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Pyöveli9 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

The idea is good, but you can make more with it : minimalism isn't about using little instruments, it's about using them at their full potential. An exemple would be your arpegio, they can moove a lot more : not trough musical notes, but through the mix, with some filters, some lfo slowly changing the panning, even some crazy effects used here and there to make the base sounds you use through the theme travel more ! This way you can keep the (very cool) minimalist approch but make it purposefull. 

Otherwise the composition is good, the change in tone around the 3/4 is a nice touch. 

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GlutinousGluten9 days ago

To be honest, I didn't really intend for this to be a minimalist piece, but I guess that's how it turned out. These tips are really useful though, and I'll definitely consider them in the future when *intending* to make minimalist pieces!

Thank you very much for rating my submission!

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Pyöveli9 days ago(+1)

Oh my bad ! It's not the same then, if your intent wasn't a minimalist piece, I have more feedback to give ! 

You don't need a lot of tracks to escape the "minimalist but I didn't want to" feeling : you just need to have the fundamental, in a well balanced harmony : 

  1. A good rythm, evolving and interesting, either percussions or it can be a synth, an arpegio, an ostinato... you need to make things happens, like "travel", in the rythmic section
  2. Good low ends, basses, kick, low hum, again can be a lot of things, be sure it work well with your rythm, you can make incredibly interesting tracks with just a good bass and a drumkit.
  3. Good mids and harmonics (that you already have, I think most of the work is in the low / low mids) 

So I think the "minimalist" feeling in your track come from the lack of diversity in the low and the low mids : your percussions don't evolve a lot, and your bass is a sine who's not doing a lot for the track (either add another bass and make the first one a sub, or make it evolve with filters and automations, as I mentionned in my first comment.) 

Keep up the good work ! Can't wait to see your evolution next year ! 

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GlutinousGluten9 days ago(+1)

Thank you! This is really detailed and this will be EXTREMELY useful to me. Thank you so much!

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