Hi there! I'm a self-taught producer of almost fourteen years (years I've been producing, not breathing). I'm admittedly not the most consistent, and some members of this forum gave me some constructive criticism on my most recent remix, but you judge for yourself how much of a wannabe, talentless hack I am:
I have to admit, I don't spend too much time on here any more because I too am sick of the negative attitude of a whole bunch of aging trance puritans, who have nothing better to do than shit on anything that deviates from a very narrow definition of the 90s glory days - even now that some types of trance are actually starting to evolve away from the overly commercialized and sanitized form of it back to its ravey roots. I've missed out on way too much good music because people on here told me that it was "trousey" or "commercial" or whatever. But to each their own, and thankfully I can still find releases and artists on here who produce or can recommend some of the sounds I'm looking for.
You
@Avena Records , on the other hand? You sound like this guy:
Your song is meh. I don't hate, nor do I love it, because there is too little there to garner an emotional reaction from me. However many big-name DJs might play this track today, I would almost bet money they won't be playing it again in one month. And the problem indeed comes from the fact that, because you're using almost the exact same sounds that everyone else is, there's nothing here to really pique my interest - and I say that as someone who can and does enjoy template-driven trance every once in a while if the melody or vibe is good. There's a melody here and a vibe here, but it doesn't gel with me. That's not a bad thing - other people may love your song! And as I said, the reaction here often is too negative.
But I decided a long time ago that I never wanted to be a template producer, who'd make cookie cutter music that I'd find boring if someone else made it. So I did the work of learning my own sound design - the remix above does have some Ableton presets and preexisting loops and one-shots, but I ended up edited or tweaking most of them anyways. And my other tracks also have custom sounds that I slaved over using either hardware or Ableton stock plugins, rather than chucking a bunch of money at Serum and the Hottest Preset Packs. It may not be perfect, but it's
my sound, and that's worth more to me than however extensive a resume on Big Labels you might have is.
But shit talking like how you are does often mean that it
isn't satisfying you deep down. If that's the case, then that's a "success" that no one should ever want. Make what you will from that information.
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