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Tribute to Hotline Miami and its amazing soudtrack...I had a lot of trouble getting the wet and dry elements to sit well together, I hope it's not too obvious.
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Track is quite quiet, and takes a long time to get going...the intro feels particularly empty and devoid of any character until the bass noises arrive around 45s.

Drum beat is pretty ploddy as well, just a constant thud thud without any real character or progression to things...tune overall doesn't really grab the listener or develop into anything over it's running time.

Thank you for being honest. It's weird that it sounds so quiet, I mixed it down properly, did a self master and tried to bring it to max volume leaving a little headroom...maybe the background hiss and reverb drains too much energy ? Too much saturation on everything ?
I don't know, I liked that slow intro, I thought the spring reverb and crackles set the mood...guess I can't trust my ears.
Your comment about the drums are what gets me down the most. I mean, yes there's a constant 4x4 but also shuffling hats and snares then rolling claps, ghost notes, velocity/panning changes, and all that registers is "thud thud" ?