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hey

yeah i've been goin' thru your tracks here, and this one is not one of my favorites, has got an awesome drum kit to it tho. and the synth that kicks in at 2:00's nice aswell
other than that i've recently started tryin' to compose dnb tracks, usin' reason for that, altho it feels like im watching a Czech tv channel, if you got any tips for me? kthxbai

boney-man responds:

Um, from what I've learned by listening to a lot of DnB, you need to have a solid lead (usually a reese), heavy drums (in most cases), and you need to throw in effects sometimes. You also need to just stop everything and let the drums take over at some points. In this, My lead was that reese, I had heavy drums, and that indian-sounding thing was my effect. However, I still need to add more instruments without totally destroying the DnB. That's the hard part. I'm workin' on it :D

Thanks for the review.

2009 edit: lol, those "tips" are hilarious. a reese as a lead lol. letting the drums just take over at points lol.

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i like

yeahyeah.. nice tune, you keep switching the drums up and down so much that it gets repetitive and i read here that that's just what you're trying to avoid?
well anyway maybe it might be a good thing if you turn down the drums at some point and build up a climax, you know, to really get the beat going. Add a synth or two with it.. well at least a bass, 'cos all I hear is the lead and the drums
other than that this is a nice tune.

boney-man responds:

Yes, I guess I have quite a bad ear for solid DnB. I appear to be quite good at techno/DnB mixes, though, so I'll make more of those.

However, I'll consider your advice and I'll keep trying to make a solid DnB song!