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Synthwave - Rock - Experimental

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Pretty interesting track, I get the vibes you're after but I think it takes a little too long to get into the swing of things.

If you've ever looked into Post-Rock at all, you could probably snag some of those ambient guitar vibes and inject some of that into your intro. The guitarwork in here is definitely the star of the track, and it would be great to get that earlier in the track to hook the listener in quick, even as an atmospheric element.

The synths feel a little bit cheesy after the first minute before the guitar rolls in, it's not necessarily the synths themselves, just they need something to make them sound a little less preset-y, if you know what I mean.
I can tell you were after a kind of old school synthesizer vibe there, might just need something like a long release stab under it or something to give the offbeat stabs you add at 1:05 some better context, or try to work with some guitarwork to complement it.

Once the guitar gets going in the track, it's a solid hook, really pulls you into the track. Definitely the strength of the whole thing.

Overall, not bad! I enjoyed the guitar bits of the track once I got past the intro, just those synths need a lil love.

DarioMarotta responds:

Hey there!
Thanks for your appreciation and detailed comment about this track.
About what you say regarding first part, yeah is pretty slow moving before going really somewhere cause of an intentional enigmatic and suspense .
About synths, is based on retro synth wave atmosphere and vibe but I can understand that still might risk to sound not always so much elaborated or "authentic" .
Regarding the guitars, you really make me wonder about actually trying to put some additional sounds, even though this track is born in and destined to a looping live session performance where is really hard to play many different parts at same time:)).
These are suggestions that inspire me for future improvements and maybe an additional studio version of the song .

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342
Score
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Uploaded
Feb 22, 2019
2:58 AM EST
Genre
Synthwave
File Info
Song
7.2 MB
5 min 17 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.