New Track. Your impressions please peeps. kinda prog house.

[bleepsnbreaks]

Hi,

New to this forum, was told it was a good place to hang out, mostly been hanging out on the Ableton users forum.
Anyway, been producing tracks for about 5 months now, got 4 tracks up on MySpace, the newest one just completed is called "We Are Here"

Take a listen and let me know what you think.

http://www.myspace.com/davedaviesproductions

Thanks for listening!

[bleepsnbreaks]

Oh and the link doesnt work because Im a new member, might need to copy/paste it to your browser for now

[polyslax]

Here ya go, and welcome!

http://www.myspace.com/davedaviesproductions

[bleepsnbreaks]

Thanks man!
Well after you said this was a good forum to get some listens and feedback I thought I had to check it out
Just having a squiz through the production techniques forum now

[bleepsnbreaks]

Anybody had a listen?

[bleepsnbreaks]

Seriously? no comments at all?

Am I to take it that no one thinks there is anything that can be improved or no one thinks that it has any merit?

[Jazzyspoon]

Hi bleepsnbreaks, I listened. It's recorded and balanced well, but it is kinda void of style.
There is some nice sound choices and some decent programming (though your track "watching" was much better at showing off your writing skills).
You might want to think outside of the 4/4 box on this or it will drown in a bottomless sea of songs that sound a lot like this. Perhaps it works better in the context of dance floor or for those hardcore deep house fans, but it doesn't grab me like I wish it would here in my studio.
Sorry if this sounded harsh, that was not my intention.
Peace
jazzy

[neoxtrope]

Hello and welcome to KVR!

We Are Here

The kick is fine for the track, but when it's exposed at the beginning until the snare and bass come in there's not much interest. Of course when it's played out the intro will probably be mixed up through another track, but for the myspace listener first impressions count. You could, say, experiment with modulated ghost hits or something, and dispense with them once the track is underway.

I think the vocal samples are a little bit too bass-heavy and low in the mix when the bassline is present. Bit of EQ and compression maybe?

The track could be shorter - you could pack everything into six minutes I reckon.


Watching

Much better intro, builds nicely. How did you get that Kraftwerk-style vocal? Love it.

What's the synth that comes in at 1:30?

The breakdown is a bit cheesy for me, but then I like the Surgeon-end of techno, so each to their own!

Oh, and the auto-panning on the lead gets a bit much after a while...


Hope this helps. This is pretty good stuff after only five months.