Some Instrumental stuff

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Mixing felt good. The music was great. I expected something less rocking based on the beginning. Well done!
 
It's a nice piece although it is kinda long. Sometimes you can have too many good ideas and it can be challenging to strip out the excess until you're left with just the essentials
 
If you click on your profile, you can find a list of all your old thread. As an instrumental, this did not hold my attention for eight minutes.
 
I've got a lot to learn about mixing so I won't get into that.

But composition-wise I would take time to make clear to yourself what the story is you want to tell. This can be totally instrumental.
Which riffs are essential, what drumparts are vital. What melody should I hum when I have this song in my head. What moment in the song do you want your listener to react emotionally to the song, what kind of emotion should that be. Things like that.

Once that is clear to you start to clear away everything that doesn't help telling the story.

To me there are to much parts in the song that aren't telling enough story. And are thus not interesting to listen. While some other parts are not getting the attention you would like them to have. A thing you could do is cut it into two songs. With one or two bars pauze in between at 5:50 after that break I would let it die away, then start a new track and go on with the next bit. To me this last part feels totally unrelated to the first 2/3 of the song.

So, like Bulls hit said, strip to the essentials.

A side note: I don't like the timing in the drum parts, the drum track doesn't feel alive. But this happens often with samples, which I guess these are.
 
Thanks for the advice, hadn't thought about that. And yea, I tend to make things longer than they need to be, I just try to put everything thats in my head into one track and hope it makes sense in the end. I guess im gonna have to work on that.
 
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