my apologies for this late response, life got super-busy for me these days. thanks to everyone who gave this a listen, i'll respond to all of u now.
The intro felt slightly too long for me for a hip hop track. Really dope when all the drums and everything drop though. I would watch overwhelming the track with a bunch of noises, it gets slightly muddy at a few points like the first main section. Maybe could turn down a few of the instrumentals just a bit to leave some room. Overall though this is really beautiful and dynamic. Very different from a normal hip hop beat for sure, buy I enjoyed it. A lot of catchy high energy in there.
thx mate, i'll try to be careful with the clutter moving forward. its unfortunate but i might have to replace the double bass =( that vst takes up ALOT of the low ends
Dope stuff..really like the atmospheric quality of this track,dude...it's always good to hear Hip Hop based music interpreted in different ways for me personally,an artform which can be very conservative and predictable at times but this is the opposite of that so keep up the good work!
Will also check out your Soundcloud.
Beats:
Here We Are One Time (Album Mix) | Danswift
Danswift | Free Listening on SoundCloud
glad ye liked it =)
gave your album a listen this morning. very nice vibes for sure, the type of stuff i need when I'm doing art-things. I'll have to follow your stuff. will check out your soundcloud in the afternoon
The intro pad could be a bit more subtle, or it could have some automation to fade in.
You're really good with melodies overall, and you definitely bring a soundtrack vibe really well here with your choice of instruments and your arrangement
I think you should check out the low end of the track, I think it could do with some work to clean it up. Check out some tutorials, I really think this track has potential!
Id really like to work with you one day.
Who are your influences if you dont mind me asking?
Keep up the good work by the way!
Check out my track when you can
[F4F] Emotional Haunting Melancholy Instrumental - "Time" [F4F]
thx for your feedback!
I have thought about smoothing out the intro, but my idea with having the pad pop immediately like that off the start is that it's an abrupt jump into a totally different world - once you're there, you're there, and it's alot to take in but you start to acclimate to it slowly as you take in your surroundings. I will definitely need to rework the low end, tho....
i'd be interested in collabs with any willing producers as well, but i am very new to this so there might be some difficulty, particularly because I'm in mexico lol
my influences?.....hmm....hard to say, honestly. I have alot of artists i like, but none in particular I really try to emulate. In general, I like alot of progressive rock and progressive metal. I...uh...I might get lynched for saying this lol but one of my guilty pleasures is watching reaction channels. one of them is the Lost In Vegas channel, who are two hip-hop heads exploring non-hip-hop genres. they've started going down the path of metal, which seems to have started with Metallica's lengthy thrash metal pieces that feature alot of transitions and is greatly instrumentally-driven. This is turning into a very long response lol, but uh....anyway, the Lost In Vegas guys really lost their minds over the transitions at times, and as someone who got into playing guitar and drums thanks to bands like Metallica, I could understand the emotions and hype they were feeling. That's sort of where this idea started, I guess, where I just wanted to bring that type of electricity into hip-hop. Not that hip-hop is boring, not at all, but this is just a very different type of hype - one that comes from instrumentation rather than from an MC.
anyway....there aren't any specific artists that come to mind as far as influences go, but this type of structure is largely inspired from the general idea of progression and evolution. In the future however I do intend on introducing a bit of chromatic and atonal conventions, and those definitely have their influences in the form of Alexander Scriabin. I'm glad you like my melodies, but honestly my tonal instincts pale in comparison to the feats displayed on Vers La Flamme
whew...that was alot of words. I'll hit up ur thread in a minute, apologies for my lateness
Def getting video game vibes! And you played the opening piano riff? I love the live drum feel to this one. I do enjoy the natural progression of the track it grows as it goes along into something more. Imo this feels more like glitch hop or future bass some sort of play on end more than it feels like hip hop. To me it doesn’t have enough hip hop elements. Specifically the groove and rhythm of the track. But otherwise good work, def can hear this on gran turismo or final fantasy. Lastly I agree 7 mins is a long track to listen w no lyrics for hip hop I’d probably shorten it as well. Your average listener will skip the track before hitting the 7 min mark.
Heres my thread for feedback thanks!
i lack a keyboard at the moment, unfortunately, so nope this was all vsts lol. used to have one but had to sell it because of financial problems last year. thanks for ur feedback, fam, will check out ur thread in a sec. my apologies for the late reply