I'm a fan of a few indie-rock bands; Coldplay, Two Door Cinema Club and Fenech-Soler spring to mind

I know very very little music theory and I don't feel like it has held me back creatively at all personally.

Being emotionally connected to your own music takes time, because it's got to be your music, and no matter how hard we all try, a lot of beginner producers are just imitators of other producers they like.

I'm not accusing you of copying or imitating, what i'm saying is you might not yet have truly found your own style which you are passionate about. This doesn't have to be entirely original; you could be insanely passionate about commercial EDM bangers for all I know, it just has to be what you truly love.

This might come about easier by listening to more music, or possibly by learning more music theory; I don't know. But I think once you are settled with a style you are truly passionate about and believe is truly yours, I think you will find it very easy to put the emotion into it

What makes me different from all the other people I know in the industry is I don't have any financial, or commercial ambitions, besides being able to do what I love every day, all day, and still afford food and shelter and the occasional bundle of plugins.

I'm not naïve - I know the majority of the artists are doing this for commercial and financial gain - but surely there must be a few producers with as much passion as you?

So glad I read this post

Can't wait

Hey, this was a really nice remix i'm glad I listened

I think in terms of production quality I don't have to say much, it's all clear and crisp and I doubt I could improve it.

However it doesn't sound much different to Porter's own style, meaning I think you've chosen the wrong song to remix. As good a remix as it is, I don't think you've taken it in a new direction or added your own stamp to it. So I really like it yeah, but I don't think it offers much different to the original. Perhaps try taking a track from a different genre and turning it into this style

Finally just a few small petty things, personally I think the snares building up come in too soon and last too long but maybe that's just me, and I'm not such a fan of the guitar at the end.

Overall though it was pretty good

Hey man, I thought this was pretty good!

Your sound design is quality, I love the plucks at the start and the bass sounds are crisp. Very nice.

I'd say a few things I don't like though. I think before the first drop there isn't really much of a build up, and I think if you did have a distinct build up then it'd feel like the drop hits much harder. If you had either some rising noise or a synth which is being pitched up it might work

Also the section at around 1:50 with the snare drums in the background feels a bit too cluttered. I know the genre is meant to be glitchy and stuff but in my opinion the snares there don't work.

So yeah i'd say my main tip is arrangement could be better, but as I said the sound design is really really nice and production-wise it sounds really clear which is good

Quote from: BorderCity on January 09, 2016, 01:27:52 pm

I was just wondering if anyone had any tips for getting a cleaner mix when you use a lot of reverb and delay in your music.

It's part of my style and I don't want to have to compromise it all that much by cutting down the reverb/delay tails or making the sounds more dry, but then a lot of people tend to say that if you use to much reverb the mix will start to get muddy and I see what they mean.

Any advice?

Bounce to audio every instrument with reverb and/or automate the delay/reverb volume. So you'll cut it when you don't need it, and put it back on when you need it.

I've not tried automating the reverb/delay, i'll give that a go. Thanks