Here's my first Music League submission:
https://dsound.audio/#/@mindseye-music/through-the-atmosphere
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Here's my first Music League submission:
https://dsound.audio/#/@mindseye-music/through-the-atmosphere
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Great work overall. Looking to cheer you up for your next tracks!
Thanks for those comments @joymatters! It's great to see such a detailed breakdown of the track. I can see what you mean about the part after 2:12...it's always a challenge to keep an instrumental inspiring throughout the whole track. The uptempo bit at the end is also one of my favorite parts of the track. In fact, it made me consider creating a completely uptempo version...haven't done that as yet though. Great to hear you dig the track overall :)
Kinda biased on this one ;) It's precisely my kind of sound from Chillout floors that really got me to discover aspects about myself I had never known before I looked. Psychedelic ladder.
The track is deep, but it IS challenging. Which I greatly love. Spiritual enlightenment does not come easy, and though I am nowhere near that state, I did experience that the most enlightening experiences have come through challenge, uncertainty and facing the inner fear.
In other words, it's amazing that the warm character and the cushion-cloud atmosphere of the track is held in balance by its tough beat. Danceable as well as sitable. <3
As such the track and your music project is an amazing discovery for me, building my network. Followed!
Please relay to Dr. Rinkel how much the track hit my nerve.
There's not much I want to say to the mix or sound. Maybe it's too early here, but I literally got nothing in terms of improvements. You guys just didn't start making tracks yesterday huh?
But again, I'm probably just biased <3
I did not manage to finish my SML entry in time this week, but this one - because of personal taste - is my favorite I've heard.
Good job mindseye!
That's such an awesome response @paradigmprospect, thanks for your kind words! Yeah we've been making music for a little while now, but mainly only using synths, drummachines and samples on our iPads. So it's great to realize that which such a fairly 'basic' setup, it's still possible to create tracks that resonate with people :)
Woah. Just woah. First thing to note is I have never witnessed such a varied set of melodies through just one track and yet not be too overpowering. The ambient synths are incredibly relaxing and thought-provoking, even the little more jarring one that's used at the end of some of the bars. The reverb-drenched drums are incredible especially the patterns at the very end of the track. The kick is soft but manages to keep the beat incredibly original with frequent off hits. The bassy hits around the 1m 30s marks are so low and properly stimulate your ears. All the little details are so frequent and even with a variance of one-shots you manage to pull it off without it sounding like the track is shrouded with random sounds. I don't wanna go over every single synth cause there is honestly something nice to say about every one of them and I don't have time to write a book in the comment section ;)
I have a few things to criticize on but they're just little things. The bass is a good volume and follows a good melody underneath the synths but I feel its just a little too jarring, grainy and slightly too detuned. The drum pattern is amazing but I feel the snare could have a little bit more edge to it, at least be a little bit louder. And the most personal criticism is that i want that drum pattern at the end to be in the track more. That had me grooving like never before.
Hope the feedback helps and can't wait to see what you make next ^^
Thanks for the detailed feedback and the positivity @poorkidbeats! So good to hear that the track is appreciated :) I'll definitely take the criticism on board...it's always good to hear things that can still be improved. That hopefully makes me a better producer at the end of the day! I've actually considered creating a full track version of the uptempo bit at the end, but haven't gotten around to it as yet... ;)
Love this track. Sounds great to me. Very atmospheric. The drums and snare seem spot on and fit the track perfectly and some really cool instruments chosen. As for where to improve, I really dont know. I'm far from an expert at production skills. I've gotten some very detailed feedback from producers on here but I dont feel experienced enough to be able to accurately give advice myself. The only thing I would say is I would have loved to hear a heavy drop towards the end at some point, but that's probably not the style of track you were going for I guess. That's just my opinion as someone who personally likes heavy synths so please don't be offended at it, the track is really awesome for the style you went for. Overall, it sounds mixed great to me and has some really nice melodies. Great work. I look forward to hearing more of your music so I'm gonna click follow on your channel now
@fresheiremusic thanks for your compliments! Awesome to hear you dig it. I suppose a heavy drop might not quite fit in with this track, no. But I do enjoy heavy synths too, so I'm sure they might pop up in future tracks of mine!
no problem. yea I think you're probably right. It might change the chill vibe of it too much. I didn't know what else to say to critique it haha. I have nothing but positive things to say about it. It's just because the music I listen too all the time usually has heavy synths in it so I was hoping for some transition to something heavy, it's just because I'm not so familiar with atmospheric music, but yea it probably wouldn't work with this track. I could definitely picture blazing a j and drifting off into my own little world with this track ;) again, awesome work