Hey, I am a producer from germany.
Since I would like to improve the quality of my work, I would like you to critique my song.

Thanks in advance.

 

sounds good to me...

 

Sounds perfect but:
It is just a single phrase being repeated over and over with the sounds being changed. Try to expand your creativity by adding more phrases. Musics without at least 4 ones would be boring and putting story in it is impossible. Unfortunately this is the problem of most of us. Creating one and being stopped. I suggest you to be more acquainted with the chord progression knowledge.

Unfortunately modern tutorials suck on expansions.

This is mine created today:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pt67syh1py17pvk/C_B.mp3
It has your problem too.

 

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Actually, I'm inclined to disagree with @foster911 for two reasons.
First, i think you a splendid job of keeping the same phrase without it being boring. By creative use of dynamic, timbrel, and slight melody changes. However, I didn't pay that much attention to the mix so i won't comment on that.

Second, Foster your statement is ridiculous. Almost all R&B and Hip-Hop songs are only 1 phrase of varying lengths and those are quite successful genres. Also, i can name half a dozen Micheal Jackson and Janet Jackson songs all with only a one bar part repeated without change for the entire song. Plus a few Prince songs i could name right now too. So there is a time and place for songs with minimal change.
So then the only question becomes, is such a song executed well or not?

@LZ Jaydon, overall I think it sounds good to me writing-wise. Though others might help you more with the mix.

 

Sorry, but I hate these words. Minimal, minimalism, minimum, ... . All of them are just barriers that cause the artists to hide behind them and not grow up.

Minimalism reminds me an unfinished work that due to lack of the knowledge of the artist, has been abandoned.

 

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"Minimalism" (arbitrary a term as it certainly is) is LIFE

 

I enjoyed this track. But it can be made better by agreeing with what @foster911 said. Harmonic and melodic variations can take it to the next level.

R&B and hip hop songs have vocals as major component. That's why instrumental is repetitive.
That's what I think.

 

The synth needs more punch m8

 

Hey, thank you for your feedback!

I agree that the song, although I tried to make it somewhat variedly, It has a lack on compositional elements.
Of course, for a genre like minimal new melodies and percussive elements are added very slowly.
I guess for a Future Bass song like this, there should be more things going on.


I also see that the synth could have more punch. I worked with compression and a low attack here but It didn't really made the synth punchy and crunchy.

What I wonder about, and do have problems while mixing songs is:

Do you think the snare roll in the buildup is too loud?
And: Do you think there should be more/less sidechaining compression concerning the loudness of the kick drum?

 

Actually to be able to do minimalism well takes some mature understanding of the art in question. Too many progressions without the knowledge of the minimal leads to a cacophony of noise without direction. Sometimes no sound can have a greater impact than a lot of sound, such is the art of being minimal.

 

Sweet track. I liked it. You could use some more daring sounds and maybe a bridge to escape the repetition.
But overall nice.

Luiz

 

I think it would really create a greater sense of dynamics between all of your instruments if there were more sidechaining .. Especially on the main pad.. But nicely done sir.