First one: I like this, the dark feel, the percussion is always changing and evolving, that's really nice. The end is fun and loud, too.
Second one: This was pretty crazy, I really liked how aggressive it was, like Whitehouse mixed with the soundtrack of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Kilroy the Killjoy wrote:
Felt a bit guilty after seeing my 4-track collecting dust ever since I had bought a digital interface and decided to break it out again and use it for an all-analog recording session.
It's... decent, it's got a thick atmosphere and texture, but I can't pull any original sound from it.
Sounds like every other dub techno track I've heard, I don't know where *you* are in this track. Continue on, because you clearly have the talent to produce, just make sure you find your own sound and make your music stand out as your own, not just retreading already worn ideas.
turkanen wrote:
A little something
I watched the Gus Van Sant remake of Psycho last, night, and I had the same feeling after watching that as I did when listening to this; "Why?"
(I still like your stuff though, I remember you making some really good beats a year or two back, so don't feel discouraged, I just didn't dig this one.)
GH wrote:Something recent called Barry's Game:
This is something different from you, and I feel you're moving in a good direction. You're taking your usual route of oddly cheesy synths and upping the tempo a bit, and adding an element of danger with the vocal cuts.
The mix of the track is really nice, and the squelchy bass line is really nice.
Next, the negatives (Sorry!) First off, I don't know if the samples worked with the synth melodies well. At times it sounded a little off, that and I couldn't work out a distinguishable melody for most of the time, it just sounded like samples being played in some sort of sequential order. If you are going to incorporate samples, I'd prefer if you were to mix them in with a melody, make it stronger melodically rather than just showcasing that you chopped up some samples.
It also sounds like when there is synth melodies over the top of the samples, you simplified them to the point where they were nearly inconsequential, like there's nothing catchy about them, no emotional impact, and not really adding anything.
Also the track's rather repetitious. Yeah there's that break in the middle, but when it comes back in, what's changed from the first half. I've listened over and over, trying to hear something, and I really can't work out what's different.
I do feel that the track's an ambitious step forward, but I feel more work needs to be done on composing melodies and structuring a real song rather than just repeating a nice idea for 4 minutes. It still feels like a sketch to me, something to be filled out for later.
IronMark wrote:
Needs something.
I would say it needs something, but not a whole lot. This is good. The only things I can think of are;
- A strong lead melody, the atmosphere is real nice and the percussion is great and detailed, but put something in the front to grab the listener.
- Have the track build to something, with the subtle synth arpeggios it felt like it was going to build to a point of ecstasy, which would have made the some what limp start worth while, but the track kind of fizzles out before really hitting that real good spot.
It's far too short, I can imagine this thing being a 5-6 minute epic. Those sweeping chords are great, do something with them, use them progress to a bigger and grander area. There's a lot of places this track can go, and I feel you didn't explore enough.
A lot of potential in this, though.
) But your ear is way off on the progression, it's Am-F-C / Am-F-G