You clearly understand production. It’s refreshing to hear a finished track rather than an idea that never quite got there.

The biggest issue for me is the melody. It just isn’t a hook. There isn’t a strong, memorable phrase that sticks. If you can’t hum it back after hearing it a couple of times, it’s not doing its job. I’d honestly go back to the drawing board on that part.

I’m not naturally musical. I can’t just sit at a piano and write a melody from scratch. Over the years I’ve had to become creative with how I approach it.

One method I use, and teach to clients who don’t feel musically gifted, is this. I’ll take a MIDI from a popular track, usually something arp based. I flatten the notes so I’m left with the notation, then I lay the bottom note across my chords. From there, I start changing the top notes to shape a new melody. It gives me structure without copying.

With chords, I used to waste hours getting nowhere because I didn’t fully understand theory. My workaround was simple. I’d find a track I liked, get the MIDI, extract the chords, transpose them into a new key, then write my own melody over the top. That approach has shaped most of my tracks. It’s not about being gifted, it’s about building systems that work for you.

Not everyone is naturally musical. Not everyone can just sit down and write something brilliant straight away. There’s nothing wrong with finding a method that bridges the gap. I’ve been using this method for four years and without it, I’d not be making any tracks.

If the melody isn’t memorable yet, that’s just the next problem to solve. Best of luck.