Spudsy

Nice track dude really good ideas... i can see why you like it so much man...

are you using Ableton 7 or 8? i only ask because if your using version 8 i would recommend having a play with the new swing features cause they would sound wicked on the bass and drums you have on this one...

Ta for sharing fella :)

Hiya dude, yeah course fella.
its when the big sub kicks hit. takes the whole track over 0db and makes it distort.

As a rule of thumb i always have all my channels at -6db when i start, cause once you got all the sounds on at the same time its easy to go over into the red.

On of the best things i was ever told was.

"You dont need the channels to be loud, its the master that needs to be loud, so for gods sake turn everything down." lol, he was a bit mental tho.... :)

Oh and the drums were hot too.. gotta mention the drums :)

Nice version dude... really like the direction youve taken. synth work is really good man.

The only thing i could suggest would be to maybe alter the sound of the guitar bits a little, as they sound really keyboard, try putting a few sawtooth waves through guitar rig with a high resonance, because the chord progression youve used for the guitars is really good man, specially the ending. It was spot on.

Thank you for sharing dude:)

Strong piece dude..
The only thing i heard letting it down was the distortion on the loud hits.

Will sound even better once you get your studio all set up & move away from the Fruity loops man.

Ta for sharing dude :)

oi oi fella.

Another good track man... and iv just noticed youve put another one up too been busy eh? lol.

Love the ideas you have and the style they are delivered...

Liked this alot, even tho it was a little short, just made me want to press play again, lol.

The only thing i would change (well apart from making it a little longer to save the play button, lol) Would be to pan the guitar esq parts that come in at the 56 second point, very quickly left, right left, right, with each pluck with a little pit of ping pong delay on it with all the bass cut off the delay. it will open the stereo field right up and sound awesome :)

Spuds :D

Sounds like a mixture of fatboy slim and prodigy, nice track dude.

I thought it could maybe use a little bit of occasional raw low end bass but the tracks great as it is anyways :)

Spuds

There are loads of good bits of software out there for recording. I use Ableton cause it can do everything and its easy to use..

Hi Dude,

Nice track man, your definately got your own style here and it works really well.

The only things i could hear maybe letting you down was the drum sounds, it may well be worth investing on something like stylus rmx and the backbeat expansion pack there amazing.. also may be worth adding a little something low in the back ground hi hat wise or an extra snare when the track comes back in at 1:27.

Altho the track works really well with out the above, loved it :)

Really like your tracks dude, they sound clear as a bell.

The arraingment is great and the sound are all spot on.

The only thing i noticed on your tracks is, there is no clear definition between what is a complimentary ambient background sound and what is a forground main sound. I mean everything sounds great,
well made,
well eq'ed,
well chosen
but there all driven quite loud and are the same levels, and i think it detracts a from the depth of sound, even tho there is ton's of potential depth there,

Wicked tracks and vocals tho dude,(im sooooooooooo glad theres no auto tune, most people dont know how to use it and it comes out bloody awfull, lol.) and id love to remix one of your vocals for a uk twist if you ever fancy it :)

Spuds

Gotta agree with NEPAUL got a very Dwele, Slum Village feel.

I think the only things missing from your tracks is multi take vocals when i say multi take i mean like 15/20 takes of different parts and in different keys all layered up and panned around. also reminds me of a milder version of a uk artist called Tree, his tracks are done by a mate of mine, check him out.

http://www.reverbnation.com/jkp

Also dude your verse's are really good and have a Just Jack sound to them...

Iv listened to 3 of your tracks now fella and havent hear a bad 1 yet. cheers for sharing :)

Hi Dude,

Didnt really have a problem with the length of the track altho by having a track that long you need to compress it a hell of alot to get it on here and the audio quality has suffered because of it. also your kinda trying your best to get peoples ear time and i can see how the thought of sitting infront of a 10 min track can be off putting for some..

Ideas are great, the groove youve made is spot on and works really well with the pads and other parts you bring in and out as the track progress's.

Production wise, try to cut as many frequencys out as you can, eg take all the lows off the high sounds and the highs off the low sounds. and im not sure if it was side chain compression or just the kick a little to loud but the volume was a little un-tamed.

I liked it dude... more please:)

Aw hell dude, really nice track you've got here man.

The mix is clean and clear as a bell all the elements really knit together well.

The only thing i may have done extra would be to give the pads more movement specially on the parts like the beginning were its just pads n hats.
Also the second drop @ 4:29 would been a great place to stick an extra dirty wobbly bassline/leed to compliment the normal one.

Altho non of the above comments detract from what is a feckin awesome track dude.

Love it, Thanks for sharing :)

Really like this track dude, loving the way it morphs as the track progress's. The beginning Almost sounds like some lost Quincy jones groove from the moog mad late 70's early 80's.

Nice work :)

Nice swing on the drums dude, cool organ youve used on the track, everything fits together really well, even got the old school Marshall Jefferson 303 in there.

Could maybe use a few FX and things for the transitions but apart from that its a nice track dude, all you need now is someone like Daryl Pandy to smash the vocal and complete the whole chicago house feel :)

Hiya dude.

Nice track, the melodies are really great and all work really well together.

The only things i would probly change is, the synth pad that starts the track off is a little too weak to be the first thing you hear in the track. try making another copy of the pad and push it forward or back a couple of milli-seconds. Pan them a little left and right to create some stereo width and put a little bit of mild flange or chorus on them, bounce off a copy of them and add some distortion to mash them up. cut everything below about 300hz on the ditorted version and put them low in the mix below the others.

Also the kik drum could use a bit of work. try layering up some samples from any of the vengence sound collections, i was also taught a wicked little trick from someone right here on looperman, and that is to layer a quickly enveloped closed hi-hat over the kik low in the mix to help it cut through. if you dont have any of the vengence collections try sampleing a clean kik from Taio Cruz as he does alot of similer stuff to this track and it should fit in well.

Wicked track tho dude and with a couple of changes here n there its gonna be fire :)

Nice track dude, really well made.

The trumpets are wicked and really give the track a anthem feel..

I would probly raise the volume of the vox by a couple of db, and make a few multi track harmany takes, maybe 2 or 3 left and 2 or 3 right on the vocal parts you want to stand out.

Strong track tho dude.

Aright dude,

Its a bit hard to hear you over the instrumental.

also there are lots of pop's and splosives. i would probly recommend a pop shield for the mic, or failing that, pull a pair of tights over a coat hanger and hang it infront of the mic to stop the air hitting it so hard.

Good effert tho fella. keep going :)

Wow deffinately an ear opener (Did you say "my vegetables awake" @ 1:27? how cool would that be? a big awake cabbage....)

Anyways i agree with Coney, some of the sounds could use tweeking but nice piece...

Hiya there Dembow, Koble commented on one of my reggeaton tracks and said you do some to and i should check you out. so.... here i am, lol.

Wicked track loving the synths and fx youve put into the piece, liking the change of mood @ 56: aswell

I dint hear this track before the new drums but these ones seem to work really well.

Nice one :)

Nice track dude, really liking your choice of sounds and the arraingement is sweet, ahhh who cares if it takes age's to get into it. its suppose to be mixed in anyways, lol.

The only thing i think the track could be missing is a defineing moment, you know, a section of the track where the drums drop out, all the pads swell up, the leed comes in and the chord progression really gets to show off for a few bars before filtering back down again to the groove. Kinder like Axwell's recent remix of temper traps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIDzHxb8b_s

Great track tho dude, really liked it :)

Dude every one starts somewhere and this is a heck of alot better then what i first did on reason TRUST ME, lol.

If you need any help with anything (not saying im the best person in the world at production) but if i know it you can have it just ask dude..

Spuds :)