So ive (again) sat up all night creating a draft for the first remix concept i am happy with.

Just for the lulz i threw in the vocals to see what became of it, and personally i can see some potential in where this is heading :D

Listen if you want!
http://soundcloud.com/kristofferelmqvist/come-home-2011-mix-sample

/K

aike

United States1629 Posts

December 04 2010 07:40 GMT

Nice nice. When do I get to hear a full remix of the song at least 20 mins long? ;D

KrisElmqvist

Sweden1962 Posts

December 04 2010 07:44 GMT

im gonna spend all day tomorrow on this atleast

i gotta go to bed now, its 9am lol

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26780 Posts

December 04 2010 09:11 GMT

Starparty, I really like your music^^
Just wanted to let you know that.

KrisElmqvist

Sweden1962 Posts

December 04 2010 13:26 GMT

cheers, thanks alot m8

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

December 04 2010 16:10 GMT

No offence, but as a trance fan for life (mainly 1988-2004 stuff, because trance died in 2004 as we all know

), Come Home 2011 sounded too generic to my ear. Generic bassline, generic melodies and generic sounds and ideas. Sounded also a little like you made this in about 3 hours without really giving it too much of thought process. Real gems take time to develop, weeks, months even years and I think that you could get this Come Home tune to the next level if you come up with something that aparts it from the rest tunes exactly like this one.

Just out of curiousity, which artists would you list as your influences?

KrisElmqvist

Sweden1962 Posts

December 04 2010 16:47 GMT

Cheers for the feedback. Influences vary from production to production. The influence in this particular mix comes partly from Joni Ljunqvist and perhaps selected pieces from Michael Burns (specifically The Ambience). Otherwise i usually name Gabriel & Dresden as my primary source of inspiration when it comes to my music in general. Gabriel & Dresden - Gabriel & Dresden (2005) is to me the best album ever made, competing with Madonnas Ray of Light and Chemical Brothers Surrender.

Edit: I also find slightly older Tiesto tunes to be of remarkable production quality.

Im not trying to revolutionize the trance industry here, im trying to make a mix that works. Unfortunatelly im not a perfected producer (yet

) and right now it is important to me that i stick with creating mixes i can keep control of, otherwise i end up with productions that is above my skill level to iron out. With a "safe" original mix it could instead open up posibilities for remixes to stir it up a bit. That's what i was thinking atleast.

Edit2: You are right though, this mix IS done in 3 hours, but in my defence it is suppose to be nothing but a sample. The entire arrangement isnt even done yet, excluding all extra goodie effects and what not. I just keep putting up snippets because it makes sense to blog about, and possibly get feedback like what you just gave!

Edit3: Thinking about it, you thinking i managed to get it to a level where it sounded generic might actually be a compliment under these circumstances ^^

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

December 04 2010 19:02 GMT

On December 05 2010 01:47 Starparty wrote:

Edit2: You are right though, this mix IS done in 3 hours, but in my defence it is suppose to be nothing but a sample. The entire arrangement isnt even done yet, excluding all extra goodie effects and what not. I just keep putting up snippets because it makes sense to blog about, and possibly get feedback like what you just gave!

Edit3: Thinking about it, you thinking i managed to get it to a level where it sounded generic might actually be a compliment under these circumstances ^^

I also find slightly older Tiesto tunes to be of remarkable production quality.

Ok ok lets back off for a while. What I meant was with that Generic sounding comment, was that you can find these exact sounds and melodylines, vocals and what not in every other tune that hasnt gotten a release for the exact same reasons. Of course the releasing standards are way lower these days than lets say 10 years ago, which even emphasizes how much crap gets released these days.

about the extra goodie effects. All the effects, extra modulations and little tweaks cannot save a song that has absolutely no soul and integrity. 80s and 90s trance producers knew that and they focused more on the basic idea and structure of the song rather than on some modulation of a synthetizer.

Edit: I'm not saying that good stuff doesnt get released these days. I hate how you have to dig really deep to find one good tune.

KrisElmqvist

Sweden1962 Posts

December 04 2010 19:08 GMT

But what is soul and integrity is subject of each and every ones own tastes. Im not telling you to like what i do, the fact that you dont is even better than nothing at all because it means that it made you think about it regardless. But generalizing something as soulless and lacking integrity from a 1 minute clip is a bit harsch isnt it? Did you hear the original song?

And i do understand that you feel trance died in 2004, however, looking back at those days most that was released what total crap part from the few hits people raise to the skies today, and not even them were very good in their original state. Listening to my producer, matt laws, old track "binary finary - 1998" in original mix makes my ears bleed in all honesty...

Edit: my point is that music isnt "worse" today, its just the same tunes in better packaging, and personally i dont see why people miss the days when it sounded worse... Anyway, im not really getting into a debate about trance now and then, because its just a argumentation set sail for fail.

Cheers for listening and hopefully the mix will evolve in the way you describe aswell