Skylander - My Fairlady

[Skylander]

There are currently great and even free plugins on the market who, without any additional effect plugins, sound naturally fitting for trance tracks on their own. (Stuff by The Usual Suspect for instance)

I gotta think about that, thx for the idea

All and all good to hear from you on the music front and you picking up production again m8, nice going! Hope these tips help.^

Yee, thanks man! I really had a lot going on in my life

And yeah, I am not forgetting about the main goal: vinyl release! Ngl I imagine this Tokyo Lights EP would fit best on vinyl.

 

[Ishiro]

Great production, reminded me the 'Stream Of Tears' from WMMT2 ost!

Thanks to @Ishiro for introducing me to it last year. Btw, I spent months trying to find a download link for this so we can listen in 320kbps (or more), and had no luck. Luckily I found a seller in Japan who had one and bought the CD so should be arriving in a few weeks. Bit pricey but worth it. Once I upload digitally will make available.

I guess Ishiro has the lossless files. Actually, we have been listening to them on Chinese music platforms for about 7 months. Maybe you could ask him for a copy?

Thanks Hensmon for mentioning! I do have a lossless flac rip myself from Soulseek (I don't have the CD either ), and uploaded on a Chinese platform Netease Music. If there's anyone would like to give it a go, I uploaded here too! It's really a great album indeed.

 

[Skylander]

Great production, reminded me the 'Stream Of Tears' from WMMT2 ost!

Thx man, I'm glad you liked it! I was really inspired by WMMT

 

[Hensmon]

I do have a lossless flac rip myself from Soulseek (I don't have the CD either ), and uploaded on a Chinese platform Netease Music. If there's anyone would like to give it a go, I uploaded here too! It's really a great album indeed.

Oh nice. I did try on Soulseek but never got any results. Must have been removed since you got it, nice one for sharing, I should have reached out before buying the CD. Looks like I got a collectors item now

 

[Ishiro]

Oh nice. I did try on Soulseek but never got any results. Must have been removed since you got it, nice one for sharing, I should have reached out before buying the CD. Looks like I got a collectors item now

It's okay tho! If possible I would like to take a look of the CD case and scans

 

[LostLegend]

I was busy with my personal stuff: graduation, new job as a financial auditor,

First of all, congrats on your graduation and new job!

So onto the music.
Musically, they are both great. Love the cinematic chords & string arrangement in Fairlady and the melodic aspects of Tokyo Lights are really nice, they seem to really fit the track title.

In terms of 'My Fairlady', I can hear what you are going for stylistically, but, as @Jetflag has mentioned, I think you need to work on your sound choices somewhat. It really lacks punch and sounds quite thin.
Reference tracks could be the key here. A lot of that 90's eurodance/eurotrance was really punchy and driving. So maybe find a couple of tracks that sound like what sound you are aiming for, drag them into your project and use them as a reference point for selecting sounds and mixing.
Maybe post some links to tracks that are in the ballpark of what you are trying to achieve with this one, it might give me a better idea in terms of advice.

Tokyo Lights sounds pretty good.
Sonically it sounds bigger and punchier. While I like the synth sounds, there's a lot of frequency clashing going on there.
At around 4:40 for example, you've got 3 or so melodic elements playing together. Musically they work and there's some nice syncopation going on in there. But they all seem to be hitting around that same frequency area and mushing together. Maybe look at a more diverse sound for each element to give them their own space, or if it works, look at moving them to a different octave.

I know some of these sound like I'm nit-picking, but honestly, musically there's some really good ideas in here and it sounds like you know exactly what you are aiming for, so home this helps somewhat.

 

[Skylander]

(Stuff by The Usual Suspect for instance)

Oh my days I actually have them already

 

[Skylander]

First of all, congrats on your graduation and new job!

So onto the music.
Musically, they are both great. Love the cinematic chords & string arrangement in Fairlady and the melodic aspects of Tokyo Lights are really nice, they seem to really fit the track title.

Thx mate, appreciate that!

In terms of 'My Fairlady', I can hear what you are going for stylistically, but, as @Jetflag has mentioned, I think you need to work on your sound choices somewhat. It really lacks punch and sounds quite thin.
Reference tracks could be the key here. A lot of that 90's eurodance/eurotrance was really punchy and driving. So maybe find a couple of tracks that sound like what sound you are aiming for, drag them into your project and use them as a reference point for selecting sounds and mixing.

Should I change piano and strings, or the supersaw sounds as well (i.e. all instruments?)

Maybe post some links to tracks that are in the ballpark of what you are trying to achieve with this one, it might give me a better idea in terms of advice.

Oh you will? Thanks a lot for that then! Def orchestral breaks in "Gouryella - Ligaya" and "Rank 1 - Such is Life" (I used there JV-1080 and SRX Orchestra). The main lead sounds pretty much just like I want (Sylenth1, Factory Bank 3, Suru preset), though for your convenience I'd name the similar lead sound in "OceanLab - Clear Blue Water (Ferry Corsten remix)". As for piano, I already use the same JV-1080, preset 001

At around 4:40 for example, you've got 3 or so melodic elements playing together. Musically they work and there's some nice syncopation going on in there. But they all seem to be hitting around that same frequency area and mushing together. Maybe look at a more diverse sound for each element to give them their own space, or if it works, look at moving them to a different octave.

Yeah have to agree on that. I think I need to work on this pluck a bit more. Even @Jetflag pointed out some issues with it