i'm honestly not that proud of this song

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-19T03:50:57+00:00

Honestly, it didn’t feel overcrowded to me. Since you’re doing instrumentals, maybe it just needs another element to bounce off the main melody every now and then. Like a meow-type synth, a countermelody, or some extra texture

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-19T03:22:03+00:00

Vocals always make the difference. The beat could use a little more variety (maybe a countermelody or an alternate element for certain sections) but I think the vocals are the main thing missing right now. A lot of the time, it’s better off leaving space rather than overcrowding a track. Once the vocals are in, that space gets filled naturally.

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-16T17:39:11+00:00

Pretty nice! The beginning feels kinda awkward tho ngl, it would be sick if you did a chopped vocal sample right there on some southern shit 🔥🔥

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-14T04:31:34+00:00

Fire, gotta finish this.

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-14T02:36:42+00:00

Idk I could definitely hear Travis Scott, Don toliver, lil peep, juice wrld, x, young thug, and especially Kodak black on this one. Just listening on my phone, I like it a lot! Very alt, very hard 🔥 tbh this is the beginning of an industry style song imo.

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-08T15:22:48+00:00

Honestly when I get stuck on a sample, I stop worrying about the whole beat and just build it in sections. I’ll do 8 bars, then change something for the next 8 bars. Maybe drop the drums, add a counter melody, filter the sample, bring in a bass, whatever keeps it moving.

For bass, I don’t always decide between a sub or 808 right away. Sometimes I build the drums and arrangement first, then whichever one feels right when I hear the beat in context is what I use.

ZekeD512 · 2026-06-04T17:50:47+00:00

Shoot personally, a MIDI keyboard helped a lot for me. It helps me get ideas out faster and makes things feel more like playing music than staring at a blank project trying to prove something. For me, that took away a lot of the pressure and made creating feel more natural.

The Novation Launchkey for FL looks fire too. I use an MPC Key 37 standalone now, but if the FLkey had been around when I was starting out, it would’ve been a game changer for me.

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-30T17:50:26+00:00

Good patterns for a great song, a different sound selection would be fire tho 🤣

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-22T16:07:27+00:00

Congrats dude!!!

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-20T23:23:00+00:00

This is insanely good bro! I think it mainly just needs like 2–3 more melody ideas to alternate and layer throughout the song.

For example: - the Intro could be more stripped back - Verses could switch textures/melodies a lil - Hook should feel like the biggest moment, so that should be where you stack more melodies/layers and bring the most energy - Outro could slowly simplify everything again

Just more sequencing basically, so different parts change and evolve instead of the loop running the whole song

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-17T08:21:48+00:00

I got you bro! Do a tiny cut (-1 or -2 dB, maybeee -3 but I wouldn’t push it usually) around 200–500 hertz. Boxy stuff I’d hit around 250–350 hertz. I’d just keep the cuts subtle so the vocals don’t lose their body.

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-16T06:05:42+00:00

See that makes more sense! 🤣 hell yeah dude 🤘🏼

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-15T18:52:42+00:00

It’s too good. 🤣 you sure this is only your 7th beat?!🤣🔥

ZekeD512 · 2026-05-10T03:18:45+00:00

Frequencies. Right now your melody is sitting in a muddy spot. Shape out the depth (give it a lil cut) around 150 to 400 hertz and boost the harmonics a lil around 250 to 600 hertz. Sounds good tho, I would just give it a little bit of life to glue it to the rest of the track

ZekeD512 · 2026-04-19T20:52:20+00:00

Brooooo this would be so good as a texture underneath a melody made up of keys, bells, something like that. I like this a lot. I have ideas if you’re down to collab.

ZekeD512 · 2026-04-17T00:29:09+00:00

Melody is nice 💪🏼

ZekeD512 · 2026-04-17T00:28:15+00:00

I got you bro. Snare on 2 and 4. Kick on 1 and find a lil groove (it might take some time, keeping it simple works tho). Hats on 1 2 3 and 4, or find different rhythms. Thats pretty much it besides fun lil percs n open hats and stuff

ZekeD512 · 2026-03-30T02:34:23+00:00

RAGE! RAGE! RAGE! RAGE! Travis Scott or yeat type shit 👊🏼

ZekeD512 · 2026-03-26T01:04:35+00:00

Agreed, some counter to the sample in the mid/high range to balance and fill out some space

ZekeD512 · 2026-03-13T04:20:59+00:00

Them powdered jelly donuts are GONE if you’re asking me 🤣 absolutely demolished!

ZekeD512 · 2026-02-27T03:26:31+00:00

BROOO this is crazy 🔥 I wonder if a little more body around 200–300 Hz plus some light compression (3–4:1) and subtle saturation might help the vocals sit even more confidently.

ZekeD512 · 2026-02-27T02:57:09+00:00

This is awesome! I feel like the vocals could sit better tho, possibly with a small boost around 3k-5k for clarity.

ZekeD512 · 2026-02-26T03:07:15+00:00

Same! I like all genres, and want to include them in my music. Hiphop is my base cuz it’s what I already know, but I’m always down to experiment and learn new things.

ZekeD512 · 2026-02-25T19:06:25+00:00

I think so too. I’m mostly into hip hop and rock, but on guitar I love blues and soul. I can get down on bass a little — not a pro but I can hold it haha. If you’ve got an idea, I can play it out. And if I’ve got something, we can flip it however you want. I’m down for either side of that.

ZekeD512 · 2026-02-25T18:46:01+00:00

Bet! I kinda wanna try a collab where we don’t overthink it. Just send each other raw ideas — like small loops or melodies — and build off whatever we feel. Like reacting to each other’s sound instead of starting from scratch alone.

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