In the style of old bonzai and platipus tracks.
Anyway, Ill let the track speak for itself.

Love Forever(Original Mix) - DJ Chemical

PS: bonus points if anyone can identify the sample

will shoot you a review when i get home

EDIT:

ok so, listening now.

i feel the kick/sub or whatever is little too 'sloppy' sounding for my taste...did you use some subtle distortion on it or somthing? maybe it's just my sub. i duno.


ok so the sample starting to be more audible...i have no idea where it's from.


drums could be more prominent imo. that's in general.

breakdown...you should change up that rhythmic synth, or add something new...we need some kind of change.

build neeeds something more...

ok, overall i think it needs more variation in the drums and the synth line...try doing some different things with the sample too. keep it up.

Last edited by ASFSE on May-19-2007 at 22:14

This is not normally my style of trance, but I'll give it a whirl.

Kick Drum seems a little week on the top side, to give it some more ommph. The bassline and kick combo fits in nicely with the tempo of the track as it's not your typical 138-140 bpm trance tune, so it's unique in that sense, which would make it a great progressive tune in a DJ Set.

The Vocal is catchy but get's to be more of an annoyance after a couple of minutes, rather than a hook.

The bottom end of your spectrum is well worked ie your kick, bass and other low end synths, but you have to work at some of your percussion used. It tends to stand out too much from the track.

I normally bit-crush my hi hats using a distortion unit to give them a more crunchy feel, perhaps that would help here. The percussion up until 2:30 is quite generic and needs some variation if possible, adding some FX would do the trick.

The loops don't really fit that have been added after 2:30 and feel like a huge snare build up more than anything else, but perhaps that was your intention.

The track feels quite empty after the breakdown and could do with some more low end pads, choirs etc and some additional lead synths.

All in all though, I think this track has some serious potential. Keep up the good work

I like the base line, but i agree with above, the effect (distortion?) or something on it is throwing me off.

I like that chord progression as it builds around 2:00

the voices... maybe turn them down with the build of the synth progression? I like the voices, but maybe you can twist them up with some effect or something to fit them more seamlessly into the song.

more varition with drums could definatly help solidify the song.

4:30 the build here is good, its just something about the voices though keep throwing me off.

i like where you take the bass, but I think it be a little more anthemic, which could help give the song a stronger resolution.

good job though man, good stuff indeed.

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Thanks for all the feedback!

It can be hard to think objectively about something you've worked so hard on and heard so many times.

I took some of the comments and made a few changes, mp3 updated.

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ahh the bass, did you clean it up? sounds like it =)

did you do anything with the voices? it sounds like you might of mixed the voices in a little quieter. or something, maybe its just because im growing to like it =)

i like the chord progression after 3:55, very fulfilling.

man i think you got the thing down. if anything maybe a little work with more percussion and effects, thats about

you should check out some of my stuff (in sig), i understand how it is when you try and listen objectivly to your own track. It doesnt work sometimes =P

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Thanks for the feedback!

I took out alot of the vocals and made the remaining ones quieter, added a new set of high hats, and modified the lead.

Interestingly I did not change the bass. I did however, go from starting with kick bass and hats to starting with only kick and hats, which made the bass seem alot less disruptive.

Also, it pretty much became anthem trance. Not that I don't love anthem trance.

Now to review your tracks :P

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Dude... the bass makes me think of psy trance, awesome. The kick drum may be weak to some, but that is because it's a very simple one. Simple kick drums sometimes do the trick just perfectly. In this case, it's very loud and low and is a fitting element to the female vocals and hat timbres. That hats do sound a tad cheap to me, and I can't put a finger on why. I have such a hard time with getting hats to fit sometimes it isn't even funny.

I LOVE the bassline change alongside that gated synth. That's brilliant. I'm hooked. My only qualm is that the bassline does sound more like an off-beat when the synthesizer is in full blow, probably because of the nature of the compression and freqs. I can't put a finger on it, but I couldn't imagine how difficult it would be to get the two distinguishable in the thick of the track.

I don't think the vocal is annoying... there are enough OTHer elements in the track to keep things interesting enough.

There is alot of reverb on the main synth, and it might need to be tamed a little more to not take the spotlight away from the percussive elements. Right now, the drum and bass elements sound like they are a tad underwater, and I can't really speak to why or a concluding bit of advice. It is really hard for me to nit-pick on this track, because the bottom line is that I really like it, and that is probably obvious to the length of this post.

It almost sounds like something ATB would attempt if he were to be on a progressive commision. Ack, what do I know, I don't listen to enough prog to tell. Keep it up.

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