Wow dude I'm so pissed... I spent like 20 minutes writing this huge long thing on 2 songs and somehow it didn't get posted.....
Anyway,
@BaseBas - Diggin this track man, fucking awesome. Honestly, the only thing I would change is that the drop at the end doesn't seem to be as heavy or full as the beginning. Other than that, I love it. I think you could make the dmb part at the end work. Obviously it's a little abrupt because you weren't planning on keeping it in the song, but I think with a good transition, you could actually make it work.
@Cheeky - I love the high pitched stabs in this track, in my opinion they don't have too much resonance, sounds fine to me. I think it would fit really well if the rest of the track dropped out when the stab hits like every other time or every 2 times or something like that, and then let the beat come back in right when the next snare hits. The only thing that really seems to need improvement is that it gets a little repetitive, like someone else commented some samples would be a great addition to the track, as well as some variation on the bass. I'm looking forward to hearing the finished tune, this one seems promising.
@Specimen-Yarp - Excellent work my friend, love the comb filters on the bass, and the reverb. Drawn out snares are always cool too. The one thing that caught my ear though, is the key change at the drop is a little jarring. That might be how you want it, which is totally cool, but I would try dropping it down a whole step (2 semitones), it would fit the intro melody a little better. Maybe you could bring the key up at the end, bringing the key up a whole step at the end of the song is pretty common and usually works out well.Bass could maybe use some variation. Great production so far though.
Kickass tracks guys. I love the production forum for this stuff. I'm a total music junkie.
So here's my WIP. I'm particularly looking for feedback on:
-It's super long, I mean 8 minutes is a bit ridiculous. I didn't know how to shorten it though, I REALLY didn't want to take anything out. Do you guys think the length is ok?
-The 80's/whatever-you-want-to-call-it drop at the very end is supposed to come in super intense. So there's the intial 80's sounding part and then it comes back in, I added some strings and an arpeggiator and brought the vocals up. There was supposed to be a lead violin on the right side but it accidentally got muted - whatever you get the point. Basically, the issue is it either ends up sounding like there's too much going on, or it doesn't sound epic enough. I don't know maybe it's fine... I'm just not quite happy.
As usual, any feedback of any sort is appreciated. Anyway here's the track:
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