Hey Everyone, I thought this would be the best place to ask this, so here we go.

I have been producing for a solid 2 years, and have released about 37 tracks over that time (500ish hours of studio time).  Obviously when I first started I struggled a lot but over time I was able to get a little bit more comfortable and my mixes seemed to get better. I would say within my first year I grew a ton as a producer however, this last year has not been near as good (In my eyes).  I pretty much only make chill music, to include Chillstep and Melodub sometimes, as that is what i enjoy producing the most.  I run in the circles of Sappheiros, Cash, Day 7, Reclaimed and a few others.  All of these other producers I mentioned are exceedingly better than I am and though they support my music, I feel as if they do it just to be nice...  Many of these guys have collabed or have worked on collabs among each other, however, any time that I have asked about doing a collab, they say they are busy and that "now is not a good time".  That bothers me a lot because I feel that no matter what I do, my music will never be comparative to theirs.  IMO, my music is very robotic, synthy, and that my melodies are very corny.  I have tried many avenues to counter this however, it never changes in the end.  At the time of making my tracks they sound good all the way through my project, but then about 2 weeks later, I listen back again and think "damn this sounds pretty bad". 

I guess what I am asking is, does anyone else have similar issues or am I just comparing myself to much-to much better producers?  Is being 2 years in and still struggling this bad normal?  Any thoughts or advice you can provide is greatly appreciated.  (Sorry for the long read)

Cheers!     

Hey everyone, I finished a DnB track about two weeks ago, it was a first.  Any thoughts? 

Hi everyone, I am back again with my newest track.  I hope you enjoy, but as always feedback is highly welcomed!  Thanks for listening.

Hello everyone, it has been a while since I was last on here however, I wanted to share my newest song with you all.  Hope you enjoy it!

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Ok, I have been producing for about 8 months now and I have learned quite a bit and I feel my music production / quality is decent.  One thing that I cannot figure out for the life of me is how other producers get such crisp, sonically clear music?  Ex.  anything posted by MrSuicideSheeep / Diversity Promo , etc.  The music is super crystal clear.  How are they achieving this?  I feel I have a somewhat decent understanding or EQ, but is it really just the EQ that is making their music so crisp, or am I missing something? 

This is what I have been fooling around with for a while today.  What do you think?  Obviously it is not complete.