Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[(BMI)-Eternal Seas]

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Sounds great. The bass of this song is realy great, I like that :) .
You played the guitars again very accurate and I wish I could play only half that accurate at that speed... :( .

Though the sound quality is a bit low (only a bit) it adds a very good atmosphere. Sounds like I am standing at a bar and some band is playing this song.
But I think the mixing needs some work. One of the guitars can hardly be heard. But then again, it adds a lot to this "live atmosphere".

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Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks a lot, dude. I am practicing mish mashing two different rhythms or 1 rhythm and 1 lead. Trying to find adequate volumes and panning for them. So I'm glad you had some pointers on that. I've updated since, but am still not super happy with it. I'll probably tweak it more too.

Anyways, yeah..."live". Wouldn't that be great. Soon man...I'll FINALLY be playing live.

Thanks for your review, and as always support.\m/

[SSBM Zelda - Temple Metal]

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Nice song!
It's played very accurate and the mixing of the instruments if very good, too.
I really like the melody of that song.

Also, the careful outfading at the end is done very nicely.

Sonofkirk responds:

Hey,pal! Thanks for givin' me your great opinion ! i'm glad u liked it, haggard ! C ya

[Super Freak(28 second loop)]

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Whoa, very heavy riff here. Perfect for some games where metal (the material, not the genre :P ) crushes together, like Destruction Derby or some Mech games.

However, the quality of the sound is a bit low, sadly. But hopefully once this turns into a full song the quality will be better.

PS: Just saw that this is used in a defense game. Yep, that's a really fitting genre for this riff ;) .

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

I made some good copies of this loop under my ALT account. Black-Cloak-Of-Night. One has a "lead" the other is this, but WAY better quality.
Thanks for the review, and support man.\m/

[=Snowboard Kids: Hidden Track=]

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Heh, I just love retro video game sounds. This tune really has a very happy theme and it somehow reminds me of winter... so, you've reached your goal :P .

I can really imagine listening to that while playing some games like "Winter Games" (C64/PC) or even some newer games. Hopefully a flash artist will grab this tune and add it to his game.

The main theme is really catchy and makes me feel happy (as I've already written). The bass line seems to be pretty simple, but it creates a good background for the song.

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WritersBlock responds:

Cool, thanks for reviewing. I'd really like this used in a flash, that was my main reason for coming to newgrounds in the first place, so, that'd really make my day.
Cheers.

[Nav- Kirby's Mirror (idnb rmx)]

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I like this remix. It's very diversyfied in my opinion. What I like the most about this one is, that it keeps itself in the background so well. It's just perfect for the use in videogames, as it doesn't distract the player from the actual game he/she's playing.

Nav responds:

Thanks for the review! Yeah, I like to hear this one the the background too :)

[*[RevolutioN]*]

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Man, you give me a hard time. When the song started I wanted to give a zero instantly, because it's just that kind of music that I just don't like :P .
But it would be unfair to give you a low rating just because I don't like it, since you asked the Review Request Club to review you songs. So, I will be fair and unbiased , don't worry ;)

So, to the song: As I said, I don't like that kind of songs, but technically you've done a great job here. The mixing is fine and the sound is very clean.
All instruments can be heard, which is always a good thing.

You also added a lot of diversity to your song, this will keep the listener interested and also makes sure that it never gets boring.
You used some interesting effects and some of the melodies in this song are quite catchy.

Sp1r1T responds:

Yey, thanks!
Oh yeah, dont 0 a song because you don't like it.
Only dicks do that.

[<-Distortion->]

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Whoa, this is some heavy shit you have here.
I really like the sound of this. The quality is great and so is the mixing. No instrument seems to fall behind.

The riff is played very well and it sounds very good. The drums are good, too.

Only downside is the ending. The fading just doesn't sound right there...

DarKsidE555 responds:

yeah, I know, my skillz on creating good endings etc. sucked at that time. I think the sound on this is bad is well...compared to my newer sound of course. :)

Anyways, glad you enjoyed it!

[-=Garage Rock=-]

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I think you've done a great job here. The single instruments are going quite well together and you created a very nice and catchy tune here.
Also, this song is very diversified. At one point it reminds me of Dire Straits ("Money for nothing", as Coop has already said), and then it reminds me of the early 80's pop (which is a good AND a bad thing, both at the same time ^^).

Anyway, I like this song and I can imagine listening to that while playing some sort of racing game.

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Mataro responds:

I'm still not sure how this sounds much like Dire Straits.. I mean.. Maybe very mildly.. But that's a stretch xD

Oh well, to each their own, right? I'm glad to hear you liked it. I can't say I've listened to much pop, so I wouldn't really know about the 80's bit >.>

As for fitting a racing game..? Yeah, I could see that. Though I've been told people think of a fighting game, primarily. Could go either way I guess.. Thanks for coming by, and I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply!

[me jammin']

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Hey, this reminded me a bit of "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" by Metallica.
The sound quality is quite similar to this recording, and even the distortion sounds a bit like the aforementioned song ^^.
I think you played a great track here, even though I think that it would sound better if you'd turn the distortion down a bit. Right now it sounds pretty "squishy" (don't know if this is the right expression. What I mean is: it doesn't sound very clear).

mhb responds:

i understand what you're sayin' with the distortion bein' way too much.

isn't anesthesia a bass solo though? i guess it doesn't make a diference when you have a staticy recording huh? but, slayer is proof that you can have the shittiest quality of recording and still sell albums.

but yeah the gain was by far way too amped for this.

[HRC - heavy friggin riff!]

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It's a good riff (and it sure IS heavy), but there's something missing... It just sounds a bit too generic for me. But I like the effects you used towards the end. It adds a lot of diversity, even though this one is so short.

DarKsidE555 responds:

I know what you mean...ah well, can't always be "mindblowing" can it? ;P

Anyways, thanks for checking man!