This is my first request of this kind for nearly two years of collaboration with envato. But I demand to re-check my track. Since I think that hard rejections is not justified. At least, he deserves to get an explanation of reject.
I also want to say that the clues, explanations and suggestions our reviewers only raise the level of quality of our tracks with you! After all, it does not take a lot of time.
According to me the percussions are somewhat weak.
this may have driven the reviewr to reject
i āidentifyā what should be a snare with an handclap. i think itās a vey poor sound choice.
also the drums should drive the track, in this song i would have chosen a more āepicā and ābigā percussion part.
the drums are quite buried in what it seems a very loud mix, but with poor low end and āfundationā
Thereās nothing wrong with the production of this track, but I think what is probably hindering it is the chord progression. Its a nice progression, but its really is Used. All. The. Time. On. Like. Every. Epic. Track. (I have abused it myself).
Combine this with the fact that your track is just that one chord progression and I think thatās why youāre facing a rejection. The samples/mix etc sound fine. But there are a lot of tracks that are essentially the same thing on AJ, and with the size of the library growing unwieldy, I can understand why they reject it.
Add a ii chord in their somewhere. Maybe even try going to something other than V on the ending (iii is a good substitution as is a chord whose root is the lowered submediant).
I suggest making it a bit longer and more complex, also the drums donāt sound too good imo (the beat is a bit off in some areas, and the drum sounds donāt sound really good) Just my 2 cents Best of luck.
Itās a pretty good piece of music. My suggestion would be simply open a support ticket and ask nicely for someone to take a 2nd look. Iām not sure about the policy involved with a āre-reviewā but my guess is that coming to the forum and using phrases like āI DEMAND TO RE-CHECK MY TRACK!ā probably doesnāt work in your favor. The reviewers are humans too.
Probably it sounded too over compressed to the point of introducing unpleasant distortion. Also too much reverberation probably because compression prolonged and lifted tails. Why donāt you just fix that and reupload explaining what you improved.
Maybe Iām wrong though, I donāt know.
I donāt think chord progression is problem, look at the featured files, they have no problem with same 4 chord progression.
Sounds pretty good to meā¦ however, the percussion seems to be the weak spot here in my opinion. A bit too bright, lacking mid and low end and not driving the song like it should with 4 chord tracks like this.
If you could change that and have it a bit more driving with better EQ, it could work i think.
Youāve got too much reverb going on for this type of Epic genre. Itās affecting the detail of the instruments and they are a bit muddy.
This also has the effect of making it sound ādistortedā, although that might just be an āeffectā of the reverb, which in turn makes the separation sound lost.
Try the Abbey Road reverb trick on the individual instruments and experiment a bit.
All that said, Iāve heard a lot worse.
Forget about complex and too short and what instruments and sounds you are using. Itās probably down to the production.
Composition is fine and a good fit for the style, but I think the mix/mastering is the problem. I agree that itās too compressed (although I see many submissions pass the review in a similar state).
It also feels like every instruments in the arrangement is fighting for pole position, so the result is a bit undefined. Combining this with a slightly irritating distortion makes the track a bit unpleasant to listen to after a few seconds. But like other said, Iāve heard way worst, because itās not catastrophic either.
That said, a single reject over the course of two years is a very good track record.
P.S: Iām sure it was not your intention, but Ā«I demand to re-check my trackĀ» is a badly chosen post title; phrased a bit too much like a king shouting orders to his guards or something.
Best of luck.