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the first song from my digitized album

Link - https://youtu.be/EAQKQ_SDY5A

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I like the furtive solo at the beginning and the round, fat synth bass at :13. There’s a good sense of build into :39, and the sidechaining at :40 is nice without distorting the other instruments too much. The texture is fairly minimal for much of the first couple minutes of the piece, and the chord progression is pretty generic. I also wasn’t a huge fan of the rolled claps, like at 2:05 - you might consider at least adding a filtering automation on them so that they don’t sound as loud. Also, the main snare sample you used during the refrains was also not my favorite sound design choice - it doesn’t have a very hard tonal center, and is very staticy. The airy breakdown at 2:40 was a nice element of contrast from the energetic melodies earlier, and the more ominous-sounding bridge at 3:46 was cool. The distorted vocals that play on the downbeats there sound a bit harsh in the mix, but otherwise I like the drums there. I would’ve liked to have heard you vary the main melodies during the final refrain, just for some variety.

All things considered, this is a catchy and fun/upbeat track with a good amount of energy and some solid mixing. Aspects of the sound design, harmonic framework, and arrangement are a bit generic, but otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep at it, LHPixel8! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.75/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.5/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
7.75/10

The progression of this song is very interesting; it takes a while to get to different parts, but each part is severely different than the previous one. It makes it feel like a very interesting journey, with a lot of trance and dance vibes. I love it a lot! You chose a very good kick for the song, and the sidechain helped a lot in the places you used it. The melody always changed and evolved which also made the song fun to listen to from beginning to end. Great work, keep it up!!

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Votes
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Score
4.65 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jun 4, 2023
1:03 AM EDT
Genre
Techno
File Info
Song
11.8 MB
5 min 11 sec

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