Okay this is interesting to me. I have to admit that I have only heard one of your tracks but I have listened to it loads and still sit there in awe of it.Audioflux1 wrote:Well, as much as I appreciate your vote of confidence, Cypher, I still listen to other artists' breakbeat records and then compare them to ours and think "why doesn't our track sound this professional". Even against your tracks, I don't think our stuff sounds as professional. Maybe it's just because we have so much more going on than most other breaks. I still think our stuff would stick out like a sore thumb in a DJ set. Oh, I guess I should mention goal number one is to get some vinyl pressed.
By the way, have you shopped any of your stuff around to labels? I know quite a few DJs who would buy your stuff in a second.
It strikes me that you may be over-exposed to your own tracks (and me too), I mean how many times will you listen to a track whilst writing it, mixing it, mastering it etc.
I think that's what happens to me, I listen too much and either over work it or admit defeat in the sense that I don't know how to improve it (not meaning that it doesn't need improving).
The other point I want to make is that people approach things differently, which is probably why I can be gobsmacked by someone's work and think 'how the hell did they do that?'
Which leads on to whether I've sent any of my work anywhere, the answer's no, I'm not good enough (IMO), which ties into your comment in the other thread "it's never good enough". The other thing I've noticed is that people's expectations raise the more work you put out, I think my most recent stuff has been my best, yet it seems to get a more negative response from people.
Music is a funny old game really...
It would be cool to work with both of you...
