Thank you very much for this great feedback on my track! The information about the lows is invaluable and I really appreciate it. I'll also definitely take the information about the 1 into consideration because you're correct, I did assume that everyone would be following the bass progression rather than the melody.. Regarding the mood, this particular track was somewhat inspired by the vaporwave aesthetic which is sort of nostalgic and happy/sad, with a lethargic feel almost like music that would've been playing over the intercom in an 80s mall. That's probably not many people's cup of tea but that was the feel I was kind of aiming for in this particular tune. Regardless, I think your input here was still very useful for me. Thank you again for the feedback, I actually work in music production (I'm kind of a newbie to the scene), and I feel honored that you decided to critique it. I will definitely be employing your advice in the future! (also, I noticed several people commenting about loops - for what it's worth the guitar and bass were not loops, those were played live)

Man.. I will never be able to articulate how much I appreciate this channel.

This is high-quality feedback.

I respectfully disagree about the "the listener must know where the one is" comment... its what makes intros fun! Sting is a master of this (listen to Ghost Story, you won't know where the one is for 2 minutes). Catching the listener off guard rhythmically is a great trick.

Me before watching this: PICKMEPICKMEPICKME me after watching this: Holy shit this is flawless and he's finding problems DONT PICK ME

I personally really enjoy when a song makes me incorrectly hear the 1 in a "beatless" intro. It feels more satisfying when it clicks, as opposed to the obvious approach I've heard a million times. That's just my personal preference though.

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Gregory, I cant tell you how much you have helped me on my journey. Your experience and perspective are priceless. TY

This video kicks a serious weight of arse. There's a load of folks who do sound engineering stuff and another load of folks that do music stuff but not that many that do both at the same time, not as well as this anyway. Any number of these will suit me just fine. And props to Brandon for having the bottle to put his tune up for this, the song is good, man, rock on :)

A nice tip for electronic music is instead of the same old “just mute the beat” intro a decent alternative is copy pasta the bridge as the intro and change it up a bit. Then the next time you’ll write an intro with the bridge in mind instead of 8 bars of waiting till the beat comes in. That always works because when the bridge comes in the listener is like “hey I heard this before” and when the final part of the song kicks in it feels as if something is coming to a conclusion.

Brandon's song: I totally felt ONE where it was supposed to be. But I also like songs that don't clarify the ONE in an intro so I sometimes feel taken off-guard when it turns (though it's usually an intentional artistic statement and not an accident) - though this one didn't do that to me. The rest of this, I agree with completely.

“The magic is in the One”- James Brown, Bootsy Collins etc

LET'S GO! I look forward to After Hours all the time.

I think people who are commenting "I didn't miss the one!" may have not missed the one, but sure missed the point. :D Just because you heard the one doesn't make the tips related to that any less valid. These are general tips that you should apply broadly, the example tune is just a vehicle for them.

I like the fact that when the drums come in you learn that what you thought was the one isn't the one. I love those kinds of intros. They make it so much more satisfying when the beat comes in.

Really can't be overstated enough that Gregory is sharing knowledge most people have to work in a studio making coffee runs for years to obtain before they even sit at a board (read any TapeOp interview haha). This is top shelf, my fave audio channel by far!

I don't know, dude. I think a good game of _guess the one_ can really make an intro more engaging on first listen. Think Baba O'Riley. That intro gets me every time.

Holy shit Kush, that kicked ass and I'm glad I didn't send my sh%t to you. I reinterpreted your closing statement at no charge. 'I really really enjoyed this, thanks for the 1,500 submissions... right now I'm good, but I might need more because I'm really skilled at this and actually I was born for this, true story, no joke.'

The process of watching this, allows for you to live virually in the hot seat. I found myself thinking about my mixes in a different light.

I love the disagreements in the comments. Just shows you there is no right or wrong way to make music, just kinda suggestions.

This feedback really helped me understand some aspects I wouldn't have been able to put my finger on, on my own. Another example of why *House of Kush* is an essential KZfaq channel for recording musicians. When Gregory first stopped playback, I was baffled, thinking to myself "here's a great sounding track - what could he possibly be ragging on?"

I love when songs leave me guessing about the rhythm. My Girl is my favourite example, where Jamerson's bassline is joined by the guitar, throwing out where you thought the one was, and it sounds like he changes rhythm and emphasis in his bassline but he actually doesn't change at all.

Yup, dipping the EQ right there made it move better, even on my crap desktop speakers.

Dude is blessed to get this feedback. Best new series

Great vid, great advice. At 7:56 The fact that you recognize it's a finished production and you give advice on future productions is a pro move. Nothing worse than showing someone a finished product and they start suggesting you go back and change everything...

I’d gladly pay for feedback like this

Yet again, another great video reminding me how much all these flashy visual plugin gizmo's have killed my perspective on what actually makes my tracks sound great. Just went back to a track I "overproduced" , shortened all the Bass MIDI and magically Made My Track Great Again. Thank's Mix Jesus

this information has already changed how I would approach even the song I submitted myself! the concept of soloing frequency ranges in a multiband and making sure they're moving on their own is HUGE. thanks again for the great content, looking forward to the future episodes of this series! this channel's gonna explode

Great breakdown/feedback. I love your videos bro! The only thing that I didn't expect was your "problem" with the one. It was perfectly clear to me where the one was though.

"Sometimes stuff matters." 😂😂😂👌

Big fan of Kush and this channel. I disagree with the confusion with the intro being a problem. Always enjoyed the surprise and did it on purpose a few times. I call it the "You Really Got Me" effect.

That intro....SOLID GOLD.....The info? PLATINUM!

That's great feedback. Digging the channel! Brandon is a lucky man, nothing more valuable than high quality feedback.

This was outstanding. We need more videos like this it’s dope

You very effectively cover a subject that sooo many new song writers and performers miss as a VERY important part of a song. Producers and engineers are constantly looking for an answer to: what is the emotion the artist is trying to elicit. I've dealt with several production folks over the years and the one repeating point of interest is...are they able to understand the emotion of the song. It guides pretty much every aspect of production from the time a scratch track of the song idea is sent in, to the final mastered product. If someone is doing everything themselves, they need to ask the same questions.

All the channels just go on tweaking the knobs... But we often forget that music has also a philosophical point of view.. that I get to learn here.. kudos to Mr Scott.

we don't get this kind of advice very often. i'm really enjoying this.

Gregory Wan Kenobi heavily appreciates your musicality and mixing knowledge.

The fact you are willing to listen to these submissions and give your professional advise is so awesome! We truly can’t thank you enough for doing all you do!

YOU ARE A LEGEND. I LOVE YOU AND I THANKKKKKK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO!!!!

I could watch Gregory's videos like this for literally hours.... keep 'em coming chief!

With band pass filtering and quieter drums, there are contemporary spaces for this track. Nostalgiacore, dreamcore, weirdcore- these kids come up with all kinds of niche “aesthetics”. Hell, I bet vaporwave’s still got fans. Might be worth considering what your peers are doing come mix time

House of Kush does it again. This is priceless advice.

The movement-per-frequency-band tip is gold.

if you ever wanna hear the most intense "i can't feel the downbeat even if i tried" track, check out "Yoshimitsu vs SANODG" from the tekken tag tournament soundtrack. the entire foundation of the track is built around these super beefy synth chords happening on the *last* offbeat of the bar. it has a crazy swagger about it and imo the accented offbeats is groovy as hell but i'll never hear it the way i'm supposed to. the dude is a seriously accomplished musician and producer so i'm sure he was entirely aware of what he was doing.

Very helpful and educational.

It hurts to be a silent lover of this channel but words won’t do justice.

I LOVE being caught off guard. ♥️ Super clever.

David Attenborough of Audio Engineering 👁👄👁

Great video, this is the kind of music production knowledge I need and want to learn, thanks for this

Mr Scott, methinks you’ve created a monster. 🤟😁👍

That technique of testing EQ changed on the mix, and then taking the learnings back to the individual tracks is super cool!

i like the tension in the song set up by the ambiguity ... rather than ‘tension and release’

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Hey Greg, you should do more of these critiques. You could do 1 hr episodes where you analyze 5 tunes or so. They're really helpful, even if not everyone agrees with ALL of your opinions. The things you bring up in this will always be worthy of paying attention to and taking into consideration, as there are things that even the best of us overlook with the vast amount of variables involved in writing/producing/editing/mixing our own music. Hope your back is on the mend. All the best.

The best 18 seconds of my life were the first 18 seconds of this video. edit to add: holy crap your Rhodes sounded beautiful.

I actually like this a lot - to be sure, I agree that the pads are a bit static, and don't do anything to drive the harmonic motion forward at all, but it reminds me a bit of Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You", and it has a certain feel to it. I also like the kinda drone returning to the F bass all the time, it leaves a sense of unresolvedness. I do like what Gregory does with the EQing, it does clean it up a lot. And it's always great to hear a critique that differs from your own view - I always love some food for thought. Great track, Brandon!

Hope this becomes a regular series. Great video and advice.

I had a professor critique a piece of mine. He said that it was rich, colorful, and vibrant like an oriental rug but, like an oriental rug, it just laid there.

Yes we have been waiting for this! Looking forward to more of this !

As James Brown said, "You gotta give me the one!"

Finally 🔥🔥🔥

Wow. Just wow. Soloing bands on a finished mix and listening for movement in each... genius. Thanks Greg!!!!!! Love you buddy, great channel.

Mr Scott, its the kindness that keeps me coming back , I write the greatest music known to man thus far , and your channel has opened the door to actually making it " sound" better!

One of my heroes in the business of the elusive downbeat is Trent Reznor, but for this track, I think I'd agree with Mr. Scott. Since trickery or abstraction doesn't seem to be the overall goal with the track, the idea feels a little abandoned or out of place.

About the first issue you had with the beginning of the song, this is probably the first time I disagree with you. To me it was totally clear where the 1 sat and the arpeggios didn’t confuse me it all, it all made perfect sense to me even when I played it back and payed attention to what confused you. I had simular confusion to what you have with other songs, I know the idea of being thrown off but in this song it all flowed well in my opinion and the drumloop started exactly where I expected it would. So I think the perception of it ‘making sense’ really differs from person to person. Other than that, Kushy kudos for all the great videos you make! 🙌

Excellent advice - and huge congrats and kudos to all the artists who submitted their mixes. That takes a lot of courage to have it critiqued by a pro to an audience of over 100K.

This is basically one of the most decent, honest, deep and constructive feedbacks I heard of a song. Now it's pretty clear you know what you're talking about. I think that the Melody & feel feedback u gave making this very WIDE concept CONCRETE with the chords you heard through all the track is THE MOST BRILLANT feedback I've ever seen so far. Hyper happy to watch this Kush, cheers man 🥂✨

Well that's awkward. One of the few times I've dabbled in electronic music, I specifically aimed to mislead the listener on where the 1 was until the beat dropped.

I don’t mind the downbeat being revealed after the intro.

the way you articulated and provided an example of how the lower mids were not moving; this was extremely helpful. thank you sir

People dont understand how legend this guy is... I been mix and produce for 12 years i discover kush plugins 3 years ago. Every plugin i got blown my head coz those plugins are just making what u tryna do in seconds. Even sometimes fuckin putting ar-1 on mixbus default preset changes everything. U r such a legend thank you for bringing incredible professionality to our mixes

The track sounds like something you hear when the operator puts you on hold lol

I actually like songs with an ambiguous 1 in the intro, such as Radiohead's Let Down

Movement in the low mids...Brilliant

And the honesty will only make us better! Ty much

It's not dark here, yet it's time for after hours...

The intro wasn't confusing, the riff was obviously starting on the offbeat

You're my hero, Greg! You're doing great job! Appreciate you as much as it possible.

Not enough people talk about the theory of mixing and arranging, so amazing video as always! There are a couple comments disagreeing about needing to define 1 on the intro. I'm sure there are scenarios where that would be true. However, I think with a song like this (easily felt groove, laid back vibe), you want to avoid tricking the listener into thinking the release of tension is coming in on a different beat.

Quality of the feedback is nearly outshined by the quality of the hair

Man, what are you talking about on that first song? To start a song with a pause in a melody is a valid music choice. Nothing wrong here. Maybe it was a composer intention to trick you to make a composition more exciting. Nothing to do with the production, really.

I don't think Gregory is saying that things he is pointing out are right or wrong. They are merely for consideration. Just be thankful that you are dealing with an incredibly talented person with a great deal of experience who does not beat around the bush and is not afraid to call it like he sees it. It is not necessarily right or wrong, but merely one perspective. The EQ part made perfect sense and would be something that would not be too difficult to adapt to this song for very positive change. I would give what you submitted a 95% rating. If you gave this song to 10 different producers, you would get 10 different responses for your consideration. With exception of the EQ tip, I found your work exceptional...

Kush delivers again!

First mix=elevator music

Thank you Jesus 🙏, very helpful for all of us....👏👏🙌

Man is so chill and informative. Love watching your videos. Blessings from Nigeria

Helpful AND interesting for sure!! Great feedback to the producer! Look forward to more !

Great one!

Brilliant . The movement in spectra is a golden tip , thanks loads . I like that track as well

love how it ends with the groove 😎

The Dooode has listened and spoken...... Great "road trip" track btw... Insightful vid.. keep it up , Kush it,. Kush it good!

Very helpful video! I would appreciate more of that

Your insights are refreshing on your videos. I also like the video about touching the speakers to feel the bass when mixing! Thank You

I think the rhythmic confusion was of purpose and the whole point of the intro. It was my favorite composition choice!

Mate, you give me so much confidence. Soloing 90-600hz my brain screamed flat wash of sound, then even just your hand gesture explained the same thing, then your words almost paraphrased what was in my head.

Thank you for calming me and improving my knowledge at thw same time ❤😂

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Re-watching this, I realized that his DAW is color-coded to match his hardware and plugins. He definitely has an aesthetic going.

Yet another gem (or 10m dropped. This. Channel. Is. Just. Insanely. Good.