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[k221-the wild west]

Now, first off, you need to learn music theory, there are so many videos on it. Just search it on youtube. The piano sounds muddy and the chords don't fit the melody at all:(! There are certain laws that make music sound good. If you practice music theory, you'll make awesome music with good harmonics that give people shivers :).

As for the drop, first half of the song, I can hear your true self, but when the drop hits, all I can hear are samples. For me, making music is all about being original, the first part was original but the second part wasn't. Also making a drop is all about building that tension, that excitement but it didn't give me that feeling of excitement.

Practice is the key here, look at different videos on youtube about music production. Listen to your favorite artists. Hopefully you take this review as a good one, keep making music and you'll get better and better. good luck :)!

kizi221 responds:

thx for the review i have learnt a tiny bit about music im still kind of new to the music making scene i try my hardest and i accept your criticism

[Efien (Full)]

sounds like you're using nexus ;) The plucky bass supports the melody well but I think you need to distort or crush or design your sound more, to give it more of yourself. IMO sound design really matters here. That reverby kick you have, I feel like it doesn't fit. And you should play more with your hihats, change the volume and pan so it fills the room :). But overall the track didn't have any dissonances so you're good on that:P keep at it, good luck :)

ShareeBon responds:

Thanks for the generous FEEDBACK.

[Bigfoot]

this has some serious head-nodding wobs, good design. Not sure how I feel about half tempo, gives me a dubstep vibe. Snare is on point. I think it would sound better when it's not half tempo, it does work but at least for me, dnb needs to be fast :D Keep at it, good wobs will get you far :) gl!

BiPolarBeat responds:

I tried to make it work with a normal 174 drums but that just didn't work with the "wobs"

[I Wont Smile For You]

The beginning was pretty good, but man, you need to work on those drums, the kick and hihat are too loud imo and the snare is too quiet. When making synthwave, snare needs to hit hard and have attitude :D. @2:00, hell yea, sounds real nice but still repetitive, change some notes out so your tracks have more progression. Nicely done, but could be better. Keep at it and you'll get good :)

BusanBlack responds:

Hey Geomeetria, first of all, thank you very much for your constructive criticism. I really appreciate it since I jumped into this track with a melody in my mind but still as a growing musician not fulling knowing how to make my sound feel full of life. I totally get where you're coming from with the repetitiveness of the tune. I need to work on note progression and figuring out how to advance it all to a new level. After listening to it again while reading your review I really did notice the hi-hat was really overpowering.

I'll keep all of this in mind when producing my next track, synthwave or other. Much love from one musician to another. Thank you.

[Animate (rough mix)]

Even for a rough mix it sound pretty good. Not sure how I like the vocal, maybe its too in front. If you can, put some reverb on it so it has some more space. I really really like the flow of this song, like it's telling a story of some sort. Good for animations I guess :)

Midnights-Ocean responds:

yes! thank you! I had similar thoughts about the vocal. though not much needs doing there. I thought it maybe could be blended with the background, just a little more. there's actually a lot of minor little details I want to tweak and fill in on this but like I said, it'll wait till I have my cheepass used gong I just bought, so I can replace the stock sound on the time keeping drum track. Thank you for the feedback. Yeah this would be great for a game or animation, if you are working on any or know of someone who needs music. :)

[Fatigued Glaciers]

The mix sounds really quiet, I suggest compressing the drums and making em louder. In hip-hop drums have to be more in front. Overall I like the pad and crushed vocal, it makes this track sound lofi. This track lacks of bass, missing that groove. Still pretty nice, good luck :)

StaticLF responds:

Thanks bruh :)

[Oonir - Fourteen]

A bit quiet. I dont know how i feel about the minimalistic beat, that pad and arp would be great with a soulfilling hard breakbeat with a good amount on wobbly bass :D but that's just my opinion. but for me it was too empty :(

CyroNG responds:

i understand why you would say its empty :P

[ETK - NEIGE]

nice beat with a mellow/sad ambiance. I really like it. well done :)

etK responds:

Thanks a lot !! I'm really glad you liked it <3 More of this genre upcoming and also on my Soundcloud and all :D

[DOGHOUSE-CX330]

man the beginning looping feels soo daft punky :) really like it. The bass and beat match perfectly. Not sure about the "mans best friend" vocal, imo it doesn't fit in but we all hear music differently. overall 4.5/5 very good, keep at it :)

D00FY responds:

Thanks for the review dude, means a lot. I actually agree with you about the vocal, i like dogs to much though so it had to stay in lel.

[Ready to Fall]

love your work, this lowfi feeling on the piano and bass is very nice. And those oldschool drums get me everytime. And that sax, please yes :D

Libby-Shimmz responds:

Thanks much!