by Thunder Dash » 25 Oct 2015 18:27
To be honest, the repeating percussion sort of took away from the "journey" feel. It just made it really like a driving song, which just continues to loop. You limited yourself to the i and the VII, knowing that this piece is in the key of c minor. It would be best if you had four chord progressions involved, such as these here:
i-VII-VI-V
i-VI-VII-V
i-iv-VI-V
iv-VII-ii-V
i-VII-iv-V
You can mix these around and even stretch them beyond four bars. This would mean the progression would last eight bars and each chord would last two.
Also, why not start with the whole thing in a filter and slowly sweep it out, through the course of the song. At a certain point, bring in only a kick, because the extra percussion just seems to take away the "journey" feel, like I said earlier.
Also, run your sawtooths through a compressor and adjust the attack to give it that pulse-like swell.
All in all, it's an okay start, but it could always be improved.
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Thunder Dash on 04 Nov 2015 09:54, edited 1 time in total.