Kurtosis - Solstice (Synthwave/Melodic Dubstep)

[Paree]

Solstice is the album closer for our upcoming album. I wanted the closer to sound hopeful. This is the first time i am writing a track in major scale since major scale isn't really suitable for the genres i usually make.

[eassae]

Airy, uplifting—I do wish some of the melodic lines were pushed a bit further, but overall very nice.

[Benedict]

For a "drift off" piece (what I call them on the end of many of my records) I would drop the D n B parts by 6-12dB at lest as they really create a down n trapped vibe in many ways.

I know we all got told bigger drumz = more funz (and they can be), but what got obliterated in that one rule to kill em all was that drums are only part of the puzzle. Here by your definition, and that of the synths on top, you want a bright, uplifting vibe. One cannot uplift when one's toes are nailed to the floor (with those big drumzes). Think about scenes in movies: when it is an angel the music lifts and has light sounds ascending, whereas armies of dooooom have heavy thuddery over mechanical hacking. If you pulled your Ry bus back until it just ticks what is above along, it would help us to rise.

Your choon tho and your audience are probably different from my Space Music. Still, I will note that the KLF "White Room" album does what I say here for the ending. That is a stormer of a dance record with space & pace.

[Paree]

Airy, uplifting—I do wish some of the melodic lines were pushed a bit further, but overall very nice.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Paree]

For a "drift off" piece (what I call them on the end of many of my records) I would drop the D n B parts by 6-12dB at lest as they really create a down n trapped vibe in many ways.

I know we all got told bigger drumz = more funz (and they can be), but what got obliterated in that one rule to kill em all was that drums are only part of the puzzle. Here by your definition, and that of the synths on top, you want a bright, uplifting vibe. One cannot uplift when one's toes are nailed to the floor (with those big drumzes). Think about scenes in movies: when it is an angel the music lifts and has light sounds ascending, whereas armies of dooooom have heavy thuddery over mechanical hacking. If you pulled your Ry bus back until it just ticks what is above along, it would help us to rise.

Your choon tho and your audience are probably different from my Space Music. Still, I will note that the KLF "White Room" album does what I say here for the ending. That is a stormer of a dance record with space & pace.

Thanks for the feedback, this was actually the first time I've tried to write in major. I usually make most of my tracks in minor or phrygian since I tend to lean on "in your face" type of music. This was more of a challenge to myself to write in a scale which i don't regularly use.