Stimming

Hey Stimming Thanks for your valuable feedback and time "bit too loud, squashed" => you are right, I 'll remove the limiter on the master bus to get breathe back the hidden word is "More.. Moooore" :) I guess I shoud change it if you could not tell it was (not yoghurt :)))))))))) "technically good track": I take it, thanks ! Arrangement : agree on the workflow (trying tracks combinations) "Too straight forward" Cool that you like the break and the fast arpeggio Too many fills "tatatata" :))) less triplets AMADEUS picture : send me your email adress and I will show you a picture of my "theater" studio monitors :) Thanks a lot Stimming, you are the best!

Thank you for your speedy feedback on my track! I needed help with it, and I wasn’t sure exactly how to go with it. Your comments and advice, both on the musical and technical aspects, have been really useful.

Thanks dude! Cheers for lending your ears and expertise and giving me a nudge in the right direction. Legend!

Amazing feedback and really helpful. My name is Inder haha. Im going to work on the edits you mentioned and send an updated version. The Rihanna style vocal was from a sample pack but im thinking of removing it to make the track a bit more stripped back. Thank you for the feedback.

My Email: theokoustas@gmail.com Thanks for your very warm feedback, means a lot! Hope to hear from you soon! It was so much fun making this, and thats what matters not the $$$$ ! Much love Theo

Tausend Dank für das Feedback und die Zeit, die du dir dafür genommen hast. Das hat sich für mich mehr als gelohnt und ich werde bestimmt wieder auf dich zukommen! Liebe Grüße, Bastian.

Thanks Stimming for your feedback. I will do my best to improve my song. Merry Christmas

Stimming managed to create a comprehensive, professional, exhaustive, and at times entertaining review. Just what I needed. He answered all my doubts, and not only that, he went deep to make me understand the fundamental problems of my track. I highly recommend. Great person and great artist.

Thanks for the great feedback. Very detailed and lots to takeaway!

Hallihallo, vielen Dank, dass du dir die Mühe gemacht hast. Der Track ist allerdings genauso gemeint. Nicht gerade. Nicht gleich zu verstehen. Nichts für den Dancefloor. Kunst. Es ist natürlich auch nicht leicht ein Feedback zu geben, da du unsere Gedanken zu unserer Arbeit und unsere Herangehensweise nicht kennst. Es klingt vermutlich erstmal wie nicht gekonnt. Aber da Dirk Schlagzeuger ist, weiß ich dass er eins kann... Beat. Dennoch, wirklich danke für dein Feedback!! Ich glaube der Track ist gar nicht so schlecht, da er erstmal nicht verstanden wird. Das ist eigentlich gut so. Liebe Grüße Steffi

Stimmings thoughtful critique of my recent submission helped to pull me from the writing loop we can all get stuck in from time to time. His guidance is truly invaluable.

Yo!! Wow I was in Europe when you sent this and totally missed it. Thanks so much for getting back! Going to follow up with an email. Also, you totally nailed this feedback. You did the same thing with the Sassy track I sent you, but the part you recommended removing was originally later in the song after another chorus, and I had written it separately as a bridge just to get better with my songwriting chops.When I shortened it I added it here instead and it definitely stood out to me too as a sore thumb. This definitely confirms that so I'm going to try something else. I'd love to get a session with you though where we actually go through what you'd recommend with the drums in an example so I have something to go off of. Thanks agani! Best, Sam

Martin Stimming really is a true master of his craft. He does not mince words with his critiques, and you know invariably that his feedback comes from a true foundational and fundamental understanding of his art. To even get a small glimpse through his very honed lense opened my mind to gaping holes I had in my mixing and writing practices. Conversing with the master was an honor that was truly all mine.

Thanks so much Martin! It was great to see you hear this with fresh ears. I completely agree with what you're saying and really appreciate you taking the time to pour through it. Also - that last drop section was originally a whole other section but I had cut the arrangement shorter and it was interesting that you heard the drop section not payoff. Definitely reinforces that I should complete the original arrangement as opposed to trying to make it shorter for dance norms... There's always radio edits for that :) You can expect a lot more coming from me! Thanks again

One hundred percent agree with your insights, thanks a lot for taking the time to present this complete and honest review. This is very constructive and be sure it will have an impact in my producing. Best from Colombia.

You are the best, thanks for the details. ill be working on your advice and i hope to send you a better version soon. thanks.

hey! thanks for taking your time, the mix was pretty bad, i turned the volume of of kick clap and i think it has more punch, also panned some stuf and did some of the arrangement ideas you talked about, i have the new version, hope you think its better. if you think the mix is still missing something please be as detailed as possible since that would help me the most so i can learn and change it. I am a huge fan, so this means alot. thanks.

Thanks maestro your feedback always helps me!

Haha. Danke Martin. Auch fürs 5x hören. Also, ja. Das ist echt eine haarige Nummer mit der Revision. Für beide Seiten. :-) Und würden wir nebeneinander sitzen oder du hättest die Session, wäre es auch nicht so theoretisch. Und schneller. Also, alles gut. Ich mag ja Musik machen ganz gern. Ich habe die Ur-Version noch als Session und Du hast recht. Es ist emotionaler. Ohne die Zirpen fällt auch nichts zusammen. Habe die rausgenommen und so ist es jetzt. Und ich mags. Danke fürs Händchen halten. Ich wollte immer mal auf die superbooth, vielleicht nehme ich das zum Anlass. Würde mich freuen dich zu treffen. Danke x bis bald, Niklas

I am really grateful for Martins feedback and thoughts to my song. I really appreciate his taste and his way of making music, this is why his comments to it are resonating with me a lot. The song was actually finished, but I was not 100% happy and totally stuck in my decisions. He showed me his perspective to the song, which opened a lot and made me see the song "fresh". His feedback is extremely professional, analytically and emotional. I am really glad that I did send him the track. Thanks again Martin :)))

Danke schön. Get well soon!

Thank you Sir, appreciate the feedback!

Thank you so so much for your time and feedback, Martin! And thanks for that label suggestion <3

Hi Martin, I trust you are well, I just wanted to start off by saying a massive thank you for the amazing experience. Seeing your reaction to my song was surreal. Your advice was so spot-on and really showed me you spent time with the track. Thank you for reading the “story” and using it in your critique. I understood what you were saying (at least I hope I did!) and your insights were spot on. Sometimes I get, “Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht sehen”, but I will say that I agree with your opinions. (not for me being a fan, but because you were right). After reflecting on all your advice, I went back to the drawing board and applied your creative advice with my interpretation of it. I did take a bit longer than expected, Perfectionism is my biggest strength/weakness. I'd love to get your take on the new version, giving you free rein to share your thoughts like last time. Hoping you'll enjoy the tweaks and changes inspired by your artistic input. Connecting with you creatively has been a special experience for me, one I won't forget. Who knows, maybe down the line, I'll get the chance to open for one of your shows. Thank you for your time and effort. Cale

Thanks for the kind feedback Martin! Have a good one :) - Carl

Hello again Stimming! I'm sorry for the lack of information provided... I did make all of those songs, and I poorly mixed them together last minute before I went to work that day! (I too am not a DJ) I had intended to submit them into the contest however I foolishly assumed the contest was free, once I discovered there was a fee it made me want to do more of a mix and I am glad I did because the song with the harsh low end was the only one I wished to send initially... and I was incredibly happy to hear what you had to say about my tracks and couldn't possibly ask for anything more. I'm eager to try and fix the flaw in the second track as well as search deeply for the file of the last. (I was most hesitant to send that one, funny how that works.) Thank you again so so much! I can't express my gratitude properly via the keyboard, however from now until forever I will consider your positive and encouraging words while making music. Wishing You The Best From San Francisco, Isaac Figueroa

Thanks man - great, actionable advice. Rebuilding the mix from the groove up really helped flesh out track. Much happier with the sound now - hits harder. Cheers amigo!

Hi Martin, thank you very much for your honest and constructive feedback! Your suggestions are very well explained and totally make sense, I've already started to implement them. I already had sidechain compression on many sounds but I have now pushed the effect further to make it more audible. I just need to work more on that bass chorus layer until I'm satisfied with the sound. I'll be very happy to submit an updated version when I'm done. And to answer your question, yes I used a shimmer reverb :-) Thanks for your help, cheers, Sébastien

Martin, Thanks so much for the very specific and honest feedback :) You have convinced me the particular element in questions is indeed "too much". The concept was 3 layers of this element (triple decker!) which change in pitch in opposite directions. I guess we naturally have quite strong reactions to mismatched tones, especially when they change so blatantly. I appreciate that you didn't try to sugarcoat that reaction. The outside perspective is quite helpful since of course I lose "fresh ears" after many playbacks. I removed the layers (now "Single decker") and I'll put this version on rotation for a while to see if it's possible to make peace with it now. Thanks again, Carl.

Hallo Martin, vielen lieben Dank für das ausführliche Feedback! Ich hab das jetzt ein paar Tage sacken lassen, und kann definitiv mit dir übereinstimmen... der "Kern" des Stückes ist nicht so richtig da, und dann bringt natürlich das Gezwirbel drum rum auch nix. Ich denke, dass ist bei vielen meiner Stücke etwas, was ausbaufähig ist. Nächster Schritt ist dann der Transit von Klangstudie zu ergreifendem Musikstück. Wenn ich wieder in Berlin bin, mach ich mich nochmal an den Klavierpart an (ma rischdisch spiele, hier, verstehsde) ;) Das Stück ist Teil von meinem ersten Album - wenn das fertig ist, kann ich's Dir gerne schicken. Bis dahin, viele Grüße aus dem Dschungel - überarbeite hier gerade mein Live Set und hab ein paar Auftritte :)

Perfect feedback, thank you so much! Totally agree with everything you said so I’m going to go away and tinker around with it and all the actionable points you suggested.

Danke jetzt schon mal für dein hilfreiches Feedback! Haha da hast du recht bin im Mixing noch etwas unkonstant, werds nochmal neu mixen auf Kopfhörer (Sennheiser HD 650 - kenn die aber noch nicht allzu gut) und ua. dran denken die Melodics etwas lauter zu machen. Guter Tipp im Allgemeinen, werd die Bridge bisschen dancefloor-geeigneter gestalten, möcht aber bewusst viel Melodie und Harmonie in meine Tracks einbauen, - bei dem aber vermutlich wirklich too much. Räumlichkeit ist ziemlich limitiert, hab ein 6 m² Homestudio mit den Focal Alpha 65 und bisschen Akustik-Treatment. Witzig, dass du die KH 150 ansprichst, ich hab mir diese Woche die KH120 ii mit DSP und Messmikro bestellt. Und danke für deine Einschätzung, bin noch nicht lang im "Musikbusiness", also eigentlich grad am Beginn, hab inzwischen gute 10-15 Tracks (va. aus Mixingtechnischer Sicht sicher noch reichlich Luft nach oben) und bin grad dabei, mir Labels zu suchen für meine ersten Releases, also bin auch diesbezüglich dankbar für jeden Tipp :) Falls du bei paar andern Nummern mal reinhören möchtest: https://soundcloud.com/markus-ehrenhoefer/sets/juicy-mixdown/s-gWNXUrLvbp9?si=c5cc1777952c4822af7f5d00ee352110&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Hi Stimming!!! Thank you so much for your review!! I So great advices, really precise and definitely helpfull!!!! I will rework this next days. Nice afternoon!!

Thank you Stimming for your helpful feedback, its really encouraging that i am moving in the right direction. I found your advice very clear and I am going to have a go at all that you suggest....and the tips to improve my mixes I will give that a go also. Thank you very much!

Wow, thank you SO much for your feedback! I completely understand everything you said and really appreciatie the time and effort you've put into it. Even though the mixing part is not my favourite, I feel inspired by your advise and will crack on with it. ^^ I'll keep an eye on your agenda for when you're in amsterdam! Ciao, Jeroen

Feedback was super useful, very thorough and also felt very personal. I like how you described amusing metaphors to explain better the strengths and weaknesses of the song. Your feedback was both very technical but also very relatable and understandable. it really helped me in the process and gave me more insight on my own production. Thank you very much Martin!!!! <3

Hi Martin! Finally weekend. Thanks for your thoughts. I just wanted to ask for clarification. I can only leave a review at echio really and not ask anything more. I have addressed this issue with echio as well. So. In the beginning of the response you say "let's start at the end" and then mention a bass effect that comes and goes and nothing happens after it. There should maybe be an explosion or similar after it. So do you actually mean the end of the track or the beginning of the track? The beginning with the synth bass down glissando and the "plinke"? I just need to know this to understand your thoughts. Thanks you for the response and all the good music. Reach me at Instagram: pitteux Mail: patrik.wilhelmsson86@gmail.com

Hallo Martin, herzlichen Dank für das brauchbare Feedback! Mit Deinen Tipps kann ich viel anfangen, insbesondere der Hinweis bzgl. des Vocals ist besonders wichtig gewesen. Es ist viel wert, eine professionelle Einschätzung von Außen zu bekommen. Ab einem gewissen Punkt in der Produktion wird man dann doch etwas "betriebsblind", wenn man unvorsichtig ist. Besten Dank nochmal und viele Grüße aus Bielefeld!

Hey Stimming, I'm glad to hear you like the track! I love they way how you communicate what needs to be improved or what is lacking. It's straight to the point in a way i can understand easily. It's very clear for me what i need to do now. At the same time I appreciate the gentle way in how you express your opinion and that you also give attention to the positive aspects of the track. Thanks for making some time for me. I'll get back to you asap when all my adjustments are finished. Greetings from Leuven (BE) ! Apart

Ey Martin du kannst dir nicht vorstellen wie sehr mich das freut zu hören, dass du die Nummer so cool findest. Meine Frau und ich hatten uns springend in den Armen als wir das Video gesehen haben. Du hast mir meine Frage auch perfekt beantwortet. Ich wollte nur wissen, ob es irritierend auffällt, aber scheint ja okay zu sein. Deinen Tipp werde ich aber trotzdem noch versuchen einzubringen. Zu deinen Fragen. Klar will ich auf dem Sampler! Vielen Dank für das Angebot vorgeschlagen zu werden. Und ja, ich mach das tatsächlich als Hobby. Bin nicht mit dem größten Selbstbewusstsein gesegnet und finde mein eigenes Zeug meistens nicht gut genug, aber das wird in letzter Zeit immer besser und so eine Wertschätzung von dir gibt natürlich nochmal ein richtigen Push! Ich werde mich jetzt auch mal mehr auf die Sachen konzentrieren die nichts mit Musik machen zu tun haben, damit ich tatsächlich mal aufs nächste Level kommen kann. Damit Geld zu verdienen wäre schon geil muss ich sagen. Vor allem so wie du deine Karriere gestaltest, dass du noch viel Studiozeit hast und deine Familie auch noch irgendwie genug Platz findet, finde ich vorbildlich. Vielen Dank noch mal Martin!!! Vielleicht schicke ich dir nochmal was. Das hat echt Spaß gemacht! Aller beste Grüße und viel Gesundheit und Gute für dich und die Fam wünsche ich dir.

Dear mr. Stimming, thank you for your feedback. With some intense reflection, I thought of ways to improve not on this particular demo (I did remake the whole track, but it's not as important). What important is changes on the approach to "building" a track. I think I did level up in my arrangement skills driven by your idea regarding the anchors of arrangement and just straight up acknowledgement that it was indeed too many components, I saw a lot of producers reflecting on the same thing and it feels now so simple, yet, so easy to get lost in production and overcomplicate things, forgetting about what's the key. Thank you and I am hoping to make something new using my "new skills" and hopefully get new level of feedback ;-) P.S. this "techno horn", oh boy, it's so poor, I was completely ignoring it's aesthetics: it somehow did the job of sucking in the attention and weighing into the transition, but I hate it so bad, ha-ha.

Lieber Stimming, dann jetzt aber auf Deutsch :) Ich war mir unsicher, was auf der Plattform bzgl. Sprache hier wie und was läuft :) Vielen Dank für dein Feedback! Hilft sehr. Vor allem auch für die folgenden/aktuellen Projekte. Du hast den Entstehungsprozess gut erkannt xD Danke danke danke. LG Chris

Fantastic feedback, thank you! Very actionable advice that I can use to improve my music. I agree with all of your points and critique. Thank you!!

Martin takes this thing very seriously, if you'd like an honest feedback on something that you've made go for it! I think it's not easy to find somebody who is at the same time so well-known, highly competent, kind, available and willing to help.

Your feedback was definitely the highlight of my week, amidst many other positive things. I genuinely value the extensive inputs you provided, and I'm truly impressed by your insights. I can't wait to apply them to my project, and I'll be sure to inform you when I make those adjustments in my next feedback request. Much respect!

Stimming is a really kind and skilled musician. The feedback he gives is always full of good advices, a huge step forward for my production. Thx a lot. I strongly recommend him!

Thanks again for your feedback, and I'm very glad to hear that you liked the track. That means a lot coming from an artist of your stature. As always the feedback was very helpful and gave me some actionable items and good pointers.

Very helpful feedback, honest, with quite concrete pointers on what to change/improve.

Thx a lot to Stimming for all gold advises! He helped me to improve my track

It's only 400 symbols and so much to say ='( I'm 100% glad that i've send you my work and get all the guideline, so thank you! Maybe i'll make 2 versions, extended and shorter one. Original was 1:56, there's no empty rounds at all) I don't have friends from club scene, so you're the third person after my wife and dude from contest who heard the track. Come to Ukraine after out victory <3

hi martin 😁 herzlichen dank für dein feedback, finden wir mega. inhaltlich super und très sympa. jedem punkt gehen wir nach… du könntest noch recht haben, auch bei den hats 😂 die sind „fadägrad“… und ja, eidgenössisch (😂) gemixt weils dich sonst umhaut auf dem floor - wäre dafür gedacht (und live gespielt). cool, thx a lot und wir kommen wieder 😉 schönes WE & danke nochmals. Lg, phil & jan

Martin´s Feedback war wie schon beim letzten Mal super. Da dies allerdings schon der zweite Track ist, den ich ihm "aufgenötigt" habe, gab es leichte Verwirrung, ob dies eine Weiterentwicklung des ersten Tracks oder ein komplett neuer Track war. Deshalb wie schon beim letzten Mal mein Hauptkritikpunkt: direkte Kommunikation ist ein essentielles Feature. Das müßt ihr bitte unbedingt ermöglichen.

Vielen Vielen Dank für das super konstruktive Feedback! :) Richtig gute Punkte die du genannt hast und die auf jeden Fall jetzt (natürlich mit Zeitlimit ;)) angegangen werden. Besten Dank und weiterhin alles gute Fabian

Martin, Thanks tons for your help! I'm happy with the feedback as it confirms my suspicions that it's almost there! Its good to hear this from strangers like yourself as friends can be gentle with criticism. I'm getting to work on the final spark ;). Tom

Master, thx for your comment. I definitely need to work on the low frequencies of my tracks. It's something I've been struggling with for months now! Great feedback about tuning and musical approachments as well. Can you send me a link of Markove's album?

dear Stimming, thank you so much for your review. You are right about the kick and level of vocals at the end, it really works! Thank you for your time and words of support addressed to Belarus. We are in Riga today, may be you'd like a coffee break?

Just the advice I needed. Thank you Stimming! My track has now evolved into something I’m excited about.

this was perfect, very useful and sincere. it’s a joy to hear Stimming critique anything, but even moreso when it’s my work! my only critique of the critique is that the wind “effect” was too loud, making it inaudible at points, but I’m quite happy!

Thanks for the great feedback. Good summary at the end. I believe if possible it would be good to provide a written summary or some notes. It would also be nice with a recording in a studio space with speakers to play the parts mentioned for precision.

Great advices from a great producer. He helped me on a couple of mistake i did. Very helpful

Thanks Martin, your feedback is very detailed and constructive. You say things exactly as you feel them and that's golden! I will revisit the bassline based on your comments. 0:39 you mention that the track's too long, but the topic is not discussed again

Amazing, honest feedback from one of my heroes, you could tell he really took some time to listen to it and think about the concept and how to develop my ideas. Stimming is the best!!

Thank you very much Martin! Very helpful feedback.

thanks For the ambiental sounds you're referring to use them in a granular sampler with effects? will check the reverb on the drums, and for the texture your're referring like the lofi tape machines, something that adds artifacts? Kind Regards Dave

Totally delighted to get personal feedback and recommendation from Martin. Both encouraging, helpful and to the point. I would LOVE however to be able to get into a conversation with him. That really should be a (optional) feature.

Thank you, Martin, for the kind and interesting feedback ! Will be very useful for my future tracks ! All the best ! Geroyam Slava 🇺🇦

Vielen lieben dank. Super feedback. I have to say i would agree. Ich werde versuchen eine gutee Idee mehr scheinen zu lassen und den Focus einem hero element zu geben. Weniger ist manchmal mehr. Bis baldrian und lieben Gruß aud Neu Seeland.

Very detailed, thoughtful and knowledgeable feedback. Highly recommended

This was really helpful. Thank you Stimming for the sweet words and progressive and specific feedback!

Thank you so much! I will definitely be resending to you after I make the appropriate changes. I messaged you on IG I’m currently rebranding under my actual name Charity Redding.

Hey Stimming, Thx for the honest & valuable feedback! I said hello to you in the airport in Mexico in Feb this year :) & used to work at DAS. Any input on how I can improve the groove 🙌🏾 Better quality > https://shorturl.at/iBMSX Thx! greetz

Danke fürs schnelle, wohlwollende und konstruktive Feedback! Kann damit was anfangen! Thema Ducking nachvollziehbar, weiß ungefähr wie es es dazu kam. Hilft mir! Und der Tipp (Kick 2dB) ist super. Mono klau gern, haha klar! Bis irgendwann evtl, ja! LG ivo

Thanks for the feedback, and for the kind words. I completely agree, sometimes I feel like I’m “hiding” behind the sound design. It’s strange because I play piano and have no problems with harmony there, but I find it tricky to integrate into my music.

You nailed the feeling I had. It feels like 2 songs but I didn’t want to admit it. Thank you for the meal comparison it totally makes sense! Thank you Martin for your feedback. I’ll say hi to Atjazz :)

hey Stimming, vielen Dank! (auf Deutsch auch völlig fein). Fands mega hilfreich. Cool, dass der Groove dir gefallen hat und freut mich auch, dass DFAM bei dir auch im Einsatz ist (sowohl auf der Bühne und im Baby Wagon haha). Großen Dank und gute Fahrt!