r/IndieMusicFeedback

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i wanna ask if i should publish my songs on the major platforms

hello! i'm a solo artist and i make songs and match them with photos that i took from trips and daily life. it's almost like a journal but through songs and photos

i'm independent as well so putting up songs on the major streaming platforms take extra steps and i believe cost money as well so i'm not sure if it's worth it
so please let me know if anyone has insight about this!

feedback on the song, the photos, or anything are also welcome!
(just happy to be have people listening to my stuff to be honest haha)
cheers!

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u/reifloreiii — 1 day ago
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I released my first song at 15 — any feedback? ^^

Hey everyone!!

I’m posting on this subreddit because I really love the vibe here :) People seem really nice and, from what I’ve seen, don’t judge other people’s music.

So, a little introduction: my name is Arth, I’m 15 years old, and I make music entirely on my own using GarageBand. I also take care of the visuals, like cover art, etc.

I’ve just released my first song, called “outline”, and it’s really important to me. I’d describe it as dreampop with some folk and shoegaze influences.

So I’d really love to get some honest but constructive feedback on the song, the mix, and everything else.

That’s it! I hope you’ll take the time to give it a little listen and share your thoughts :)

arth1.bandcamp.com
u/Arthmusic — 20 hours ago
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Conheg - Rest, Azoth

I spent awhile trying to emulate an ethereal alt rock feel within a DAW, ultimately coming up with this single. I’m primarily an instrumental composer, but recently I’ve been pushing outside of my comfort zone and participating in songwriting. I hope to make art that really does justice to dreampop / ambient rock, although I’m not confidently there yet. With that being said, I’m confident that this is a good listen, for anyone willing to try it out.

Criticism welcome.
Youtube alt: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0IZ17aHCAao&pp=iggUQAFKEElHZkVSdUFBdXZVaVBGWTc%3D&ra=m is=IGfERuAAuvUiPFY7

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u/conhegmusic — 21 hours ago
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Muwannis - Life goes on and on

Hey everyone!

Here’s my track "Life Goes On and On", a synth-driven indie pop song.

My writing process:

My typical approach is to start with a melody or a chord progression and lay down the entire shell of the track first. By building the whole structure from start to finish early on, I avoid getting bogged down in tiny details that usually keep a song from ever getting finished. Once the framework is solid, I flesh out the rest.

What I’d love feedback on:

Production & Mix: How does the overall production sound to your ears?

Vibe & Structure: What’s your take on the overall feel and pacing?

Strengths & Weaknesses: What stands out as working well, and what could be improved?

Comparisons: What artists or sounds does this bring to mind for you?

Thanks for taking the time to listen! Any feedback is much appreciated.

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u/Mammoth-Nebula-9750 — 1 day ago

Mixing and mastering is making me go crazy, honest feedback would save me

Hi everyone, this is the first time I've ever posted on here. I really hope someone can help me out.

A couple of months ago I decided to take music really seriously. I've been producing for around 9 years, but never really dove deep into the art of mixing and mastering. So I made my first song of which I'm proud. Since I wanted to do it right, I followed this 3 hour long mixing and mastering tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFF8fotNhA

Now that the end result is here though, it doesn't feel right to me.

I don't know if it is me going crazy or that there are actual BIG TIME mistakes in there and I need someone to honestly tell me what they think about it and what you'd recommend do differently. My genre is Indie Pop / Bedroom Pop / Indie Rock. I just feel like, maybe it's me, but for this genre it's really hard to find stuff online that goes REALLY indepth about mix and mastering. To give you a bit of an idea how the process went:

  1. set all levels to zero, gradually mix them in starting with drums (never pushing the total mix above -3db)
  2. panning (i wanted to get that "chamer of reflections" feel, so panned the drums on left with its reverb on right and vice versa for the bass, some guitars, and synths)
  3. eq and compression on master bus
  4. putting eq and compression on instruments (also parallel compression on drums)
  5. put on more effects if necessary (mostly slight delay and reverb, some soundtoys effects were already on in the beginning)
  6. make a new project just for mastering
  7. on master track, use eq, compression and slight tape emulation (MELLO from arturia, fat analog preset). I didn't use mastering assistent from Logic Pro x
  8. Use two multimeters (one with Remove DC offset On and true peak detection off, and one with those settings reversed)
  9. Matched the lufs s to my reference song "For The First Time" by Mac Demarco, which came between -9 and -11 db.

I've been listening to it for days, also giving it a break sometimes, it doesn't feel right or as good to me as other songs just "hit" you in the feels or something. Like my bass and drums don't feel right. the vocal sound doesn't match with the rest of the song. I feel like I've tried a lot (probably not everything, just don't know where to go). Especially on airpods it doesn't sound close to reference track...
I know this might be too in depth, sorry for that. I just wanted to try this out, who knows someone is out the who could give me some tips for next steps. If so, my gratitude is eternal.

Really hope someone can help me out.

- Nemara

BTW for the bass I used an old Tame Impala trick to pitch an actual guitar down an octave, tweak it to sound like a bass.

u/Bvanderkolk — 2 days ago
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A.J. - Original Acoustic Song (Written around 2007)

Hi everyone!

"A.J." was written back in 2007, it tells a story of sudden heartbreak on an ordinary day. I recorded this raw session right from my living room -- just me, my guitar and my phone. I would love for you to take a listen and let me know your thoughts in the comments! Thank you.

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u/sherrysmusic — 2 days ago
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I want to share my new song I hope to get some feedback

Hello I’m new here in Reddit i want to share my song, I’m Mexican and I made Spanish slowcore, I barely have people with I Can share my stuff, so I really appreciate if you listen my songs and if you like it, please share with other people that you thing will like it, and another thing I want to hear another creators from here because i want to make new friends, saludos a todos

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u/azulapache — 3 days ago
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Hola hicimos un video para nuestra cancion blue screen static

Nuestra banda hizo una cancion para nuestra banda azul apache inspirado un poco en cigarrete burns de John carpenter, un hombre ve a su difunta esposa en los canales de TV de medianoche sin saber si es un sueño o la realidad, espero les guste.

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u/azulapache — 3 days ago

Is this song ready to be released?

I've been working on this song now for several months, and I feel it is at a point where I can start creating the music video to go along with it. The song is called "Pieces of You" and I wanted some feedback to see if any last minute alterations would be beneficial, or if I should go with what I have.

I wrote this song because health wise, I'm not doing too great. I've been in and out of the hospital several times in the past year with a failing pancreas and some other nasty things. So I wrote this in the perspective of how my spouse would feel when I'm gone.

u/Responsible_Froyo_21 — 3 days ago
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TriHexAbyss ft TriNoirAbyss Ee Sihine wanna know if this can deliver the feeling i want even if it's in another language

let me know what you feel guys(earphones recomended for better stereo quality)

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u/Unlucky_Bike846 — 3 days ago