New house track - feedback needed!

**vpech013** · 08-28-2012, 09:45 AM

hey guys, would appreciate any feedback on my latest track! thanks! Im really working on making music that is really easy to dance to - but i feel im still not there yet so any feedback is very welcomed.

http://soundcloud.com/vitaly-pecherskiy/not-supposed-to-original-mix

**grazz16** · 08-28-2012, 10:47 AM

Its an interesting track, wouldnt say its dancy tho. Its more of a chill deep house or tech house track imo. Im not sure if thats what you were going for or not, but thats certainly not a bad thing. The bass and kick also seem a bit too loud or upfront to me and slightly choppy in comparison to everything else, again not sure if this was the desired effect or not. Its a cool little baseline and synth mix melody tho.

**JasonBay** · 08-28-2012, 03:02 PM

There's no push/drive/bounce to it. Hard to make people dance

**vpech013** · 08-28-2012, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by JasonBay

There's no push/drive/bounce to it. Hard to make people dance

i totally understand what you mean. What is it am i not getting; any specifics that you recommend?

**JasonBay** · 08-28-2012, 04:32 PM

All I can say is listen to a lot of music, figure out where they are getting their push/drive/bounce/energy from and figure out how to apply that to your style of writing

**vpech013** · 08-28-2012, 05:44 PM

well from your experience what is that you do that make your tracks pump? what are some revelations you have came across while making your music?

**JasonBay** · 08-28-2012, 06:07 PM

Less is more, better arrangements, syncopation and just stronger writing and use of samples

**funlife** · 08-28-2012, 09:27 PM

The bass and vocal sample seem to be good but there's too much going on top with the synths that is making the beat a bit hard to follow. I'd strip it back (but that's also a stylistic thing).

I agree with Jason on this - listen to a bunch of tracks and work out which element is giving the drive (often it's a little percussion sample or something). Less is more definitely (if it doesn't groove with less then adding more won't help - that part is hard) and using a few samples well help "import" some groove

**Lilac** · 08-29-2012, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by JasonBay

Less is more, better arrangements, syncopation and just stronger writing and use of samples

Agreed with completely. Listen to a lot of Club music. It's really simple. Usually played in a Major and the lead doesn't span more than 2 octaves or so. Even something with a few notes arranged in an addictive way will do it.

Honestly when it comes to dance music, you want to keep it simple.