pretty nice progression--not sure about that third chord tho (the leading chord that just hits once). I know what youre going for but it sounds off. Also some of the notes in the "sax" are dissonant to the progression and the timbre of the instrument is just a little harsh. I would experiment with something more synthetic and electronic rather than going for this quasi-violin/sax hybrid. drums are good, def got a good groove going. You could also potentially work with a better piano synth/sample..its a little muted (once again I know what youre going for--kinda like Shadow Child's Piano Weapon, but I think it could be improved still). Also not sure how much I like the build, the way you choose to loop it kinda decreases the tension in my opinon.

its definitely a great start though, it has the potential to be a solid loungey piano track

Thank you for all of that! its kind of funny because that "sax" is just a square wave with eq and delay. but i get what you're saying. I'll keep working on this!

Classy~ gotta say i wouldn't mind relaxing on the sidelines of a casino to this beat. It's a bit simple in terms of composition and it does tend to be a bit repetitive. One thing i can imagine would give this track a lively vibe is some kind of background noise like water or a city crowd to really give that sense of immersion in the track itself. Don't really got much else to say, nice work on it

I get the repetitive line sometimes from other others so I have to ask if you make house music or not because everytime its someone from a genre that has a lot more rapid changes (usually dubstep) so i'm trying to take that advice constructively.

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Tried focusing on a couple areas that I'm not super skilled at yet in terms of arrangement and sound design.

All thoughts are welcome!

I make house music so I start with a minor 7th or 9th pretty much everytime and then I just make it up as I got. I know juuuust enough theory to know rules to break and to still be a little experimental with my melodies.

Also depends heavily on what else is in the song and what my lead sound happens to be. if its a happy sounding lead then I shape it around that.

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And then it would be very bias and kind of unfair to a lot of threads. Say 95% of all the threads holds excelent quality, then only 1 of those threads get publicity, or get a much higher amount of publicity. Feels unfair somehow, but that's just my silly oldschool bitter opinions.

YES! I agree. However, it would be nice if you could have a setting where you go straight to a certain page when you log in (e.g., "My posts"). I've seen other forums that do that.

Yeah a "My posts" section would be a lot better

That does exist already. if you go to your profile under your profile info there is a "my posts" option. its a little out of the way but its there.

One thing I do that I like is if you're going from the main hook/chorus and want to go to the breakdown right after I put an 808 or low bass hit and then the first note of the hook and then drench it in reverb and delay and put it right when you want to transition to the breakdown. So basically your drop is happening then you build up to something then its just your root note rings out with that low bass tone kind of signifies the end of that section.