Hey, I loved this! Yeah, it's horrifying to look at the news these days. Maybe it's a little cheesy to say this, but this piece with all of its fun glittery sounds/chords/rhythms was for me one of those unexpected nice surprises that made my day a little better. Thanks for the ear candy :)

Also, I have to ask, what were your influences in making this? I sometimes listen to a few artists who write in a style similar to this, but I'm always looking for more. That and I'd like to make music with this kind of vibe one day.

Oh hey, I studied physics in college, lol.

I've always admired the creativity and patience it takes to make drum and bass, dubstep, etc. music that's chaotic the way this piece is. The density of musical ideas involved isn't something I feel I've ever managed to achieve... so it's kind of funny to me that even as I appreciate that here too, I'm finding myself wanting even more kinds of FX and flair? I loved that little delayed arp at ~0:54, and the drum fill with the toms JUST before the drop felt perfectly placed, and I wanted more like that. Like this piece sounds super unique to me as it is, I guess I would have enjoyed more of the variation of the piece being in timbre too?

Is it me or am I hearing a frequency gap between your sub bass and the body of your bass? I can't pin it to a specific frequency range beyond that I would have loved to hear a richer/warmer/fuller sound, even if marginally more so? (Or maybe the richness isn't coming through to me because of something in the mix? Or the headphones I'm listening to this on?) I really enjoy the sections like 0:54 where the bass gets a bit wilder — it's actually growing on me each listen — and I feel like I'd love it that much more if you pushed the wall-of-sound effect even further still.

Last little nitpick, the snare feels a little trebley to me? But that's just my preference I think. In general I've never tried to work in this genre myself so I'm not sure what are stylistic choices vs possible places for improvement — like maybe the relative sparseness I'm hearing at 0:22 up to the drop was meant to create an atmosphere or tension that would make more sense if I listened to the genre more. It makes me wonder what music/artists influenced this piece.

That's all I have I think! I had fun listening to and reviewing this :)

This is fun to listen to! It's not too common (to me anyway) to hear EDM in a major key. And I found this piece well paced - I like your transitions (0:46) and how you keep things interesting by handing off the action between synths/timbres as you go (0:36, 1:03).

I really wanted to hear your bass synth play a note other than a B flat! You do this just a little bit in the middle, but for example you could make your melodies in the sections starting at 0:12 and 1:30 really shine by having it play, say, A flat or G or E flat or C, depending on the place in the melody.

Also, the offbeat rhythm of the bass is great for the happy feeling of the song, but I found the basses in the sections starting at 0:36 and 1:03 a lot more interesting and memorable? In situations like this I personally usually keep the more interesting rhythm and find another way to reinforce the character I'm going for - maybe this is a tradeoff you've thought about already.

I also really wanted to hear one or two more backing synths - you have a lead and a bass, but what if you put a short repeating riff or arpeggio on another synth/instrument or two to play in the background? I'm thinking of the kind of role that doesn't necessarily take up the focus of the piece, but still makes it more interesting to listen to and would be missed if you took it back out.

Keep it up!