Essential Official post your piff for critique/comments/stunting thread

[roxxthe96er]

Lil interlude for my tape.

 

[ibrokemyneck]

Lil interlude for my tape.

the rapping is dope, got that angry flow, but your voice works well with it. Good intro song and that electricity snare whips man. Loving the kick 808 production-wise. it's not something I personally make but i can respect it. ya hit the mark with the sound for sure. Sounds professional man. if you're ever trying to work on something "not-so-trap" i've got some beats. i like your sound and that's like 75% of it for me. keep up the good work

 

[ibrokemyneck]

Hope you were looking for feedback, cus i'm about to drop it on you. i've got my monitors set up (i've been making beats all day so i may be off due to ear fatigue...) so some things are standing out to me about the mix and the arrangment.

What you're about to hear is a rant about what I would do If I was to take this beat and remix it into my own style so take it for what it's worth.... so you're free to disagree with me. I listened to the whole track 3x.

The good: (what I would keep): the hi hats are fine. the snare pattern is fine. The crashes are fine but mixed too low so turn those up like 2 db and maybe pan them... or not. How much verb you got on that snare? i use reverb 2 different ways... if i want something like that crash in the background i turn up the wetness, if its on my snare which is a dominant element then i choose the settings i want like cathedral or maybe drum room depending, but then I ONLY PUT WETNESS to less than 10%... cus it takes away the snap and the smack of the snare....we want that shyt in the foreground but having a tail that "reveals the room"... so i'd take wetness down less than 10% on snare.
The OK: I liked your Myrical Life tag in the intro, but i think you need to mesh it better with that riser.. i heard a space, a tiny one, inbetween the riser and the tag which made it seem not like the tag came in on the riser... but more like they were separate... same goes for the riser for the intro of the beat.. i like it fine, but you let the riser die out of energy THEN you dropped it. i would push the riser forwards like a bar or something... don't let it decay and then drop... i wanna hear that drop from the top of the riser if you feel me.

Needs work for final form: keep in mind this is me acting like if this was in my own DAW what would I do.... I would make that bell arp thing be less erratic. it's kinda hitting too quick or random i would say like it's arguing with the beat... if you have SWING on that instrument i would remove that cus thats waht it sounds like to me, like it's swung and the rest of the track isnt... also... I would create a more structured arrangment. Your intro was good, it says to me "started with nothing, now the riser (once you move it up) then the drop" but it lacked structure to me in the sense of "ok this is definitley the chorus"... now i know you may not be going for that... but i have learned recently that when i structure my beats like that... i find that rappers have been more likely to hit me up about beats. i know that maybe i'm just getting better or its a coincidnece, but all i do is stick to the script. 4 bar intro, 16 bar verse then right before the 8 bar hook i usually like to hear a snare with a loooong reverb usually i automate it so its snaps THEN the wetness is turned up and it sounds like a big rock splashing into water.... at this point (the hook)you can start from scratch and rebuild OR use the same melody with different instruments OR change melody and timing. For example in this shyt I would drop out the bell arp thingy during the hook or just have it play only on the down beats or something. Not saying i could make a better beat, but sometimes people don't honestly say "i'm not digging this 100%, and here's why"

Cheers bro

 

[ibrokemyneck]

removed. gonna reup

 

[Myrical Lyfe]

Hope you were looking for feedback, cus i'm about to drop it on you. i've got my monitors set up (i've been making beats all day so i may be off due to ear fatigue...) so some things are standing out to me about the mix and the arrangment.

What you're about to hear is a rant about what I would do If I was to take this beat and remix it into my own style so take it for what it's worth.... so you're free to disagree with me. I listened to the whole track 3x.

The good: (what I would keep): the hi hats are fine. the snare pattern is fine. The crashes are fine but mixed too low so turn those up like 2 db and maybe pan them... or not. How much verb you got on that snare? i use reverb 2 different ways... if i want something like that crash in the background i turn up the wetness, if its on my snare which is a dominant element then i choose the settings i want like cathedral or maybe drum room depending, but then I ONLY PUT WETNESS to less than 10%... cus it takes away the snap and the smack of the snare....we want that shyt in the foreground but having a tail that "reveals the room"... so i'd take wetness down less than 10% on snare.
The OK: I liked your Myrical Life tag in the intro, but i think you need to mesh it better with that riser.. i heard a space, a tiny one, inbetween the riser and the tag which made it seem not like the tag came in on the riser... but more like they were separate... same goes for the riser for the intro of the beat.. i like it fine, but you let the riser die out of energy THEN you dropped it. i would push the riser forwards like a bar or something... don't let it decay and then drop... i wanna hear that drop from the top of the riser if you feel me.

Needs work for final form: keep in mind this is me acting like if this was in my own DAW what would I do.... I would make that bell arp thing be less erratic. it's kinda hitting too quick or random i would say like it's arguing with the beat... if you have SWING on that instrument i would remove that cus thats waht it sounds like to me, like it's swung and the rest of the track isnt... also... I would create a more structured arrangment. Your intro was good, it says to me "started with nothing, now the riser (once you move it up) then the drop" but it lacked structure to me in the sense of "ok this is definitley the chorus"... now i know you may not be going for that... but i have learned recently that when i structure my beats like that... i find that rappers have been more likely to hit me up about beats. i know that maybe i'm just getting better or its a coincidnece, but all i do is stick to the script. 4 bar intro, 16 bar verse then right before the 8 bar hook i usually like to hear a snare with a loooong reverb usually i automate it so its snaps THEN the wetness is turned up and it sounds like a big rock splashing into water.... at this point (the hook)you can start from scratch and rebuild OR use the same melody with different instruments OR change melody and timing. For example in this shyt I would drop out the bell arp thingy during the hook or just have it play only on the down beats or something. Not saying i could make a better beat, but sometimes people don't honestly say "i'm not digging this 100%, and here's why"

Cheers bro

Wish everyone would give feedback like this. I'll check the beat you posted when I get on my monitors.

I agree with everything you said honestly. Except maybe the structure. I was told intro, 8 bar chrous, 16 bar verse. But maybe I'm wrong. And yes there is a gap, idk what happened. It wasn't there until I uploaded it. Much respect man, I grow with every beat, taken advice and studying what I did wrong. It's hard for me because I like being outside the box, like say with the intros. I like long intros. But that's just me. Much respect

And also, I use maschine. Which I'm starting to hate, because I cannot automate, and I feel like it makes me go off structure. I think the next beat I make, I'm going to make in ableton or logic.

 

[ibrokemyneck]

Wish everyone would give feedback like this. I'll check the beat you posted when I get on my monitors.

I agree with everything you said honestly. Except maybe the structure. I was told intro, 8 bar chrous, 16 bar verse. But maybe I'm wrong. And yes there is a gap, idk what happened. It wasn't there until I uploaded it. Much respect man, I grow with every beat, taken advice and studying what I did wrong. It's hard for me because I like being outside the box, like say with the intros. I like long intros. But that's just me. Much respect

And also, I use maschine. Which I'm starting to hate, because I cannot automate, and I feel like it makes me go off structure. I think the next beat I make, I'm going to make in ableton or logic.

no worries man. the beat i posted is in way in rough shape. i'm gonna go back in and chop the shyt out of it. when you get a chance to hear it i'd just appreciate a straight up "this one has potential, this one is a nah, this one needs work" and i'll work out the details. i just went for quantity at the moment trying to get ideas flowing ya dig.

and your structure isnt' wrong, i was just saying sometimes it pays to not be experimental in all aspects, somethings need to be a certain way. as long as you had it that way on purpose, you're on the right track

 

[ibrokemyneck]

man. i know it's kinda distracting to have the spoken word, but it just jams to me.

 

[Myrical Lyfe]

here's a rough draft for the coli horror tape... it's like 7 minutes because theres probably 5-6 beats in there i think.... EAR FATIGUE IS A bytch. The last songs drums are too low. Whoops



Just thought i'd post it in the mean time... i know it's not mixed the best.... because its kinda crazy to mix 6 beats in the same project file

The first part, has a really dope melody. But i feel the drums are just way out of rhythm. JAWS haha. Second one is DOPE. Drums are much better. Actually make my head nod. ALOT.

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

This my first time posting my music on this site, let me know what y'all think of this single I got from this EP I'm about to drop:

^That's the cover for the single

 

[ibrokemyneck]

This my first time posting my music on this site, let me know what y'all think of this single I got from this EP I'm about to drop:

^That's the cover for the single

that's a dope cover for real. also dropping some serious bars here. preach. wish i could turn up my speakers and get the full preview right now, but my gf is sleeping in the next room. i'll be back. you rapping?

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

that's a dope cover for real. also dropping some serious bars here. preach. wish i could turn up my speakers and get the full preview right now, but my gf is sleeping in the next room. i'll be back. you rapping?

I appreciate you listening, I'm the first dude on the track

 

[ibrokemyneck]

I appreciate you listening, I'm the first dude on the track

you sounded best imo

 

[Sincere Noble]

One for Tha' Club.

 

[Sincere Noble]

delete.

 

[DrHackenbush]

quick remix, RIP Sean P