[Psygomin]

there are some of the tracks i have made on my second myspace page.  all are still works in progress…

http://www.myspace.com/psygominmusic

as always feed back is welcome just remember that there still works in progress

I took a listen to a few of these last night. It was on my laptop so I can't really comment accurately on the production and the mix, but there were some good ideas there musically. On thing that did stick out to me was that the lead work seems a bit too “samey” for too long in most of the tracks. The leads themselves were ok, but there didn't seem to be enough variation to this listener. One thing I remember thinking was that is seemed like the lead patch never changed through most of the song and if it did, it was to something very similar sounding. Your basics seem solid so it seems to that variation is the main thing you need. Swap around lead sounds, add layers of the same part with completely different sounding patches, etc. One thing I do a lot that is part of my “sound”, as it were, is shift between really dirty ripping lead patches and very clear glassy ones. Also always manually messing with your knobs for the duration of a part. This keeps a part naturally evolving and keeps the ear more interested rather than simply having a lfo cycle through to the tempo (which usually gets boring the second of third cycle through).

A good rule of thumb it to never let anything run more that 16 bars without some adding and/or removing something. (I personally almost never go more than 8 bars without changing something). This can be drastic like killing one lead and introducing something completely different, or it can be more subtle, like adding a pad, a percussion loop, changing the snare sample, changing the hi-hat samples and patterns, etc. Variation in percussion is actually a pretty important area a lot of younger artists don't focus on some much while they are busy studying the more major elements, but its often the make or break part of a track. Shifting to a more open, or a tighter, hi-hat can really change the energy of a track at the right time, while adding a small somewhat busy percussion loop in the back ground can give you that needed boost of power when you are peaking, or adding a sparse one can add space to a section that needs to float more but still needs some variation.

Again, these are just idea, try them and use what works for you. Ignore the rest.

thanks for all the ideas and tips.  this is all just an emotional expariment in music.
All tracks are still works in progress and most definatly have not been mixed well, and the production quality is going to be crap as well.  i am surprised that my pc can do half of what i ask it to.

i have slowly have come to the idea that reguardless of what i do i cannot do it by my self.  and i have know this longer that i would like to think.  i belive i have some good things up in the basket on my head but no where near the proper sesources to let them out by my self.

Thanks for the feed back, ill have to see what i can improve on….

Psygomin