Analyzing the first 4 bars:

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1- Scale: C minor

2- Used chords or intervals:
***.(C, D#, G)-------------------> Cm chord = vi
***.(C, D#) notes spread in two octave.
***.(C, D#, A#)-------------------> still in the C minor but not any chord because of A# note.
***.(C, D#, G#, G, A#)-------------------> G#Maj9

This exactly relates to one of my posts. 3rd chord does not have any distinct name in the diatonic scale and we conventionally call it dissonant but A# presents in the 4th chord and it has a name: G#Maj9.

Chords that are dissonant in our convention should be used just in the passing situations or we can change our convention and let our ears to get used to them in any place of the track?

 

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Do you think he found your post useful?

 

I notice you've asked a friend to help with the mastering. To me, it sounds like the mix was where more help was needed.

There seems to be too many mid frequencies competing with each other, and the sidechaining settings seem to be dragging the track back rather than driving it forward.

 

1- Time domain ------> Rhythm and arrangement. 10%
2- Frequency domain ------> sounding specifications. 10%
3- Pitch domain (part of 2nd) ------> I love this domain because Music is here. 80%

 

No problem with the chords, but they do however stay the same (and stay alone) throughout the whoooole track. Very boring.

But IMO: monotonous, lack of progression and variation (dynamically and musically), bad mix, super-brickwalled sound(!), too much SC compression, lack of bass (due to the squashing I guess). My ears are tired by the time the track is done (yes, I listened though the whole track even though I normally would have skipped and probably would have listened only for 7 seconds overall).
That is the "overall criticism", leaving out the creative criticism.

 

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Yep, Baxter. I tend to agree that SC "pumping" is a fault.

 

IMO the musical spine of your song - the progression - should stay in place but a lot of things around it should be moving. There's no musical movement, no shifting of the timbres, interplay of different sounds, bringing forth and back of layers... You've got the skeleton there, make those muscles move! I'll leave out the technical criticism since it's all been said.

 

Congrats to foster911 for making others believe that he actually said something worthy. All bullshit.

 

Thanks for the advice guys/girls 3days into this track sounds like i have a long way to go

 

thanks sounds like i need to put in more work switch things up and add some movement