Aha!
I'm just going to review as the song plays, so you get my first thoughts about everything.
The crashes at the beginning, I'd remove them and have some sort of uplifting swish or something if you know what I mean. The beginning sounds very nice, and melodic. The bass is godlike for this setting. Also, the snaph you used (stock amIRight?) works well with it too.
Now I'm at around :30
Nice effect for the transition, as well as the break there with the claps. It'd be cool if you added a little reverb to your claps, just for that part. Reverb always makes for a fuller sound I find.
The kick was a little too... how do I put it... harsh? hard? overdriven? for my liking. But after a bit, once it's driven into you as the song goes, it sounds like it's perfectly placed.
Effective use of hats. I always love it when people use hats in their beat effectively, and I have no clue why, but a lot of the time, out of all things in a beat, the hats seem like the one thing that are out of place. But you did an EXCELLENT job with the beat. Seems kinda... house-ish. The crashes in this part are a must! used well
The way you changed up the bass after :30 more overdrive or whatever you did really sounds good.
K I'm around 1:15
Is that a live guitar? Sounds really cool! Also, the lead that is filtered in is amazing. Then back to the full beat. I really believe that this is a perfect song so far.
While I let the song play, I just wanted to mention that you did an excellent job of masking the stock samples that were used.
I'm at 2:00 now
The progression of the whole thing is lovely, I'm starting to dance now :P Woot!
This melody makes me envision a cool night in the desert, a star-filled sky, right under a full moon. That'd be perfect right about know :)
Awww :( It's over. At least the crashes at the end fit it well.
OK Summary:
-It was a great song, a few fix ups here and there I guess, I liked the harshness of the bass (I noticed you said you were gonna smooth it out)
-It made me dance :) Not many songs do that (ok jk)
-5/5
-10/10
+ Dowloaded for iPod :D
Awesome job.