. :)

But I think there should be a few more elements in the song to make it a bit more interesting. Maybe some voice samples would be great. Just a male voice that says some random things would already do the trick.

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la-yinn responds:

Haha, glad I could help you relief your stresses. :D

Some more effects and such would help, but I'm currently really working on some saxophone/trumpet melodies. Already have it planned out to give it a bit more of a jazzy feeling.

I've thought about vocals too, but I'm not to sure if it would work. I was going to try it out, but my microphones out of order at the moment so I guess I'll leave it out.

Thanks for the review!