Hey guys been working on this track for a few days now. I fell in love with the chord progression I used. So here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/anthony-la-rocca-4/reaching-for-you
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Piano chords are super nice. It feels a little vanilla to me, I donāt really know how else to explain. Maybe more could be done drum wise, itās giving off a more two-step vibe right now (which is ok, I guess I just went in with different expectations).
At 2:54 where you start to strip everything down it actually grabbed my interest because it was a nice tension release. But then that was the end of the track pretty much 
As always, your piano chord work does not disappoint 
I just feel like maybe other parts of the track could have more texture or variance.
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Hey! Thanks for your feedback. Yeah I guess with this track I didnāt know 100% where to go or take the trackā¦ disappointing but I spent a few days on it. Hopefully in my next DnB track I improve with my mistakes!
What do u mean more could be done drum wise?
What does vanilla mean btw?
Always glad to see some D&B here on the disco!
My thoughts mostly mirror those of @iammaneā¦
Iāll also add that I didnāt think vocal lead and synth bits felt like they suited the trackā¦ A bit too EDM.
Piano was on point though.
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Just to fill in the gaps. Youāve got kick, snare. Kicksnare. But thereās so many things you can fill in all those other blank notes, and I donāt just mean high hats. Sometimes shifting the kick or snare up two notes in that two step pattern (not every bar) helps a lot. Get some rolls in there with soft 32nd notes.
Usually what I do is program a 16 note drum loop first. Then expand to 2 bars. The second bar gets totally modified. Then Iāll expand to four bars and make sure the 4th bar is different from the 1st and 2nd. If the 1st and 3rd match itās not a deal breaker but it depends on the track.
By vanilla I mean generic I guess? But, thatās subjectiveā¦ Iām more of a textural sound guy. A song could literally have NO melodic substance but if itās sonically interesting to listen to, thatās what grinds my gears. Itās just my opinion really so take with a grain (or larger) of salt.
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Hmm I guess you are right. But aye, we will never get better without making mistakes.
Also Iām still fairly new to making DnB. So I still need more practice
Cheers for the feedback though
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Okay well thank you! And yeah with the drums I usually fill it in with like claves and other percussionās. But the artists I listen to donāt always use it so I didnāt feel as if it was āessentialā
Iād be super keen to hear who youāre listening toā¦?
Itās quite a broad genre these days.
Also I kinda disagree to the vocal thing. Because one of my favourite dnb tracks āmelano - on fireā uses vocal chops as the lead so I donāt really have a problem with it
Muzzy
Melano
au5
These are my main DnB artists I like. Aswell as
Feint and many other small and large artists
I generally follow something like this:
https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/kasger-reflections-ncs-release
https://soundcloud.com/dodgeandfuski/dodge-fuski-your-love-mob-tactics-remix
Man Iām still stuck in the early 2000ās here lolā¦
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Gotcha.
I had a listen to the track and I can see where you were goingā¦
I still kinda feel like the Melano track uses a more āold schoolā style of vox chops though.
Kind of a liquid funk vibe.
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Yeah Iām not all out for the hard dnb. I prefer āmelodic upliftingā dnb rather than hard dnb. Although I like both.
I have a playlist on my Soundcloud for many dnb tracks like this but itās private. If u like I can make it public to u so u can have a listen? Up to u tho
Iāve never been too big on the heavy stuff.
And clearly Iām getting old 
because I hadnāt heard any of the artists you listed, so take my advice with another grain (or larger) of salt.
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Yeah me neither. Although something can be āheavyā but be melodic and uplifting aswell.
And yeah there are many artists which I listen to whom I have inspiration for