Hey Josh, I checked out the new tracks. By the way, the MP3.com page is looking much nicer. Let me start with the positive. I would give my right arm to be able to program beats like that! You're drum work always blows my mind. Those barrages of beats just come raining down on your head. Beautiful.
Now the bad news, I think the melodies and harmonic movement are major weaknesses. That piano line in "Never Really There" really got monotonous after about 8 measures or so, plus it sounded pretty hot in the mix, almost making the drums hard to hear at times. Also, that slobbery bass sound on "Only Feeling" was pretty cool, but too crowded. In general I think you're melodies would greatly improve if you put more time into wisely using space. You know what I mean? Like if the phrases stretched across multiple measures and the notes landed on odd upbeats with funky accenting and stuff like that. Also, the harmonies cycle through maybe 2 or 3 chords moving up and down throughout almost the entire song. Nothing surprising ever happens and it never feels like you use harmony to create and resolve tensions which is one of the main things you want your harmonic development to be doing. I think if you're melodies and harmonies were a bit more intricate, you would be killin because your beats are there man. Spot on. These tracks are great for the beats alone, but if you work to make things a bit more melodically/harmonically interesting you'll have nothing but straight smashers! easy. -Cory --- Joshua Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two new tracks up on my mp3.com site, Never Really > There is a sort of mellowish piano based thingy, > Only Feeling is a formulaic dancefloor sort of thing > that i'm not so sure about (and i've realised that i > uploaded a version with a bit of shoddy editing...) > > as ever, any feedback is much welcome > > www.mp3.com/Unconscious_Mind > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List > http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
