Maybe do the opposite and have 'unverification' where anybody trying to impersonate someone better known than them gets a big red X next to their name and their status changed to 'I am a fake punk-ass bitch'.

Between 2:11 and 2:37 that kick sidechain is ducking the volume a tiny bit after some of the notes in some cases - might be a quantisation thing because I didn't notice it anywhere else. You could probably ease off on the sidechain a little too. It's a cool track though, I like the ideas you have going in there.

Yeah finish it. I'd be interested to see where you go with this.

idk if soundcloud autolimits their tracks

I do remember reading on the Anjunabeats forum that Soundcloud's MP3 converter is garbage (low bitrate and really outdated algorithm), so there's that.

1. You shouldn't necessarily be afraid of being formulaic or 'unoriginal'. Some formulas are important, and changing something just so it's not formulaic isn't a good idea. Besides which nothing is truly new, and every person who creates is ultimately recombining things that already exist, in one form or another. Sometimes you'll think you've come up with something great by yourself, only to later discover that it's already been done or that it came from something you heard before. It doesn't matter.

2. A track can feel like it's missing something because the quality of the sounds you're using isn't good enough, or they're not interesting enough, rather than because there's not enough going on in your track. If you add several more elements to a track that seemed to be missing something and it still feels that way, this is probably what's up.

3. After trying mindfulness for a while, I found that I noticed new things in music that I'd listened to dozens of times before. There's not definitely a link, but never assume that your awareness of things is as acute as it could be, and find ways to improve it.

4. The key to just about everything: focus, patience, persistence.

I think the sidechaining is too heavy but the kick itself doesn't have enough impact. Try playing around with compression and/or layering on the kick (check one of the other subforums for advice on that). Layering that synth on the drop (or in general) will probably help with impact as well. I like the chords and melody ftr.

That last chord in the loop is a bit odd, and the progression from the previous chord(s) doesn't seem very natural. Apart from that, melodically speaking I quite like this. I wouldn't trash it, but it might be worth coming back to it once you're more confident about what chord progressions work or don't.

I assume https://soundcloud.com/amoxmusic/a-late-night-stroll-into-a-fictional-city is the track you're linking to.

It does sound pretty lo-fi. It almost sounds like it could have been done for effect, but not quite.

I think you've overdone the sidechaining, and that snare is missing some top end.

I like the keys or synth or whatever it is that runs through the track (stops at 2:30) though