This track instrumentally is my favourite, and features real instruments alongside VST keys, drum samples and pop music stylistics using a pop music production style. (LO1/2/4) (A&O 2/3/5).

Within the track I have layered a real kick drum and snare to make the beat really push out and used a thick bassline. I added the bassline last and friends who had critiqued it had suggested that it lacks the depth at points. After adding it, it really did give the track depth.

I have also utilised Melodyne for the vocals throughout the track and created an autotune vocal for the chorus, in the style of Akon or Kanye West which I am proud of for its authenticity. The disappointing part for me about this track is the timing of the vocals and occasionally the couple of flat notes in the first verse which hinders the tracks vocal hook. It is not stylistic of pop music due to the fact that they are usually 100% vocally spot on. I couldn’t get back into the studio and re-record/melodyne them again, so this was a big disappointment for me. However, it’s not all a loss as I believe the music and autotuning still represent a progression within this project. A critique I’d had from a listener was that the key of the song is potentially too low, which I agree with and it could do with being moved up a couple of keys, which is what would happen in the industry to suit the singer’s voice. However, I couldn’t  change the key when recording vocals due to exporting the track as a single file and then recording vocals over the top. I thought when I was singing it whilst writing it would work, but this is a drawback from the track.

I have benchmarked this track against ‘Hold On We’re Going Home’ by Drake. I believe that parts of my instrumentals sound on par with his due to them sounding as clean if not more so in places. The drums sound a bit punchier, with the snare giving a crack on my track, due to the layering.

Overall I would claim this track is a partial success so far, due to it still needing work but heading in the right direction. It fits the contemporary pop aesthetic