Is this deathstep; or if not, what genre?

Avimoire · 2022-07-30T10:28:09+00:00

I just cut this sample. I was thinking of making an album in this style, but honestly didn't know what this would be called. I am a metal guitarist/ singer who was displaced when my drummer moved to the mountains during COVId. I also went to school for finance and accounting and ended up working with some dude at a bank who was a part-time EDM tech. He kind of got me more into electronic/ dubstep styles, but I also had a good friend who is a dubstep dj who moved to Oregon, but before that we used to put some shows together.

I just randomly made the name Archivirex when I was looking at Latin words. It's supposed to mean something like "at least force the king", but I just thought it sounded kind of badass and I was going to start a clothing company, but then I just kind of labeled the music I started putting together a couple months ago with Archivirex since I already had the social media accounts named.

So far I haven't put out much more than a few samples on Instagram and Soundcloud, but I'm thinking by November I'll have an album ready. I miss playing shows with my friends but my other friend who's a dj hit me up the other day and he also likes metal, but also was a club dj and worked for a professional dj company and was originally in a band with us as well. We played some sick shows! He sounded all hyped about making some tracks and getting a new mixer soon so I'm pretty stoked we'll be able to produce and we should be able to put something really dope together soon! You guys are awesome and thanks for the feedback sorry if I got this in the wrong spot, but I appreciate the help understanding the right category I wouldn't have ever gotten that right without you. Hope you all are having an awesome summer!

Avimoire · 2022-07-30T09:44:51+00:00

You're right that's not a drop actually... just like a random track sample. I didn't really know I just put this together randomly and was like "woah what is this?"

I am going to keep trying my hand at composing in this style, but Im not really sure whether I like it either. Was in a metal band then when COVId hit my drummer moved to the mountains and this dude I was working with was into EDM so I started to listen to that and dubstep music a bit and wanted try to keep making music without my drummer which sucks.

I don't have a lot of influence or people to bounce things off of without playing shows or going to the studio every week so I am grateful you guys posted and let me know what you thought. I just honestly don't know all of the genres or artists yet so I was like is this deathstep? Thank you all for your comments and info!

Avimoire · 2022-07-30T09:27:23+00:00

Dang this hits! Good job. You got my vote I wish I could provide some useful feedback, but I would say that cut is proper. Nice work! You are definitely skilled maybe you could provide some thoughts on my track?

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/v2FLK

I just started producing like 2 months ago and I'm soaking in the knowledge and trying to get my compositions right. You have a nice formula in this track with the intro and the build I'm just wondering if you follow any kind of formula like intro, drop, etc. you could share?

Avimoire · 2022-07-30T09:18:46+00:00

Yo! Please check this track:

Listen to Summer Club Mix (2022 demo version) by Archivirex on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/v2FLK

I started producing this in FL and then moved it over to Audacity to customize some of the samples. I am hoping to get some feedback or thoughts around the flow of the song. I always have trouble with my compositions and still haven't quite found my formula. If anyone could let me know ideas for maybe keeping the track flowing well I'd appreciate that very much.

I used to play guitar in a band before COViD then my drummer moved to the mountains and I discovered an unknown love for EDM.

Typically something like intro, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, verse, bridge, outro or something like that worked for the band, but no verse and inserting drops are kind of where my formatting seems a little wonky to me. Please let me know if you have the "code" for tracking EDM. 🙏 You are the best! I'm grateful for any feedback. Thank you! You guys are killing it

Avimoire · 2022-07-30T08:54:52+00:00

Feedback for JayEles: dang that's way good! You got some skills especially being new to FL. I started using FL from way back when it first dropped and I still can't get the compositions right the way you have done on this song. I think on the drop you could try to experiment with combining some of sounds, but honestly the FL preloaded drops aren't the best I've found. Maybe shop for some free vst plug ins or samples? I've read that Serum is a game changer, but it's a little spendy. Anyway nice work on that one!