critique my tune

sunama said:
This track is similar to what I would expect from Prodigy. I like it.

Is it not possible for you to have some vocals on it (or at least make the track more "vocal friendly").

In terms of commercial clout, I think adding lyrics to a track like this would be beneficial.

A recent example which comes to mind is Magnetic Man's "I need air". On its own the music was okay, however, once the lyrics were added, it sounded better and was more typical of something which would do well in the charts (and sell).

The above assumes that you want to sell to the mass market.

PS. What is your aim? Are you making music as a hobby (and don't care about selling records), or would you like your tracks to sell? Is the commercial/business aspect of your music important to you?
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*blush* :D never been associated with some awesome artists before - first noisia, now the progidy! cheers lads

as far as it goes with marketability, i'm strictly going for the d'n'b scene, as much as i'd like to make trillions of squid from my production, i'd just rather have some awesome tunes out there for people to have a good stomp to.

as for vocals, well, i haven't got any rapper friends (i think mc-style vocals would go well with this), so instead i've decided to hook my snes up to my sound card and record in some samples :D

i'll upload this in the OP when i've finished for the day so you can see what you think of the latest incarnation.

this is part hobby, part career thing; i want to end up working in a recording studio, and this is going on my portfolio, along with some band/acoustic recordings and some other d'n'b and dubstep.

Infam0us said:
Its a good start mate, I think its lacking some variety though, as the first 2, and last sections are all alike with nothing really going on in the breakdown and no build up or climax after it. I do like the style though, very Nosia like :)
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i've only been working on this for 2-3 days now, so this is just an arrangement with mild tweaking so far. i'm going to alter the 2nd drop so that it is noticeably different from the 1st, and i'm going to change the drum patterns to give some variation there too. also, i need to create some crescendo's to each 8/16 bar section to break it up some more.

again, thanks for the feedback/comments chaps, very much appreciated!
 
twist3d0n3 said:
right, the OP has been updated with the new version, hope the intro seems a bit better :p
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Hey sorry for not getting around to listening to this earlier, I would say that this version is better especially the intro.

I'd still see how it sounds with half the number of bars before the drums come in, so if it's 64 bars right now for example, see how it sounds with 32 bars. It may sound better, it may sound worse, you can always click undo! ;)

I quite like the samples also, they seem to fit with the flow of the tune, so I can't really think of anything else to say really.

Maybe have a go at mixing it in to a few other tunes, the structure seams good but often trying to mix it into other tunes can give you new ideas of things to add or take away, fills and breakdowns every 8 bars and little things like that can give it that something extra. :)
 
i'll give it a whirl and rework it to be shorter and see how it goes, i'll post up the updated version once i've got round to it (been busy working on some other tunes recently so this one has been on the back burner for a few days).

i've got a friend coming over on saturday so i can show her how to mix, might whip this one in there and see how it goes, and if i remember i'll record it and post to see what you guys think also.

once again thanks for the feedback!
 
Reminds me a bit of Pendulum I suppose, whom I like. Though it's obviously not as good as Pendulum directly, but they've had years of practice at what they do! Not bad though mate, I quite liked it.

D'n'B isn't really my favoured genre but I found myself at least being able to listen to it without wanting to turn it off.
 
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