Feedback Thread (April 06)

00:00

Good start... lead in +1

00:30

Bass and vocals are clashing IMO. 2 melodies this early in a track hurts my ears. The vocal is crap to be fair though.

01:16

Nice break... but I'd expect a drop by now. Still nice break. I think you're missing a build before the next part though.

01:30

Is this the main hook of the song? If so its pretty weak :(. Gimme something as good as the first break at least. If you can up your game on the bass sound this could work. I'm not feeling it as a hook.

02:22

Not really your fault here but the vocals fucking suck sheesh. Trash really. Almost out of tune...? It needs to be a bit more musical too. Maybe some delay could help. It could also use something like a CLA2A compressor to make her sound like she isn't bored out of her skull. The vocal just sounds boring :(.

Also too much vocal in general. This is a dance track right? I want more to dance to (like what you did @ ~03:16).

Final thoughts...

Sorry got pretty bored at this point. I don't like the vocal though so that might be the real cause. Also the bass fighting with the vocal is a turn off. Though the bass on its own is good. You should play them off each other. Vocals in one part, bass in another (which you did a bit to be fair, but i'd never have them going at the same time... just doesn't work for me). That way you can really push both to the front of the mix. You need to master this (or if you have ... it needs quite a bit of work). Look at my post history for a basic chain. Or if you want PM me with specific questions and I can try and help you with the bass sounding bigger. Without it this isn't much of a track. Sorry to be such a downer but trying to be honest.

We all have tracks like this... so don't take this as I'm saying you suck. You don't. I think you know what you're doing arrangement wise so keep that up. Try and work a bit more on your hooks. If it isn't stuck in your head while your making it good luck getting it stuck in anyone elses.

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