New D&B track - looking for feedback!

firestar · #1 (**permalink**) Nov 18, 03

Phoenix Star - "War.04"

Drum n bass stylee.
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres...m?Band_Id=8432

Click on "War 2004"

**ƒORM** · #2 (**permalink**) Nov 18, 03

Positive:

Nice initial drop ( Add hi hat over melody?) - Good sampling - Good Bells on the bass drop - Darker rifts that keep getting meaner - Reggae sampling tight - First build and drop could be meaner (less bell more hell) - Love the NuNrg sampling -* Nrg sample Sounds like the tip of "Only if I had one more"

Negative:
This time it's war sampling - more staggered/Modified/Reversed/ less/Panned?

Overall some nice work on the track...thought it was well planned and staged.

fORM

BenGiovanni · #3 (**permalink**) Nov 18, 03

not a bad track
i liked your UK fire track...juss something about the bass line...

beat_farmer · #4 (**permalink**) Nov 18, 03

Not too shabby andrew.

Id critique it section by section for ya, but i aint a dj :P

"you cant spell sitka with out the "sik"

B//F

firestar · #5 (**permalink**) Nov 18, 03

Cheers, thanks guys!

Form, well, i guess if i need an opinion you're the guy I should ask. Thanks for the kind feedback man, I will definatly take in consideration what you've said. The 'this time it's war' sample, could have some things done to it forsure, i just figured because the sample was kind of tough to understand in the first place (because it's so low pitched and distorted) that I shouldn't fuck with it too much, but i'm going to try and give it a an envelope maybe? time stretch? I'll fuck with it a bit anyways.

Brent, haha you know you can just walk down the street and drop a track with me. Hey, how's about some beers sometime? You still a sitka kid? I havent seen you in ages man!

Bozga, cheers mate! Yeah UK fire has a nice and fucked up b-line. Pressing that one to vinyl in January.

Peace & Reh-spect y'all, any more feedback greatly apprecaited.

Phoenix Star

PS Form, believe it or not the "this time it's war' sample is ripped from a bad boy bill mix, and the lead sample is ripped from a trance sample website, dude, i'm all about the old school uk progressive hard house! Bo selecta? :tounge1: