Hello there everyone,
this is my first post so I guess I should say a little bit about myself.

My name is Brittany Duerinckx, and I am a 15 year old from the UK attempting to hit it big time in the trance industry. I am in love with anthem trance, especially from the 1990's and love to listen to tracks from Vincent de Moor, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, etc.

I've been making trance music for the last eight months, and my dream is to one day become the best female trance artist in the world, but that dream is still far off.

Anyway, my most recent track is a remix from my favourite artist, Ferry Corsten (and his sidekick in the production of the beautiful song, Vincent de Moor), and that track is Carte Blanche =)

My remix isn't anything amazing, infact it still has a long way to go, but I'm looking towards improvement, I would love to read any tips, anywhere I should go in order to improve my music, and maybe even some plugins I should use =)

Thank you very much for reading, and I hope you enjoy the track, if not, please tell me why as I am always open to constructive criticism to help me improve my work.
Thankyou! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6V1jZw_DuA
DJ BrixX (Brittany D.)

That piano just sounds like a simple chord, no real melody in that. I mean you're using all the notes in the chord up and down so it doesn't sound special at all. The mix sounds kind of bogged down. Some of the production elements are there but it's a long way away from being up to par with the original. The synth in the breakdown sounds like a preset that you didn't change at all. Keep at it.

Oh and don't feel bad, 8 months in the production world is just a blink of the eye. Put a few more years into it.

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Originally posted by jessef Oh and don't feel bad, 8 months in the production world is just a blink of the eye. Put a few more years into it.

Hello there, thank you for your reply =)
I understand it's not a good track, and I thank you for your quick response. I'm glad I'm able to come to a place that not everybody tells me my tracks are brilliant and that I'm the best artist ever or whatever =P
Anyways, I'd like to know where you think I could improve? Do you think it'd be best to work on my mastering, or my pads, or anything else?

hey i like your track. You have good theory. if you want anything constructive from me, if youre pushing your master through something dont, be respectful of the space of certain sounds take up, it will turn a little muddy( non sharp )when you introduce a lot of frequencies over each other.

good luck with your quest, post some more tracks ;]

15 years? nice
the best advice i can give its.....dont whait for big things
just enjoy it

listen to more music, and practice, thats all
congrats, you have some very impressive skills you will get better with time!

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So Serene

The production sounds outdated compared to todays trance. That isn't a bad thing really most producers go through that period or some choose to sound that way. The tune is definitely listenable. It seems like you have a lot of knowledge of music theory which is extremely important.

There is not enough percussion and those that i can hear seem way too quite in the mix. As others have said the sounds seem a little presetish. Time maybe to learn synthesis? You mentioned mastering which is not something you should be focused on until your productions are pro quality. instead practice mixing,synthesis,compression and just writing melodies.

I can tell you will progress quite fast because of how good your music theory is. I am the complete opposite my knowledge of theory is nonexistent so i can never write a full tracks worth of melodies and end up fiddling with synths instead. At least i am enjoying it which is the most important.

I understand you have goals which is important to keep you motivated. but focus on making music i think to many young producers are trying so hard for success and there productions sound bland like all the other asot wannabe producers out there at the moment. That will only get you as far as several minutes of fame on Tiesto's club life which although is cool will not bring longterm success.

Anyways, those are my thoughts on the track. You should check out the production studio on these forums if you have production questions. There also a lot of helpful threads on there which will be a great resource for you as they have for me.

Most, importantly keep at it.

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You're off to a good start. As pwnage1 said, there could be more of an emphasis on the percussion. I was initially thinking this would be just another "I remixed this track and now I'm putting it on youtube" that is just a crappy bass beat with the midi on top of it. But it is, obviously, more than that.

Just keep at it and remember to enjoy the process.

I think what's been said has already been said.

I just gotta say, at 15 years of age, you got the discipline. Not many 15 year olds have it. Just keep working at it, you're really on your way.

Thank you all for your comments =)
I enjoyed reading them and think I got some good responses,
I'm working harder on my next two songs, one being a remix of Happiness Happening, one being an original track called Daybreak, if anyone's interested, I also uploaded a track called DiveZone to youtube, feel free to check it out =P