slimcharles42
New member
Hey folks. First of all - thanks in advance. This place looks exactly like what I've been looking for by way of a community of musicians providing feedback, so I just want to say that I'm looking forward to hearing the music y'all are producing and hopefully providing you with some constructive feedback.
Without going into the details, the past year or so I've effectively had writer's block when it comes to music-making. A recent new approach has yielded some productive results, and these are the three songs I'd like to share with you today.
Welcome Paradox by Daniel Weismayr | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Relate by Daniel Weismayr | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Old Taxi In Hallway by Daniel Weismayr | Free Listening on SoundCloud
To be clear - I'm not looking to commercialize/monetize these songs, these are purely for the enjoyment of getting creative. I'm not obsessed with really high-end, mainstream production and at times I am trying to avoid standard approaches to things like instrumentation, structure etc. - so I don't mind if some of the sounds are a little wonky or 'unclean' or jarring.
With that being said, I'd still like them to not sound like garbage. General thoughts welcome, but I also have some feedback requests as follows:
1) do the songs sound horrible? Is the mix at all painful or repulsive to your ears? I feel like I've gotten too close to these songs recently so am finding it tricky to judge the mix (this could just be that I'm out of practice - and intend to get back into practice).
2) this is more a composition thing, but are the songs too busy? I like to work in layers, and try to create dynamic contrast where possible, but I have a nagging feeling (at least with these 3 songs anyway) that there might be too much going on at times? And, most importantly maybe, do they make you feel anything?
3) this is more of a mastering question, and it's a question I really struggle with because it opens up the whole debate around the loudness wars but... are the mixes loud enough? I'm by no means a brilliant mixer or master engineer, so I struggle with this at times. I don't want to compress/limit the hell out of everything but I can't get these any louder without affecting the sound quality. Particularly frustrating when I compare to songs that have served as influences to these. Of course, I could pay for my songs to be mixed and mastered by someone else (haven't ruled this out) - but as I say, there's no commercial aspiration here. Maybe the songs are okay level-wise and this isn't something I need to worry about. Or maybe I need to work harder![Smilie :) :)](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Thank you for reading my ramble. I really look forward to hearing what your objective ears make of these. Also, if there's anything in particular you'd like me to review of yours, please let me know - I'd be happy to.
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Without going into the details, the past year or so I've effectively had writer's block when it comes to music-making. A recent new approach has yielded some productive results, and these are the three songs I'd like to share with you today.
Welcome Paradox by Daniel Weismayr | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Relate by Daniel Weismayr | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Old Taxi In Hallway by Daniel Weismayr | Free Listening on SoundCloud
To be clear - I'm not looking to commercialize/monetize these songs, these are purely for the enjoyment of getting creative. I'm not obsessed with really high-end, mainstream production and at times I am trying to avoid standard approaches to things like instrumentation, structure etc. - so I don't mind if some of the sounds are a little wonky or 'unclean' or jarring.
With that being said, I'd still like them to not sound like garbage. General thoughts welcome, but I also have some feedback requests as follows:
1) do the songs sound horrible? Is the mix at all painful or repulsive to your ears? I feel like I've gotten too close to these songs recently so am finding it tricky to judge the mix (this could just be that I'm out of practice - and intend to get back into practice).
2) this is more a composition thing, but are the songs too busy? I like to work in layers, and try to create dynamic contrast where possible, but I have a nagging feeling (at least with these 3 songs anyway) that there might be too much going on at times? And, most importantly maybe, do they make you feel anything?
3) this is more of a mastering question, and it's a question I really struggle with because it opens up the whole debate around the loudness wars but... are the mixes loud enough? I'm by no means a brilliant mixer or master engineer, so I struggle with this at times. I don't want to compress/limit the hell out of everything but I can't get these any louder without affecting the sound quality. Particularly frustrating when I compare to songs that have served as influences to these. Of course, I could pay for my songs to be mixed and mastered by someone else (haven't ruled this out) - but as I say, there's no commercial aspiration here. Maybe the songs are okay level-wise and this isn't something I need to worry about. Or maybe I need to work harder
![Smilie :) :)](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Thank you for reading my ramble. I really look forward to hearing what your objective ears make of these. Also, if there's anything in particular you'd like me to review of yours, please let me know - I'd be happy to.
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