Very moving.
I really enjoyed this, quite relaxing. At some points I felt as though there could've been a couple more layers going on to make it more interesting, but that's just personal taste.
Length was decent, maybe a little too long. I don't meditate though. :P
KEEP IT UP MAN :D
Well hey hey, glad you listened to the ENTIRE THING... OR DID YOU?? Thanks trance man ;)
Can I have a bagel with my cheese?
I'm actually quite disappointed with this.
The first minute 39 secs was a neat intro, but still lacked drive, since the kick was so punchy in the mids, and not in the low-end. The kick actually hurt my ears for the duration of the intro.
I'll have to agree with xKore that the build up at 1:40 was so out-of-place with the rest of the track. There was not other part in the track that even resembled that synth/pattern.
This is where the cheese gets too gooey. 2:22 until 3:20 screams euro. You didn't even take any of my advice that I gave you over MSN. I told you to turn down the mids on that thing! Supersaws are supposed to be full and airy, not forceful and ear-piercing. Supersaws are starting to get really generic anyway, and should be avoided unless you make dance music.
3:21 Is nice, and as xKore said, this is how the song should've progressed in the first place. It has some originality to it, unlike the previous part.
This is where I got really pissed off. THE TRACK GOES NOWHERE!!! This seems to be a really big problem with your tracks lately. You make a huge build, and you don't follow through with a climax. It just dies! It's quite displeasing.
The outro...well, what ever it is, is really lame. This track isn't even mixable.
If you really really want to progress with your music ie: get signed/noticed outside of NG, then please start following some sort of structure that people are familiar with! This track lacks any sort of progression. To me, it sounds like 3 different tracks.
In the end, I fear that this doesn't even really sound like trance at all. It's just some sort of dance hybrid.
PS: Pretty sure Will won this one. :3
Most of the things you listed off are things I did intentionally and was an artistic choice I made because I felt that it would make this track unique. They were'nt some bad accident or lack of skill.
PS. Pretty sure Will didn't win because he never bothered to complete anything once he realized he'd actually need to TRY. So there is no comparison.
You asshole :3
HOW DARE YOU BEAT ME ON TEH TOP 5!!!1!!one!
RAWRRR
Anyways, I really dig this. :P
Needs more cowbell.
PEW PEW
it does need more cowbell, DAMN!!! LEMME RENAME MY TRACK TO KAZMO XD
This is awesome!
I always really liked your stuff, and this just shows what you can do!
This is really entrancing, the intro was nothing short of awesome.
When the kick came in, I was like YESSSS!
The panning effects really add to this, I think it's mandatory in this kind of trance, psy-trance right?
Really wish this wasn't so lofi :P
I noticed what you did with the phrasing at 2:52, very nice!
Keep at it, I really enjoy your tracks.
Woah cool this is much appreciated coming from you. If you want give me your email and i'll send you a hi fi version.
But yep high skies is really trancy for a psytrance track, we could almost call that Hopeku trance haha. It has a psytrance structure along with a psytrance bassline but trancy melodies and sounds.
Well thanks a lot buddy!
Neat-o :P
Intro is really nice, very uplifting.
34 seconds in, it starts to sound really muddy, I think your sidechained pad has too much mids, and perhaps is the reason why the vocals sound overpowered. Vocals tend to fill the mids of a song, so if you have other sounds that are mids-heavy, it's not going to be balanced very well.
I also recommend limiting the vocals after a nice compressor because the vocals fluctuate almost too much in volume.
2:12 sounds sooo cool, I really like the vocal cuts. Once again though, I think your pad/bass synth is a bit heavy in the mids, and bring out the vocals a bit more would help balance the overall mix imo.
Keep up the great work man, it's been a while since I heard from you! :D
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the track. Your advices will be taken under consideration.
The intro, and the first seconds of the vocal part had a filter of 345 Hz. Then the filter is turned off. It sounds like a radio effect or something similar. I love that effect.
Mixing is hard!
XD
Very nice :]
I really liked the first 27 seconds. Very relaxing. That piano sounds like it could have a little more crispness to it.
when the other lead comes in at roughly 27 seconds in, it sounds a little off at some places. Note placement is everything in a song. Maybe have it mimic the piano and make it play like a delay rather than a whole other melody.
0:41, when your lead cuts in, it still sounds like it's not fully opened up, maybe have an automation so that it turns off the HP filter FX, b/c high resonance tends to change the quality of sounds that have mid tones in them.
When the kick and everything is in, sounds super solid. :D
Keep at it, you better finish this soon >:3
Thanks for the review man!! apreciate it:D
Hey Krussi!
Long time man.
I didn't know you were moving into hardstyle. I dunno if it's a good move though, and here's why:
-your previews sound too happy, since they use generic chord progressions too often. Hardstyle tends to just stick with one chord, except at the final break. 0:34 was a good example of a good sounding hardstyle idea, since it's quite repetitive (that's good).
-your synths still sounds too trancy/hands-up to be 'hard', I think another reason for this is because you're using a lot of block chords (like your 2nd and 3rd which actually sound wayyy too similar). Try making simple melodies that flow well and that are about 2-8 bars long.
-the overall mix sounds a tad light still, needs to have more power, especially on the low end. The kick and bass is what normally drives the track in hardstyle. The lead usually sits on top or blends into the rest of the track (through side-chaining) depeding on the style.
Nonetheless, I know you're new to this genre (as am I, I don't really make it either lol) but I've heard my fair share of hardstyle since my friend has a shitload of it :3
Keep at it man, I'm sure they'll go somewhere. :]
Yo Kazmo.
Yeah, I know what you mean with the generic chord progression (can't hold my damn fingers away from them >.< ). I'm actually considering either converting the melodies and chords into something dance or trance-ish or just scrap the projects for now since the only "hardstylish" about them are the 1/3 beat.
I'm still strugeling with the mixing since that's one of my major issues with my songs (in my opinion).
Thanks alot for the review man, I appreciate it alot ^^
Cheers man.
Interesting
Your other track that I finished reviewing is quite different then this one.
Funny enough, I found that this one has tooo much bass. It seems that your kick has a fair bit of subbass and that it's conflicting a bit with your bass lead at points where they overlap. A good way to prevent this is to either stick a steep low cut EQ on your kick, or side chain your bass to your kick a bit.
This track's overall EQ is a bit wack to be honest. There's a LOT of highs going on, and not much mids. I don't know what to think of it. I just know that there's a fair bit of resonance on your lead.
The FX remind me of some of the old stuff Tiesto mixed on his early Magik albums.
If you ever need some insight, feel free to PM me for my MSN.
Keep at it :]
That might be since this is my 3rd demo I finished out of my flps in the genre progressive trance. This was the best at the time to pick.
I'll be sure to keep the mixing in mind, I guess I need some training.
But I'll have to say, that I didn't worked 100% on my mixing in this track.
Yeah thanks but I got you already on msn bro. :P
We only hardly talk, since when I am online it's working time for you I believe.
Other than that, Thanks for the informative review!
I'll work on my mixing.
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