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hallo all! we are putting together a college compilation CD on which each student will have a track to showcase what we've all been up to this year. i have chosen and as i want to shit on all the people who are making awful house and bland RnB backing tracks i want it to be as good as it can possibly be. so firstly let me know what you think, especially if you think its crap, and then let me know how i can make it better production wise and everything. thanks! |
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I didnt enjoy it in any way, to put it shortly. Id rather have awful house. I'm sorry :( |
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thats ok! i understand that it isnt to many peoples tastes. not much of my stuff is as its all train-of-thought gibberish. |
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The thing that really bugs me are the drums. They do absolutely nothing good for the track. It sounds like somebody just layered a crappy drum line over some random shit. Nothing makes me want to listen to the track again. Maybe if you completely removed the drums it could be an ok track actually. But those drums destroys the entire track. So that would be my advice to sort of save the track, remove the drums completely. Even when you do that, i dont think your ideas are strong enough in this track, to make it worth anybodys time. |
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i really don't want to be a cunt of any sort but in this sort of situation honesty can make me appear to be a cunt. i personally did not like it at all. i appreciate the technical side of it, but to me, the sounds just don't seem to 'fit' - you say it isn't to many people's tastes so i'm glad you're aware of that. if i were you i'd remove the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds and then the last minute. to give you a more specific reason as to why i didn't like it, i think it was the voice sounds. they kind of sound really trashy. sorry again. i know how it feels to have music criticised. when you let something creative like this be judged you are opening yourself up to take some punches. don't be put down by it though. |
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i want to add that i respect you for trying something different |
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The same. Cuntiness and honesty go hand in hand. |
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i was going to try and defend the random shit as its not random but i dont want to provide a longwinded crappy explanation about how all those vocals work together on a message level if not an aural one. comments about the drums duely noted! thank you! |
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ok ive decided not to use that track partly because of the actually really useful comments but also because ive just realised the track has to be under 4 minutes so i have two more your discerning ears and made up entirely of noises from around my house which needs materering and a lot of editing. more honesty please! also i have the horrible feeling im going to end up posting about 30 tracks before i make a final decision. apologies in advance. |
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what the hell is materering? |
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i favour ddgaksi but it's still well over 4 minutes. |
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it is too long but its still at a stage where im happy to go in and shorten it and mess around with it. i tend to fuck things off once ive got to a certain point and never touch them again. |
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those two are good, especially the 8bit one. The noises from your house one is a nice experiment but without knowing the back story its a bit boring. Judging from these three tracks I would say you are probably not doing enought producing - effects and mastering, and just filling out the track a bit more with background sounds, more layers, more bass... |
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materering: |
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I think your 'for four girls' track starts out good, then i like the beats when they first kick in , but then i think they kinda overstay their welcome. this track has some good potential with some editing i think. your 'youdie' track is cute. but maybe too long. i like these kinds of tracks to be under 2 minutes personally. but that's just me. 'DDGaksi' is also very cute. i like the noises you've collected for it. but it feels like a lot of build up and no payoff. I kept waiting for like a good bass line to kick in or some good energetic melody. I'm sure that wasn't your intention though. thanks for sharing. |
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Dannn_: thanks for the opinions. youve got me thinking now that maybe im choosing the wrong kind of tracks. ive got 4 minutes and no chance to explain the music or myself at all. things like DDgaksi wont fly without explanation. looks like ill have to think about this a bit more... |
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the beginning made me laugh. it sounds a bit like someone Trying To Be Arty. I did like how it opens up into a more beatdriven track, but then that kind of goes nowhere and then that keyboardy thing comes in and it sounds like everything else and I lose interest. |
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thanks qrter! everyone seems to dislike something different about that first track. in a way im glad about that! least i got more then 'yeh thats ok' which is what usually happens. |
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