https://soundcloud.com/jashermusic/problematic/s-x3dSz
Opinions?
(the mix is a bit shit, stuffs distorting(

Interesting idea man, I like this! I'm really digging your piano breakdown at the end, sounds pretty original and has a very cool dark vibe going on!

One suggestion for your breakdown at 2:15, like may want to consider adding more sounds to fill up the space around the synth.  I think that throwing some lower frequency sounds in as a layer on top of that main synth may help or even switching those single notes to chords which may add some more complexity as well.

Keep it up man and good luck

Interesting.

Now Im not going to pretend to be an expert on the mastering process, but I think I can clear up the -6db stuff. If you master your own work, you can put the premaster dbs at whatever you like. However, if you are sending it off to be mastered professionally, the -6dbs is necessary to give the engineer all the headroom he may need for your specific project. Everyone uses different processes to get similar results. At least that's my take on it.

That makes sense, thanks for clarifying!

I also meant 4 bars not sure why I said beat

no worries man, appreciate the tip on that!

You could add another bass thats very similar but maybe its a bit wider. Listen to I Just Cant (Chris Lorenzo remix) and check out how every beat or so the bass gets really wide.

Yup, definitely notice the bass spreading out to the sides on certain hits, very cool effect.

After a whole year learning and trying music production, I have finally finished an entire track. I took LCA by GTA and used its arrangement almost exactly. I basically attempted to recreate it adding my own twists to the song. Please let me know what you think and any tips on the mix.

https://soundcloud.com/daniel-torres-usf/bring-the-bass-back/s-MZg2t

This is pretty dope, great job!  The mix sounds very clean and crisp on my end.

I think that your song may have more impact and presence if you include more drums/hats like in LCA, though this is pretty stylistic to my taste and a personal preference really.    Also a subjective personal preference, but I think that vocal sample would sound cool with even more effects and chops on it throughout to keep the variety going.  I thought it had a lot of potential on the buildups if you were to chop certain parts of it and have it play rhythmically in time with the build up drums.  Also could sound cool if you drop the octave to make it deeper in parts just to switch it up.

Keep it up man!

Hello all! I've been lurking for awhile now and I decided I would post my first finished track here to find out what you all think. enjoy

Extremely impressive for your first finished track, already sounds like you have quite a handle on what you are doing!  The arrangement and sounds are awesome.   It sounds very unique with a distinct style, yet would fit right in with the other tracks in a typical festival set.

Overall the mix sounds very clean and balanced.  There were only two areas that I had thoughts on.  First, would have liked to hear your kick come through a bit more through the mix, as it sounds like some of the other layers may be covering it up once you have a lot of them in.  If you listen to the kick in relation to the mix during the first 15 seconds and compare with the next 15 seconds after that (or during the drop), you may notice what I mean.  I would check your side-chaining/LFO carve-out settings out to make sure that your kick is coming through consistently throughout the entire song regardless of how many layers are playing.  Also, you may want to check your EQ settings to see if there is any low end you can free up from your other layers to make more room for the kick.  If you don't have your kick already playing in mono, switching it to mono may also help.

Again just to emphasize, this is incredibly impressive for your first finished track, keep it up man!

You know you have a vocal in the drop and I think its too dry maybe you should add a delay and a bit of reverb on the vocal.
Listen to Malaa-Notorious, maybe there is more clear

Got it now man, thanks! 

Had the pleasure of seeing Malaa last month, so awesome!!

Hey, thanks for the  feedaback that you did on my song, now its my turn . I find the track with a lot of potential and positive things inside it, I am very fan of the build up, its very clubby and I like it, also your percussion is very good and sounds professional. I think that the fxs before the drop are too much, maybe an EQ cutting the lows so when the drop starts its more like a boom(idk if you understood or its my bad English  ). Maybe what i miss from the drop is another sound in the lead so it gives a bit of variety and makes a  contrast with the short melody from the drop. I would put a little reverb and delay on the "drop" like a downlifter.

Overall its a great track with great sounds in it and very well done ,I hope this helped and sorry for my bad english 

Thank you for all that feedback and kind words man!  Your English is not bad at all btw, I understand all of what you say loud and clear

Would love to hear more about your tip on adding a little reverb and delay onto the drop like a downlifter, not sure I'm fully understanding and want to make sure I know what you mean on this one.  Is there a song that you could post as reference that demonstrates this concept?

Thanks again!