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Daniel Seabra - Ancient Vibes (Original Mix)
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| EddieZilker |
Well, well, well...
You've just proved one of my favorite adages about people on the internet: "Never underestimate anyone."
Nicely done. Could you expand on the work you've done with that, so far? Absolutely, but it's one of the more original tunes I've heard today and the groove you established with the chord progression inter-playing with the bass-line was nothing short of wicked. |
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| dseabra |
Thanks EDDIE, finally I've done something that you have approved lollllll thank you...
Do you think that I need to work it better? Have some tip ? |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by dseabra
Do you think that I need to work it better? Have some tip ? |
That's up to you. It sounded good, mix wise. Musically, it was sound, as well.
I'll usually make suggestions based upon what I would do with a particular song, but I try to always admonish the person that it might be my own stylistic preference. With this song, if I were going to do something, I'd turn it into something it's not. Personally, I think with some tailoring it could be a monumental ASOT choon but that's a lot of surgery to do to something, which to my mind, already sounds really good as it is. There have been lots of things I've put in songs or left out of songs because I've liked the way those decisions shaped the song. I've even been dinged on those decisions when other people offer critique, so much that I've sort of formed a filter to determine what are the best actual criticisms and what are someone's opinions of what they like to hear (sometimes, but not always, they're one in the same). Therefore, when I critique a tune, I really try and listen for whether the song matches up with the intent I perceive on the producer's side of things.
I do not, however, withhold suggestion - but I do like to consider it irrelevant unless the person I'm sharing it with thinks it's a good idea. On the assumption that you're just looking for some ideas to get experience with, I would suggest simply expanding on what you have, already. The arpeggiated lead, for instance, could have a little synced delay added to it as the song progresses (very delicately so as not to interfere with its musical form as a lead element). It could even come down, overall, in the mix, but just a skosh, but as it is, it's not a huge problem for me.
You could build to increasing musical complexity, based on the existing chord progression and arpeggiation, but when you do this you should be careful to also progress other parts, like hi-hats and even automate the mix so that, as an element becomes more present by virtue of becoming more complex, it doesn't take over the mix, entirely. This is tricky, because you could push it into cheesy trance land. Really, what you're aiming for is making subtle changes, along the way, which force the listener to reconsider the beginning of the song and ask themselves, "How in God's green earth did he go from there to there, like that?"
I would suggest call-and-response, where you change one part, and then change other parts in response to the change that occurred with the first part. Let small things add up, like little tiny drops in the bucket sort of creating the totality of something much bigger. |
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