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"Calling Sirens" opinions?
« on: March 10, 2016, 02:23:13 pm »
This is actually a completed project however, my friends seem to not really enjoy this track as much as a couple of my others but none of them can give me a reason as to why.  I am open for opinions / criticism / anything.  Is it boring?  I am at a loss. Thanks for any and all insight.
 

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Re: "Calling Sirens" opinions?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2016, 03:29:41 pm »
i think the intro gives it kind of a bad impression... it just sounds... odd? otherwise when the beat starts it's really good and i think it's an alright song for chilling, the mixing and melodies are good.

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Re: "Calling Sirens" opinions?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2016, 08:38:17 pm »
I think the reason some of your friends don't like your track too much is because your composition is flawed. I really don't want you to take offense here but the timing of your drums are awkwardly dancing out of rhythm with your melodies in this track. Having some level of swing or a tasteful level of off beat rhythm is acceptable (alla Flume/Flylo/Shlohmo...) but this song isn't in that style and I'm not sure if thats really what you were going for here. Make your drums lock onto the meter a little more so you can dance to them, and fix your hi hat/shaker to hit a bit later than they are because that is throwing your rhythm off the most IMO. I would work more on the melodic end too. Work on adding a different section to your song that contrasts well with the one you have. Think of what makes a complete song, instead of using the same minor chord progression for 3 and a half minutes, try switching over to a major key. There doesn't seem to be a Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus/Coda, it all sounds like one long verse. If you're having trouble with that, imagine what the song would sound like with no drums and no production trickery, all your melody played solely on piano. You would get very bored after three minutes. Some producers can get away with this because their interesting production makes up for the lack of actual music, but at the end of the day you need to evaluate your song from every angle - As a production and as a musical composition. Hope this helped... inb4   tl;dr
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