<wip><pony><remix>Smile in Your Sleep

[Magnitude Zero]

http://soundcloud.com/magnitudezero/smile-in-your-sleep-wip-3

[ChocolateChicken]

The vocals, as I'm sure you're aware, need to be time edited to fit the tempo of the song better, especially at 0:59 through 1:24. I'm not sure how you can do that in FL Studio, but there's probably a help thread in the Technique section of MLR about it if you need help with that.

At 2:15, great work with those vocals and the harmonies. I also like how you changed the beat pattern here to make things more interesting.

2:42, nice job releasing the song here. That's good dynamics. I think you also could have taken a break from those ambient pads here for a little while, since they get pretty tiring to listen to because they never stop playing throughout the song. Or you could reduce a lot of the high frequencies in the pads to give the listener's ears a rest.

3:30, I like the buildup and then the return of all the previous song elements and the addition of a new drum pattern and hihats.

I like the fadeout too. Very chill. It sounds like you added a lot of reverb and delay effects throughout the song to make it more ambient, but just be careful that you don't put too much of it into your songs. With all the high end in this song, the reverb and delay prolongs and amplifies those highs and make the song pretty painful to listen to. I think you should reduce some of the higher frequencies in the louder tracks a tiny bit and also make sure the reverb and delay aren't making those high frequencies even louder.

Besides the mixing, I really like this song, and this is the kind of style that I love hearing in electronic music.

[Magnitude Zero]

aaaaa yes, this is exactly what I was looking for. I managed to get some really good feedback from a friend as well, so my to-do list is starting to look pretty big. Which is awesome. Thanks a bunch man.

[Magnitude Zero]

Updated OP with latest WIP. Still some mixing issues in the high end, but I think I'm on the right track here.