SesG wrote:Hi I'm pretty new to this (producing about 3 months ish) was wondering what you guys think of this, any advice would be very much appreciated
P.S. It's split into about 3 crescendos so if you dont have much time and just want a flavour try for about 20-30secs at 00:30, 3:00, 5:30 - does sound better with the build up though!
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Serious backlog around here - this is what happens when Knell takes the wknd off

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props
- cool title
- like the click (00:03 etc.) in the percussion - well-panned too
- lo-tech synths set the mood, and they sit suitably low in the mix
- 00:12 wobz got a good dark feel to them, distortion works well
- this breakdown @ 01:26 is really well-done. u introduce new rhythm elements, switch the chord pattern, and then bring in this juicy synth @1:44... and the synth creeps up, mutates into a bassline, grabs u by the balls and starts wobbling... all in a style so moody it's like you're trying to express something painful inside. really feel this second section. The distortion turns it inside-out and throws it down the K-hole.
- there's no snare? i started to write this under "advice" but fck it, bold move, creates tension and unease
- again, this could come under "advice" but fck it, there's no samples - and there doesn't have to be. It's refreshing that u focused on yer tune and didn't throw in random movie clips just cos everyone else does. Respect.
The tune reminds me of the better (darker) side of trance music back in the day...
advice
- we all guilty of running over the 4/5 min mark sometimes... u know what u got to do! take the knife to it mate. It'll hurt at first but u'll be pleased when u done it. Save it as a new version and be as brutal as u can, chopping four bars here and four bars there. By the time u''ve got down to 4mins-ish u won't want to hear the long version anymore. Up to you where u chop, but the first 01:26 is a suggestion, cos it gets a lot stronger after that point.
- i would say that the chord pattern gets a bit old, but i think that'll fix itself once u've given it a chop
- couldn't feel the sub on this?? it's sunday morning here so i aint gonna crank it up, but seems to me you're relying on your main 2 bass synths? If there is a sub under them, u can turn it up. If not, get busy! i need to feel my breakfast shaking inside me...
- erm, what i said about the trancey sound is a good thing, but if y'r lookin for advice from a "dubstep" p.o.v., i'd say do some more homework on the arrangement side of things - what are the innovators doing to "dubstep" music these days that makes it so different to what came before? How are they mixing consistency with surprise? Fast with slow? ~ and when u get an answer, let me know
overall:
- love the mood here, leaves a grim blue-black taste in my ears

- guess it's gonna be another cold dark day. Again, really like the work u put in on the second synth/bass, moving it up & down & round & round... Music for the head