Author Topic: Ghost's music - come on you guys  (Read 610 times)

I make music. I'm going to be releasing an album FOR FREE on my Bandcamp on January 1, 2013 and my release schedule is organized through 2014.
I mostly make EDM-ish stuff. Currently running under the name Dr. Dubstep, everything 2013 and later will be under Aether.

Disclaimer: For the most part, I do NOT make dubstep. One or two songs I have that are unreleased are "dubstep-ish", with the wub wub and the drops and the zim zam zoobedy bop. the name Dr. Dubstep is entirely a joke and ironic.

SoundCloud
Bandcamp
YouTube (I use a lot of unreleased music to back my videos, and sometimes I just upload the songs)
Also on my Bandcamp (already running) is an album of songs I made for various YouTube videos that aren't getting released in any main albums. It will be free, and Share-alike, so you can use them for whatever you want.

Back to Law School (final music, Jan 1 EP release)

Higher Class
Westbound - Second Mix
Echo (see Original Music)
three other songs that I'm not going to release until the full album release

Original music:
Echo (WIP)
Veritas (WIP, 2013 release)

Remixes:

Zedd: Spectrum (Dr. Dubstep remix)
Katy Perry: ET (Dr. Dubstep remix) (on YT because Soundcloud butchered it)

Tests/early stuff:

Trance Gate testing
Ableton Live/NI Massive testing


Feel free to rate and critique my work, and I'll be posting a link to a free lossless download of my EP when it comes out.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2012, 04:34:51 PM by GhostOfBetaTapes »

I listen to most of them, and they're all kinda "meh".

All the songs seem to use the same square/saw lead, a sine bass, and maybe one other synth. There's not much variation or dynamics in or between your pieces, so they tend to get boring.
It sounds like you're using the fl default drums for some of your earlier works, though you experiment a little in other songs. (Though not necessarily for the better...)

For some general tips I guess, eq everything so it sits comfortably in its own range. It doesn't have to be drastic, just enough so everything stands out. Add some dynamics; the same melody played by the same instrument over and over gets boring, so add something to spice it up. (buildups, counter-melodies, interesting pads, key shifts, panning, bandpass sweeps, idk just something to break the monotony.) Also, going along with the monotony thing, add more than just one or two synths doing the same thing - add background elements, harmonies, an extra sound here or there - make it interesting to listen to. It shouldn't be completely predictable, for the most part.

Also, wtf?

lol
Someone doesn't know how to take criticism

The best advice I can try and give you is to work on your mastering a bit. In some of your tracks like Veritas the bass kicks are really overpowering while in your Spectrum remix they're kind of quiet. Also, what software do you use? Ableton?