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Author: airliner on April 14 2007

--> This one was made in record time for me. I wrote most of the drum part ages ago, for a remix that will never be finished, then left it sitting for a long time. I revisited it a week or two ago, stripped away everything but the drums, and built a new track on top of them, in just two or three sessions. I probably spent a grand total of 8 hours actively working on this in the last few weeks. Half of it was done in the first session, I picked away at it off and on for a while, then I wrote the last half in a burst of inspiration this morning.

I'm reeeeally happy with where it is right now. It's still a pretty rough mix, but I like the energy and melody of the track overall. There aren't a lot of elements to it, but it still feels really full to me. What do yo guys think? Any advice or criticism?

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Comments

04/14/07 + celibacyclub

your songs are always so damn clever.

though one thing i notice, seems the bass takes up too much space.

damn this really gets going. bass is cool dont get me wrong, it just seems muddy.

hmm. the apregio-y breakdown in the middle is nice, comes back strong, mmm.

it seems to be beging for a timbre change in the lead synth near the end, to let more high freqs in and kinda scream.

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04/14/07 + AtlusZero

Sounds pretty. I agree that the bass could use some clearing up. But those precusison flips are awsome.
Nice track

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04/14/07 + soundhdack

now this is music! the development of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic ideas is very good. the mix is rough, but you'll straighten that out, surely. please post this after you finalize it. good work!

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04/14/07 + energygiant

i like the sounds and tone of the drums a lot.

i was getting along so nicely with the sequencing, until skiiiiiitttttererererrrr monster swooped in like a banshee....i think it works very well on the shaker/hi hatish sounds but its very distracting on the crash and kick drum.

i like the title and i think the picture should be bigger!!!!

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04/15/07 + fakeBlooper

this is aewsome. you should spend less time on more tracks.

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04/15/07 + rayro

lovin it, what a great flow and consistency throughout the track. love the climactic part... really beautiful

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04/15/07 + yghartsyrt

hey, this is really great. especially for the first stuff you could listen top when you just woke up. went pretty well with my coffee

thanks a lot

can't say anything to the mix and sound and such. just listening on crappy headphones, as my roommates are still asleep

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04/15/07 + momsazombie

Yeah, the bass might be better without the growl, just a plain square wave maybe. Personally I think you've such a nice thing going with the melodies and the groove that the spastic drumming gets a bit distracting and could be saved for just the occasional build/fill but it's a 2-1 favourite that I'll be the only one who thinks that.

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04/15/07 + celibacyclub

fb: maybe we can get him to quixit??

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04/16/07 + mrmistermr

IT WAS GRAND NATIONAL day here in england on saturday did you know that?

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04/16/07 + mlbot

Gorgeous. Dont do too much with it, it has nice flow. Love that main melodic part, thats awesome. Dont crowd it. Add details, fine, but dont crowd that organ belly lead thing.

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04/18/07 + scu

Good good drum parts and sounds.
Love the elec. piano and the little tweeky synth.
I do agree with the rest about the bass sound. I like the pattern, just not 100% with the sound.

I am liking this track even more on the second listen.

04/19/07 + jrom

I really liked this.

Drums are great and there's some real melodic/harmonic development going on here.

Thanks for posting this.

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