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[Prog Trance] David Michael - Journey in Air minor [full 320kbps]

Getting back to something a little trancey.

edit: This track is being temporarily removed as it might be getting signed!

David Michael - Journey in Air minor

Let me know what you think!

Downloaded. I'll listen later on.

Omer

OK, overall I liked the track, a few things that stood out to me:

The Bass Drum sounds good, but the open hats seemed a little too thin, they didn't have that "flowing" sound you get when you put them through a good compressor. The drum programming seemed to lack some groove.

The pad swells sounded really good in the context of the track and I liked the lead sound, but again I kept feeling like the leads weren't "thick" enough. Most of the elements other then the Bass Drum and Bass line seemed too thin.

I liked the bass, especially when it drops to just bass and drums around 0:50. I think the bass sounds very fat, which is good.

The thing is that the track is well balanced, so making changes may upset this balance a little. but i think this track is really close, just needs a few extra touches.

Just gave it a lisen. Nice job man. Hope you get this signed

downloading now will listen when its done

Pretty nice work overall. I enjoyed listening. Like the intro, strong beat and bassline, both prominent throughout the track. Bassline sound is pretty phatt i like it. I agree that the pad swells and lead are both very good but also that the lead could be given a bit more power to it. I have to say im not a fan of the blippy synths that start around 1:16, but that could just be me :P And i love that sweeping pad right at the end - it fills the hearing space very nicely indeed. Its got a nice flow to it - in my opinion a pretty nice sounding song just needing those few improvements. Good luck

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Originally posted by Eric J OK, overall I liked the track, a few things that stood out to me: The Bass Drum sounds good, but the open hats seemed a little too thin, they didn't have that "flowing" sound you get when you put them through a good compressor. The drum programming seemed to lack some groove.

That's a good point... thanks.

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The pad swells sounded really good in the context of the track and I liked the lead sound, but again I kept feeling like the leads weren't "thick" enough. Most of the elements other then the Bass Drum and Bass line seemed too thin. I liked the bass, especially when it drops to just bass and drums around 0:50. I think the bass sounds very fat, which is good. The thing is that the track is well balanced, so making changes may upset this balance a little. but i think this track is really close, just needs a few extra touches.

Thanks a lot for the review! Basslines seem to be what I'm doing well, lately.

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Originally posted by Omega Apex Just gave it a lisen. Nice job man. Hope you get this signed

Thanks, man... it's under review by a label as we speak.

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Originally posted by Tom Scott Pretty nice work overall. I enjoyed listening. Like the intro, strong beat and bassline, both prominent throughout the track. Bassline sound is pretty phatt i like it. I agree that the pad swells and lead are both very good but also that the lead could be given a bit more power to it. I have to say im not a fan of the blippy synths that start around 1:16, but that could just be me :P And i love that sweeping pad right at the end - it fills the hearing space very nicely indeed. Its got a nice flow to it - in my opinion a pretty nice sounding song just needing those few improvements. Good luck

Thanks a lot for the listen. I happen to like those blippy synths though, hehe.

nice intro.
the drum programming does lack some groove.
I like the blips.
The chords' synth behind it sounds cheap. Replace or improve it.
The bassline is ok.
The snare turns to be much more upfront when the kick is absent.
Fix it.

7/10
Omer

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Originally posted by The Drow nice intro. the drum programming does lack some groove. I like the blips. The chords' synth behind it sounds cheap. Replace or improve it. The bassline is ok. The snare turns to be much more upfront when the kick is absent. Fix it. 7/10 Omer

A bit demanding, are we?

Thanks for the review. I agree on the snare... I toyed with the idea of turning it down in places but I decided to leave it.

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I really liked the FX you used, especially in the beginning. The name title is very clever to, "Air minor." I like the progressive chained bass. I thought the drums could have had more drive too. Also, the melody was warn out by the time I was done listening. Maybe if you extended it to 16 bars instead of eight it wouldn't' get warn out so quickly. I think the main lead would go best if it was layered with one more sound. I really liked the oldschool video game stuttered lead later in the song. Overall I liked it in the beginning and it fills the sound spectrum nicely. I think you're almost ready to get signed if you aren't already.

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Originally posted by Adambomb337 I really liked the FX you used, especially in the beginning. The name title is very clever to, "Air minor." I like the progressive chained bass. I thought the drums could have had more drive too. Also, the melody was warn out by the time I was done listening. Maybe if you extended it to 16 bars instead of eight it wouldn't' get warn out so quickly. I think the main lead would go best if it was layered with one more sound. I really liked the oldschool video game stuttered lead later in the song. Overall I liked it in the beginning and it fills the sound spectrum nicely. I think you're almost ready to get signed if you aren't already.

Thanks a lot for the review. Yeah, regarding your "oldschool video game stuttered lead" comment, I was going for a definite Commodore 64 sound on that... nice catch.

Nice pads in the beginning. What did you use to get those sounds? I've tried so hard to get that type of effect.

You kind of threw me off when the kick comes in. Kind of sudden change from the atmospheric intro. Percussion could use some more fill.

Bleeps and square sounds keep the song interesting. Lots of rich sounds here. I'm not a fan of the snare. Maybe cut out the lows so it doesn't sound too kicky? I don't like that tine that comes in at 3. Sounds like a game synth.

Those are just some of my comments. Hope they help. Overall, it's a cool song. What stood out the most were the pads.

Pads originate from Sytrus and are high-passed... plus there is some white-noise on top of some of the track with a phaser and side-chained to the kick (but not when the pads are playing by themselves).

Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the listen.

such a beautiful intro there! some great ideas in this.
some layers i'm diggin more than others though for sure.
the percussion needs much improving,
but the lush pad sounds (that come in at around 1:52) i think are brilliant! fell in love with those.
groovy video game synth you got going there. i think though the bassline definently needs to go in more places, change notes/progressions.
got a very classic sound that i'm loving.

hoping to here any changes you make to this real soon

cheers, louis.

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Originally posted by littldrummerboy i think though the bassline definently needs to go in more places, change notes/progressions.

I thought about that, but I did that kinda intentionally. I was trying to see how far I could go on this track without really changing the chord progression and without having any real breakdowns, just driving on and on... to see if I could still maintain interest.

Thanks for listening!

comments as I go:

Intro is awesome, love the effects and the pad.

Wow that beat hit me pretty hard lol, kinda came from nowhere.

Bassline is great though.

Love the synths in this.


I think the percs could use something (i'm not sure what, they just sound strange with the rest)

Overall, great work man!

wow,

can you please make a summery chill out mix with that beautiful intro pad and a deep bassline?

gorgeous sound. I think the intro is too short


the rest of the track is quality. I am always one for intense, non stop dancing tracks, but in this case I feel like your bassline and percline is far too repetitive and you could use some rhythmic variation to create 'zones' within the track or add and remove layers every once in a while to create some more dynamic. you're trying to do it all with the melody, but i don't think that's enough. you have such great sounds in the rest of the track but i feel the percline was simply left as simple as possible. perhaps you did not want to compete with the melodic stuff, i don't know

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Originally posted by nefardec wow, can you please make a summery chill out mix with that beautiful intro pad and a deep bassline?

Hm, it's an idea...

Update: I have removed the download link for this track, as it may be getting signed!

The label liked it but felt that it may not be strong enough to hold on its own, so one of their artists are remixing the track as well.

I will try and re-upload a sample of the track, but keeping the full up seemed like a bad idea. Updates soon.

Thanks, all!

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