My first full dubstep track.

[djpriest]

Hi go by the name Priest. I usually make dnb and breaks but have forayed into dubstep a little lately.
My youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DJPriest?feature=mhum

This is my first full dubstep song and I like to think it has it's own flavor. Check it and hit me some feedback plz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chZs2rqGD3g

[mikus]

Interesting stuff. Very good compositional work.
Would have like to have heard some sort of drop to bring it up a level to be honest.

[djpriest]

Hey thanks for the reply mate. Like I said I am new to producing dubstep and am usually a dnb man so when I hear someone say make it 'drop' it just think of a spazzed out break beat. If u could emphasize on that I would love to hear ur input. What I do know about dubstep is the focus on the wobble bass and in my track the bass is consistent (actually the bass sample loop doesn't change). Is that perhaps what u r referring to?

[mikus]

Usually dubstep works by introducing an idea, gradually building it up over 16/32 bars (in a crescendo if you like, not necessarily of volume, but more so of intensity) up to a 'drop'. Here I usually look for a really fat synth bassline (along the same lines of the intro) with a nice subbass underneath and then the drums on top. Maybe add a mid-high range synth also. Develop that idea for a bit, bring it don (the breakdown), and then bring it back up for another drop. That's just an idea to work with. You don't have to follow it like a rigid procedure. But it usually works. Listen to my most recent track (www.soundcloud.com/overhertz) for an idea of a build up in the intro a followed by a drop. Let me know how you get along with your next tracks...

[djpriest]

Thanks again. I'm definitely feeling what u r putting down! Great tracks but as I said b4, that phat ass wobble element is something I've yet to get a grasp on. Your tracks are all over it to the point of diminishing the ol' kick snare beat which is so elemental in what I have been using as the hook for my tracks. Very inspirational man, keep it up! I'm not sure how my style may develop but I know something will come of it.