I'm hearing a 90s vibe to this, probably based on the New Jack Swing like drumbeat being used. I like the retro feel of it, since a fat drum kick was a mainstay of that genre (Teddy Riley's pieces come to mind). So I can understand why its strong in your composition. But I have to agree with Henry that the drums need to be lowered a bit, because all the great melodies you've got going on are being pushed to the background.
My head was nodding throughout. I really enjoyed this.
There are some fixing you have to do. The kick-loop is too fat, bury all the sounds in background, and needs some variations. The bass-line (as more than someone said in my latest track too) need to be raised. These are my tricks: kill the drums/kicks volume, then add a default drum compression, last add default reverbe, around 3%: it gives some ambient to drums. Pump the bassline at the frequence of 60Hz, and stereoized it. Last, add a further bassline (deepest as possible and one octave down the original one), set as mono and add a subtle flanging. At the end i like this song, of-course w/ vocals would be better, but first fix the mixing of instrumentals.
Thanks! I definitely was hitting a brick wall and needed another set of ears... I was hoping maybe lyrics would help me shape the rest of the song... I was definitely getting ahead of myself..
Commented on BackRoom 98 by SleezeSister
This is great, well done!
Commented on BackRoom 98 by SleezeSister
nice track..txs
Commented on Something Magical by SleezeSister
Great beat, sweet melody. Pretty cool!
Alien.
Commented on Something Magical by SleezeSister
Hi,
I'm hearing a 90s vibe to this, probably based on the New Jack Swing like drumbeat being used. I like the retro feel of it, since a fat drum kick was a mainstay of that genre (Teddy Riley's pieces come to mind). So I can understand why its strong in your composition. But I have to agree with Henry that the drums need to be lowered a bit, because all the great melodies you've got going on are being pushed to the background.
My head was nodding throughout. I really enjoyed this.
Commented on Something Magical by SleezeSister
This is pretty cool. I'm about to play some guitar over it just for practice. Nice jam!
Commented on Something Magical by SleezeSister
There are some fixing you have to do. The kick-loop is too fat, bury all the sounds in background, and needs some variations. The bass-line (as more than someone said in my latest track too) need to be raised. These are my tricks: kill the drums/kicks volume, then add a default drum compression, last add default reverbe, around 3%: it gives some ambient to drums. Pump the bassline at the frequence of 60Hz, and stereoized it. Last, add a further bassline (deepest as possible and one octave down the original one), set as mono and add a subtle flanging. At the end i like this song, of-course w/ vocals would be better, but first fix the mixing of instrumentals.