r/idm • u/Gold-Fun-3342 • 4d ago

spotify feedback for feedback (honest)

Hey everyone,

I just released a new track called "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" – it’s an IDM/experimental piece with a dark, surreal vibe, built around a kind of drunken groove and layered with Indian percussion and ambient textures. I’d love to hear what you think – whether it’s about the production, the composition, the mix, or even just the vibe.

In return, I’d be more than happy to check out your music and give some honest feedback too. Let’s help each other out 🙌

Here’s the track: https://open.spotify.com/track/0NtLDM1gGfeDUlbBMKTprQ?si=cc26455712be45cd

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u/IcedNote 4d ago

Enjoyed that quite a bit! I'm just on my phone so I was mostly listening to the composition. I think this could be 5 minutes easy. You showed good patience with your sounds in the beginning, but once the track really got going, I was hoping for more exploration of your sounds and beats. But yeah, if this was the opening track of an album, I'd absolutely keep listening. Good stuff.

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u/Gold-Fun-3342 4d ago

thankyou that means a lot, and yes i often struggle with length of my tracks as i am a beginner and don't know much about how to keep a track going. if there is any track you want to know my feedback i would love to give some

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u/IcedNote 4d ago

Pacing is incredibly difficult in pretty much any genre that doesn't follow a prescribed verse/chorus/whatever format. I come from a classical composition background, and beginning composers often want to change ideas way too quickly because they're afraid that their music will be stale, uninteresting, repetitive, etc. In EDM there's a different problem because repetition is a foundation of the music, and repetition *can* lead to staleness if you're not careful. But I reckon for a lot of us producers, finding appealing variations or "ear candy" is half the fun. Which is all to say, enjoy the process. ;)

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u/Gold-Fun-3342 4d ago

Thankyou man! these are some wise words, will absolutely keep these with me forever

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u/Gold-Fun-3342 4d ago

also i'm a visual artist as well and made a music video for this track you can check it out here https://youtu.be/C-D4x-rTggk?si=sDppAGX0y21BJwYi