How to not sound so demo-ish
Yo. I made a post a few weeks back about feeling burnt out and not knowing the direction I should take to keep pushing through slumps and I felt it would be a smart idea to turn to the subreddit for some help.
Most of my music is self produced, mixed, and mastered and because of that when I hit a roadblock in one of those areas, it's pretty hard to know how to get through it.
My main question is: how do I help make my songs sound like songs? I have a few examples I link in this post but I always feel like my songs don't sound like songs. Maybe it's cause of the mixing or mastering but like if I check someone else who uses similar beats, they don't sound so demo-ish as mine do.
I know that not every song is meant to sound the same but whether I'm making something more lyrical or something more melodic, it feels way too amateurish imo.
Any advice will be super appreciated.
Latest:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0do4IVYxNxUP7JZAz1BLYN?si=rsiVyAxITRqDlxre0jcOHQ
https://open.spotify.com/album/6v2Ol6PKxZdDANzwMw8Gwa?si=-3mp2uWYRAeEduiYUpIk3Q