Please give feedback on my attempted deep house instrumental track + mix

[concave]

Hey everyone,

This is basically my first finished house production and mix, and more of a self-learning project than a product of pure inspiration. I'm really hoping for some feedback, on mixing, sound design, arrangement, whatever.

https://soundcloud.com/janmartingebert/ ... ouse-music

Thanks!!

[Benedict]

I think it is alwasy really hard when working to a specific sub-genre, esp if it doesn't come naturally to you. The increasingly narrow rule-expectations tend to make people shout at all you did wrong in their fear-i-verse then what was interesting.

House has changed so much from where it started. You seem to be mining closer to the source with elements of a more '90s Acid Jazz.

The issue I have overall is that it feels rigid, lacking groove as such. It is, as you note, a technical workout more than funkin' & groovin'. That, to me, makes it a bit broken.

However, it is hard to fault any of the core parts, ideas, approaches etc. And that was your real Q so if your Q is if you hit all the formula tropes for Acid Jazz, bar that groove thing, I would say yes. Nothing leaps out at me as being problematic or at all not fitting. Other than the lack of depth from echoes etc that is common in all 'modern' music. BTW I like the overall levels as they feel comfortable (rather than overloud, but I bet others tell you that you should be 500 dB louder :sigh:).

[concave]

Thank you very much for your reply! I was really hoping that it grooves heavily haha
I think a bit more reverb/delay might be worth a try, no? I noticed that using drum bus compression ever so slightly messes with the previously dialed in reverb in weird ways, but maybe I should rather try to mix the reverb "into" the compressor (as I heard someone say a long time ago).

[legendCNCD]

I feel it is a bit too static overall. The fx's and vocal licks would maybe help and making it a big more "hectic" later on. Sounds quite ok.

For the drum bus compression, maybe you could just route reverbs and delays away from the compression bus? Or as you said, just mix into it.

[concave]

Thanks for the input!