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RE: SML Music Producers Feedback Contest Round 1 - Submit Your Tracks!

in #smlchallenge7 years ago

First things to say is the track is incredibly unique!

The atmosphere of the synth gives it that sort of childish feeling and that bendy synth has a decent amount of bass on it which compliment the higher pitch synth. The melodies as a whole in the track are a bit bland at times so a bit of variance could be added but the melodies used are generally catchy, uneasy and perfect for a horror style beat. It's quite minimalist but with a vocalist or just another underlying synth under the house-y synth that follows the melody in some parts would be great.

The portamento (or pitch automation i dont know what you used) makes me think of an alert siren, which is a positive when you're making a very spooky beat. The background arp (or delaying, panning, acid-style synth) might be my favorite thing in the track, its just so uneasy, bassy and compliments the main synth. Normally i'd say single hit kicks as a buildup aren't really that attention grabbing but i've gotta say you've really pulled it off considering the arp and melody. The slowness of the kicks hitting is really unsettling and its really good for a buildup before the snare kicks in. And boy does that kick fucking kick dude! I feel the actual transition to just the kick to kick and snare could be improved with maybe a riser, a sound effect (maybe a good ole scream) or a reverse cymbal or something. The snare is amazing and I don't think I can say anything bad about it. Its thick, crunchy and sits well in the track considering how heavy the kick is.

The house-y synth I previously mentioned is really good I just think it needs to be a tad louder. When it does kick in though, the quiet cymbals underneath all the synth work do actually add a lot to the main 'drop'. I think the shaker that plays during this is a great idea but I think it could be improved by either adding hats or some other small percussion with it, or perhaps have it pan back and forth between left and right, just cause the way it plays only in the left ear is a little nauseating. The drums in general I feel could have a little variance just cause they are a little bit clockwork with just kick-snare-kick-snare. The final good note I wanna leave on is that the outro to the track is amazing and I had the last 4-8 bars on repeat to hear that ending with just the higher synth over and over again.

Overall, the beat is incredibly original and definitely surprised me when I listened to it and on a whole its an incredibly decent track. I hope you find this feedback helpful, I hope I'm not being too harsh or picky with my feedback (if so just take it with a grain of salt). Good luck in the competition and keep making original music cause you've got many others here who ought to be impressed too!

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Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate that you looked at both positive and the lesser aspects of the track as it gives me ideas on how to improve in future. Thanks so much for such a detailed review. It means a lot that you took the time to do it. I'll definitely take everything you said into consideration and try work on it in newer tracks.