Prey

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Decided to try making a dark sounding 80s throwback song. Not sure why. Turned out alright, arrangement is a little weird. also is a little longer than I wanted. In the future I think I might go back and work in this again because I really like a couple of the parts, just could just use a little tweaking. Also there's a couple problem areas with the mix that I just wasn't able to work out, I think that's just my in experience with mixing electronic music. There's a lot I need to learn but I'm learning a lot with each song I make.

Anyways any feedback would be great! I'd love to get some good criticism on this stuff. This is seriously my second electronic song ever so if any noob tips would be great!. Thanks for the listen :P

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DonDurkslag

2016-11-14 11:13:34

I thought this was absolutely brilliant

twobyfour

2014-10-22 22:59:15

I feel some perturbator in this tune. he has a habit of making twisted note progressions like that it's so damn good!

LunacyEcho

2014-10-09 10:45:20

Ooh, I love the vibe the song starts off with! It's such a mood-setting bit of music. :) I just wish the repeated pluck was featured more prominently; it seemed to fade a bit as the pad set in.

The first section feels pretty repetitive (0:27-1:07). There's only one chord change in twelve bars, and then you repeat the section again with some faint arps and a couple more chord changes, which leads to some pretty boring listening. The instruments sound great and the mood is still set really well, but if I were you, I'd change up some stuff - either the chord progression, melody, background FX, or any combination of them. :)

Basically, the whole song sort of follows that pattern. Just different beats, but they're all pretty repetitive and could use more chord progression and a more variant melody. Some parts sound really nice, though. My favorite part was definitely 2:41.

Even though you said your mixing isn't very good, I didn't think there were too many problems with it. The snare might have been a bit loud and there was that bit at the beginning, but the rest of the drums and most of the synthesizers were mixed pretty well.

Honestly, I wouldn't be able to tell that this was your second electronic song just by listening to it. The composition may be repetitive, but the mixing, instrumentation, and mood-setting were all really nice. Great job, and I hope you improve!

JDawg00100 responds:

Yup it is extremely repetitive, it's good to hear about everything else though! I spent most of the time trying to get the right mood for the song, I find it hard to get the type of sound I have in my head.

Thanks for the feedback and the listen!