aphex twin is an obvious one. another would be james murphy from LCD soundsystem. Oneohtrix Point Never is nearly 40 im sure too. Then in hip hop Dr Dre is still a force to be reckoned with, as is DJ Premier and Mike Dean.

hey dave. remember you playing this in the sharecube yesterday (nomae here). Really nice tune I remember which is something because im the biggest fan of the original vocal itself. good work.

https://soundcloud.com/lighghtofficial/a-is-for/s-vy8I0

think this one is nearly done. some highs in the mix could be made less hot. Think I will do that after leaving it rest for a while so ive fresh ears for it.

Tell me what you all think.

Quote from: Lighght on January 15, 2016, 11:46:36 pm

So that is why the standard is 44.1k.

right i know all of that regarding the Nyquist frequency and sampling rate I was only asking to see if ultra high fidelity replication made a big difference to you guys as mixing and mastering engineers

ahhh I getcha. for me no it doesnt! Bitrate on the other hand....

I think a big part of creating music that is in someway 'you' is having a wide palette to draw from when creating music and knowing when and where to draw from that palette wether that be familiarity with things that apply directly: certain structures, rhythms, melodic and harmonic methods,  synthesis techniques and extending into things that apply more abstractly: philosophies, inspirations etc.

Knowing something new such as counterpoint can only help. Try using it out maybe when writing a chord sequence dictating the harmonic structure of the song. Try it out in different ways and maybe you get a result you like.

At the start the flute feels a bit hot compared to the piano. 
Love the bass growl thing that comes in from 0:53.

Dont know if its because of the style of the music but I wish the melody would change up a bit!

hope that helps. track is promising

Plenty of "contemporary" classical stuff. Which is a pretty large umbrella to be honest. Let me share a few things I think are easy enough for anyone to enjoy -- stuff that is weird with some catchiness.

caroline shaw - Allemande (partita for 8 voices) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mukrVsKqTs&list=PLqdFJzgdyvWnzexNx9L4lqY33tHGzt1gg
joel love - synchronicity in purple minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OKSKQ-Jhm4
oh and less catchy but super psyched to fuck
gerard grisey - partials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqzukP_BtW8

Age shouldn't be a factor guys on the criticism given if it is good criticism. You guys no doubt want to get better (like everyone) and so really any advice should be welcome if its good advice.

Your melodies in general are good, however, it feels like there are few flubbed notes here and there - timing issues and maybe one or two wrong notes. If you are recording in with a midi keyboard or something dont be too satisfied with your first 'goodish' attempt but rather use that as a template to get something tight sounding.

I agree with Manducator that the loudness of the song is actually bringing down the effect its elements have. And some of my songs are stupid loud too.

Both those things said, your melodic sense and structure sense are good (aside from what I already said ).