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.

[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!

[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!

[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 :(

[Number of the Beast]

I lived alone...

my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

This is a very good "cover" of the intro of "The Number of the Beast". In the beginning you sound very close to the original. Later on, you still sound close to the original, but you should have put a bit more "drama" into your voice. Also I think the "sixhundredandsixtysix" should be spoken a tad bit faster.

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Coop responds:

Well, it's not bad for a first try. I could also use an echo on it, but still, for a raw sample, I think I'm getting there :)

[Kids]

Sounds a bit muffled

Again a nice build up here. Maybe it's a tad bit too repititve, but this can be easily sorted out if you add some other instruments during the build up or if you simply cut down on build up time.

However, the rest of the song is pretty repititve, too. There are very few breaks and/or changes in the song, so you should try to work on that.

The major problem with the song seems to be the somewhat muffled sound. As if someone put a cloak in front of the speakers...

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thegreatmorph responds:

Well that said, I'm pretty indulgent in my work and if it sounds good to me I try not to mess around with it too much.

Also the muffled sound is probably down to the poor quality of the uploaded Mp3 once again.

Thanks for the review! I'll try to encompass your advice into my newer works, if I ever get around to finishing them.

[SRD - The Almighty Sterling]

Great, but...

This is a good song. I like the slow build up and the rhythm is also pretty good. But what ruins the song are the many static sounds in there. Too bad you don't know where they are coming from. Makes it harder to figure out what went wrong and where.
Did you try to simply reupload the song? Because it would be pretty sad to see this good song getting a low score just because of the statics...

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thegreatmorph responds:

Thanks for the advice, and I haven't tried uploading it again, mainly because it's on the hard drive of my other computer which unfortunately is screwed.

I'll try it as soon as I get my computer up and running again.

[Heal - Classical Remix]

Even better than the original

That's right. I like this better than the original (sorry, TMM43 ;) ). I think it's quite amazing what you made out of the song. I still can hear the melody from the original here, but in your song it sounds so different, with all those classical instruments backing up the melody.

It also creates a totaly different atmosphere. The original song creates a happy atmosphere, while this one creates a much more thoughtful, almost sad atmosphere...

Good job!

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TheBellmaker responds:

I think TMM43's version is awesome, too :). Thanks for the review and I hope to do much better things with my music in the future.