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WIPs / First draft of a Prog House track
« on: February 12, 2016, 07:28:11 am »
Hey guys,
This is the first track I've actually finished arranging, I like the harmony/melody a lot but the production is quite amateur so I would really appreciate if you guys could critique me to death on it.
Link: https://soundcloud.com/pedromtavares/sunshine-1st-draft/s-ZPItK (I couldn't embed it for some reason)
I tried using this track from Avicii as a reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBC2vS8Ej8
I have a few things which I'm not happy with and think could be improved:
- It gets repetitive after a while and I think one of the reasons is because the chords and melody are 4 bars long instead of 8 bars.
- The drum fills and FX are really bad, I struggled a lot with them, especially white noise.
- There are very few instruments (piano, pluck, crappy acoustic guitar from Live and a bassline) and no layering going on.
- I think some pads and/or stabs could also help adding some variation.
Overall I'm happy with the arrangement and the track's vibe, but I really plan on making it better based on the feedback I get. I'm also extremely open to collaboration on it if any of you fine gentleman think it would be worth your time (I'm using Live).
This is the first track I've actually finished arranging, I like the harmony/melody a lot but the production is quite amateur so I would really appreciate if you guys could critique me to death on it.
Link: https://soundcloud.com/pedromtavares/sunshine-1st-draft/s-ZPItK (I couldn't embed it for some reason)
I tried using this track from Avicii as a reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBC2vS8Ej8
I have a few things which I'm not happy with and think could be improved:
- It gets repetitive after a while and I think one of the reasons is because the chords and melody are 4 bars long instead of 8 bars.
- The drum fills and FX are really bad, I struggled a lot with them, especially white noise.
- There are very few instruments (piano, pluck, crappy acoustic guitar from Live and a bassline) and no layering going on.
- I think some pads and/or stabs could also help adding some variation.
Overall I'm happy with the arrangement and the track's vibe, but I really plan on making it better based on the feedback I get. I'm also extremely open to collaboration on it if any of you fine gentleman think it would be worth your time (I'm using Live).