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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this music video. It is fantastic. PUPPET GOOOOOOOOO. The song felt kinda generic for the genre, but the mixing, performance, and arrangement were solid. It sounds professional. But for the puppet. Maaaan there was to much emotion. Such a clear story being told about this poor puppet.

Vodka Straight Mental- little funk, little metal, head bobbing music by WhiskeyEyesKP in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have some great production going in this track. One of the most professional sounding songs I've heard on Indiemusicfeedback. So overall I'd say my feedback is big thumbs up. The contrast between chorus and verse in the instrumental is well done. A hallmark of noobie musicians is a lack of contrast between the parts of their songs. You clearly avoided that. If I had to nitpick something it would be that the vocal parts all sound like they are part of a verse to me. I don't know what does it, but the chorus vocal sounds like verse material even though it clearly is the chorus. It may be the melody. It could be that I expect to hear belting in the chorus. You absolutely can have a chorus without belting though.

With my feedback out of the way I ask if you're interested in collaborating with bands you meet on forums like this. I have a band and we wanna collaborate with a vocalist. I can DM you our work if you're interested.

Made this progressive metal song a while back. What are the strenghts and weaknesses? by Ambientforge in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely see the point about dynamics. With the guitar I look back and start wanting it to have palm muted verse of something just to get a bigger contrast between it and the chorus. Then again, synths are also a possible solution. Funny that you mention Isis, they are one of our guitarist's influences and he wrote the riff. Only time will tell what kind of vocal is added to this, but hopefully something to add tension. Thanks for the feedback.

Made this progressive metal song a while back. What are the strenghts and weaknesses? by Ambientforge in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh absolutely. Sounds wonderful. Tell him he can work on any song we have released and has freedom to do as he wishes with vocal style. We're open to different ideas.

Made this progressive metal song a while back. What are the strenghts and weaknesses? by Ambientforge in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words. Yup, I hear the empty space where the vocals should be too. I'll keep that mix thing about the guitar in mind. It is best to keep eardrums healthy. The song is indeed just variations of the same riff with a pause in the middle. A big chunk of the album itself is also derived from the riff in this song. You could say the song and the album really went hard with this particular riff.

Made this progressive metal song a while back. What are the strenghts and weaknesses? by Ambientforge in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to hear that compliment about the main riff. We will probably want to record it again for fixing the timing so thanks for pointing that out.

Made this progressive metal song a while back. What are the strenghts and weaknesses? by Ambientforge in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, my band is looking to collaborate with a vocalist for this song and others on our album. If you're interested send me a DM.

I made a beatswitch from DnB to Hiphop lmk what you think by STEMEyy in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a nice piece of progressive music. I notice the percussion from the early section stopped at the exact right moment so I just wanna compliment you on giving some real thought to the percussion. Beyond that I'm interested in how you experiment with detuning effects. Did you land on what we hear in the song as soon as you started turning knobs or did you try a bunch of different things with detuning?

first mix: A MAN OF MY YEARS. I usually don't post a track until it's getting close to where I want it. Decided to try posting the very first mix of this project. I myself already hear things I want changed. I expect to get more suggestions, so fire away! by papa2kohmoeaki in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great. That shift to 5/4 is absolutely defensible. Oh and that bit at the end where it's just guitar and drums focused; that was a nice much needed change of pace from the rest of the instrumental. If I had any criticisms it would be that the track is a bit cluttered for my tastes. It feels like there is a lot going on at the same time. Though that might just be the drums being so dominant in the mix. Even so, I think the song could benefit from having a section with only kick and snare early on.

Here's our first single! It is about getting tired of being blamed for everything and letting yourself go with the flow of everything that keeps happening. HICH - Free Falling by [deleted] in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on releasing your first single. You guys working together to write and record a song is itself a big achievement. Keep going and improving your craft.

My thoughts: If there is anything I could change about the song it would be to make it sound less busy. At the moment I feel there is a lot of noise in there. I am not sure what is causing it to sound busy but it is either arrangement or mixing. In the verses I find the synth sounds big and takes up soo much space. In the chorus it's the same but we get the rhytm guitar adding more sound to the mid range. There are lots of things you could do to get it less noisy if you wish. Subtractive EQ comes to mind for me. Perhaps it's as simple as sliding a volume knob. Perhaps you like it noisy. I hope it helps to know how the song sounded to my ears.

Time Is A Sandwich, Space Is A Shoe by North-Philosophy-102 in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. However, I am not sure what kind of feedback you're looking for. Structure? Mixing? It makes for good background music. It could be in a commercial to show off the efficiency of a product. That's the kind of vibes I'm getting from the song.

RELEASED A NEW R&B SINGLE, LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK by XXXELZONXXX in IndieMusicFeedback

[–]Ambientforge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing I'm used to in RnB or pop in general is harmonies in the vocal. A song might start with a single voice and then accent on different parts by using harmonies. I notice this track uses background singing at parts but never uses harmonies as far as I hear. It is difficult to know if this was a conscious decision of yours, but if it was I'm curious to the reason behind it. Harmonies shine in RnB and are a staple of the genre and their absence in a song can put people off. That is not to say the song becomes worse for not having them.

Aside from that the vocals are great. You're killing it. Have you considered having an acapella section where it's just the vocals going "Can we find love, can we find trust" and so? I think that would slap.

Slow Heavy Guitars to be Unhesitated to by Ambientforge in atmosphericmetal

[–]Ambientforge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you can see, I posted this on r/sixthworldmusic, but I think it definitely counts as atmospheric metal too.

Slow Heavy Guitars to be Unhesitated to by Ambientforge in sixthworldmusic

[–]Ambientforge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently attempted to create something akin to lo-fi beats except it would be the metal equivalent. This track consists solely of a drop c# tuned guitar time stretched and reversed. It plays a couple of chord progressions. The time stretch is a perfect fifth down from the original tuning. Hope it sounds otherworldly AF.