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typing as i listen..

The first two instruments that come in compliment each other nicely but the placement is rhythmically awkward. like casual said, all the elements are there.  Vocals are overpowering and it pans to the left and right in a disorienting way. i might be sounding too negative so let me give you the good, which it mostly is. Great vibe, nice sounding kick and i think overall you did a nice job!

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Finished Tracks / Re: Funky disco/techno fusion, feedback needed
« on: February 23, 2016, 07:56:34 am »
Nice minimal deep techno vibes! pretty legit man.  I want it to sound a little darker because its not quite as mysterious and dark as I want this to be. But this is purely my personal taste. Im just typing in a stream of consciousness manner.  All the sounds have their own space and thats what makes this track really solid.  Nice kick and bass relationship, that is suuuuper crucial and you nailed it!

As far as something constructive I can add; I think the bass is what makes this track slightly too happy for my taste, the pitch of it and the fact that the melody rises up at the end of it.

the sound that comes in at 2:40 and is used continuously throughout the track is nice, its like a low-pass filtered distorted mid percussion thing and you use it effectively. but, I think you need to bring that out more because thats one of your "hottest" sounds in the track, try giving it a little more reverb and pan it moderately to the left and/or right with some variation. Maybe layer it with something subtle to bring it out more.

im not even that much into this genre and I like it so congrats!

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Finished Tracks / Re: My eulogy in .wav format
« on: February 23, 2016, 07:45:55 am »
yea the best part about this is the  extreme delay on that sound but you over use it and it gets tiring. if you used it more sparingly at least as half as often as you do now, it will increase the impact of it. Also the intro is disorienting and there is nothing I can focus on to want to keep listening.  I like the experimentation!

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I listened to the original, that is a great track.

Your track is a pretty good interpretation of the original! The mixing is average, some of the sounds are too loud and at times there are too many things in my face at once and it hurts my ears. maybe use some panning on some of them and EQ out any harsh frequencies.  The vocal gets drowned out by all this as well, gotta make room for that in the frequency spectrum.

Your track is a little dirtier than the original, I like it and keep up the good work! watch out on too many wubs, sometimes less is more, but that is just my personal taste.

take care!

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WIPs / Re: New ID - Prog House - DANZ
« on: February 23, 2016, 07:26:31 am »
Yea, just about done!  good tension building and good idea. main melody is simple yet effective.  but it could have a better rhythm.  not a drastic change or anything but I would just experiment with it more.  the sample you used for the snare buildup kind of stands out in a bad way because it could be better.  drums are pretty good too.  I would try to create some sort of contrasting melody or counter melody that compliments the main pluck. anyways good job!

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Intro doesnt really want me to keep listening because of that melody's rhythm.  I see what you're going for and you need to just spend a liiiiittle more time on it to really make it really nice  ;D also maybe add a suspenseful element to build tension to keep me interested

at 1:10 when the main melody comes in, its a very pleasant, soaring feeling.  So you have nailed it in the good vibes dept. and pretty good mixing.  everything else is solid as fudge. wait..fudge isnt solid, but you know what I wanted to say

thanks for the ear pleasing music!

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WIPs / Re: Started this today (feedback)
« on: February 18, 2016, 05:36:40 am »
The lead melody that comes in at :15 is the most glaring thing right off the bat as one of the things that could be improved upon.  The rhythm and the progression could be improved to be more memorable as well.  But I'd say that you cooked up somethin pretty nice today, go ahead and work on it some more  8)

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Admit your bad habits
« on: February 18, 2016, 05:21:56 am »
Changing a track so much that i end up making several considerably different versions and never completely finish any of them

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WIPs / Re: Audien style progressive house
« on: February 17, 2016, 08:03:54 pm »
decent melody and arrangement. but the lows are so drowned out that when the kick comes in, you can barely hear it.  everything is fighting for the same space and the end result is a bad sounding mix. keep working  ;)

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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: No Music Background...Thoughts?
« on: February 16, 2016, 10:38:30 pm »
^ Right?


Speaking from personal experience of having zero musical background, I have done countless hours of trial and error with pluck chords and which notes sound good together and which dont.  Which black keys work with the white ones and which dont, or which chord progression will sound good next.  I imagine I would have saved myself a LOT of time if I had even a little bit of knowledge about music theory.

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WIPs / Re: My new WIP (ndetro - Stay With Me) Electronic Chill
« on: February 14, 2016, 12:06:26 am »
Great work..I love the emotion in this one and the vocal really goes well with the rest of the sounds. Great atmosphere.

Maybe try chopping up a vocal syllable without overdoing it and place it in well times spots like during transition or just every so often. Whatever you want.

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WIPs / Re: What part of production should i focus on now?
« on: February 14, 2016, 12:01:41 am »
You should focus on the arrangement because its only a minute long. That way you can arrange it to be 4 or 5 minutes long and then go from there because it starts off with a long melody and you're giving too much away too early and you can tease the listener early in the track and then release the whole melody later. Good job though!


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WIPs / Re: First draft of a Prog House track
« on: February 13, 2016, 11:57:46 pm »
Reviewing as I listen..

the initial melody is decent..then the piano comes in and its pretty good and im interested to keep listening. But when the breakdown comes in and you still have the same short piano progression playing, it gets stale fast. I know you added a new piano melody on top of it and it needs to be twice as long because it becomes too repetitive

The bass gets stale as well. Try to have a section where the progression changes a little bit at the end of it.

The fact that you layered other sounds around that specific melody I was talking about earlier kind of hurts your track because the melody never takes you anywhere.

Another good thing is that I can hear you are on your way to becoming a good producer and i encourage you to keep practicing!

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WIPs / Re: A quick progressive drop I made need some feedback (updated)
« on: February 13, 2016, 11:47:27 pm »
Are you making a new thread everytime you update this? Im not attacking you but its just not good netiquette. Anyways yea you should definitely erase any low frequencies that arent necessary so its not all muddy sounding.  Your sounds are drowning eachother out.

Nice idea though

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WIPs / Re: ambience(?) track i'm making
« on: February 09, 2016, 12:43:41 am »
I really have to pee now.  :-[

But seriously, the running water sample is way louder than it should be and it takes over the track in a bad way.  Just simply turn it down a little bit and you will be ok  :D

I like this, its kind of something you could just relax to and the sounds you chose are pretty good, as well as the melodies.  Do you use panning? I think that it could help set a better atmosphere if you use more of that.  Youtube is your friend..

Take care! gotta go pee!


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