CAN'T HOLD ON FOREVER

Uhhh...BASED?! 🤭

You sound exactly like me. That is the exact same problem I keep running into myself, especially when it starts to take a long time to work on something. Sometimes it's best to walk away from it for a while if that's the case. Sometimes it's better to stick with it. I found that I personally work a bit better under pressure so setting a deadline for myself can be motivating. If you ever get to that halfway point and you need a fresh set of ears to listen to it, hit me up! I'd be happy to help :)

That’s what Steve Miller (Lite) is. That was my first idea for this draft that didn’t fit too well imo. If you listen to Steve Miller (Lite) closely, it’s the same drums and fx samples lol

Usually I’ll make half of a song that does fit pretty well. Then I’ll make another idea that usually doesn’t fit too well, then get impatient and just say ‘fuck it’ and just pub it so I can move on xD

Thanks for the feedback!! I will never not appreciate feedback :) I know what you mean, with the flow of the song. This is a problem I’ve noticed in my music when I spend a lot of time on it. A track like this tends to end up being an amalgamation of a bunch of ideas that I really like individually, but just get roped together regardless if they fit well or not :/

p.s.s. I know that sine waves sound really cool when modulated against a square waveform that's like 4-5 octaves higher (I wanna say 72 or 76 semitones). So waveform A sine, waveform B square at 70 whatever, thehn modulate A with B, mix to taste. add distortion and compression, for saturation, and Add EQ for extra precision on the carveout

p.s. when making a bass/mid bass sound, build the sound you want, then clone it. Run clone A thru a HPF and clone B thru a LPF and then adjust their cutoffs so that they don't overlap too much. Boom you've got a high end and a sub. Congrats. This technique is super simple and effective on a lot of different types of sounds, once you get the EQ/filter right. Try this out if you want to play around with new sounds or trying making different layers

That's all I have for now. Good work, keep it up. hmu sometime if you want feedback before you publish and thank you so much for sharing this with me! I gotta jet, but I hope some of my feedback is helpful!

the first 40 seconds don't feel like they lead to anything except a really empty build. There's no energy, your audience is basically standing around waiting for something to happen. Tbh, you could start this song at 00:40, extend that section for another 8 bars, and have yourself a different intro that flows better into the buildup Either scrap that first part or find a way to write another 8 bars that build energy or have some sort of flavor/groove. syncopating drum sounds can help

That'll provide some groove right away. The highs are kind of piercing and loud/white noisy. You might want to thin those out a bit or try using different risers. Sometimes reverse sweeps or crashes can be gentler or more effective.

The other thing I feel needs love is the flow/arrangement. and it's 139 bpm is odd but not earth shattering. I feel like the arrangement is not flowing well. There's something that either needs to be moved around put in a different spot, or you're missing a section altogether. Due to the track length, I feel it may be the latter, rather than the former. I think the intro should start at lower frequencies, then move up in the rise, and drop again when the 808 comes in.

I wish I could offer some really helpful critiques, but I'm kind of stumped too. I can see why you hit a wall with this as it's sort of wanting a lot of different things. I feel like you have all the right elements though. Maybe some more spice on the dish would be nice, I definitely might recommend layering that sub bass to give it more texture/movement, it's a big boring and 808 trap-ish. just a little flavor is all it needs.

m8 this is sick

thanks for the crit :)

All I have to say is that some high end in the percussion can be ever slightly shrill, and then the sort of high end white noise around 00:14 could be turned down but this is really good nonetheless, fucking amazing prod