35. "i'm gonna be a dick here." In response to In response to 0 Tue Mar-19-13 02:00 PM by Guinness
apologies in advance, but i'm trying to be constructive. after listening to about 15 of the beats on your soundcloud, i think some of the complaints from listeners stem from a desire to hear more energy in your production.
i don't mean everything has to be all crunk and shit, but a lot of the ones i heard don't really move anywhere: there's usually a rudimentary (but understated) melody that continues throughout. there weren't places where a hook unspools, there weren't interesting bridges, there weren't changes every four or eight bars to open things up. i kept wanting things to happen and they didn't.
you have nice sounds and obvious command of technique, but i can understand why some people might want to hear your work filtered through the more energetic template of "trap." that said: it's not about mimicking those sonics, it's about making your own shit undeniably good. i would say there's work to be done on that end. don't get caught up in any "why won't they let me be me?" defensiveness, because it's not the real issue.