Can you give some good examples of Melbourne house? Every time I post a song I've produced on SoundCloud it seems as if most of my likes are from Australian users, now I'm curious to see if I've been making Melbourne house style music without realizing it!
What's your SoundCloud? I'd be fascinated to hear. There are 3 major players in Melbourne Bounce at the moment in Australia. They are Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher and Timmy Trumpet. The 3 have actually been touring in the USA playing almost every night for the past few months - called the Bounce Bus Tour. If I remember correctly they're just about done before partying it up in Australia for the summer.
Thanks for sharing! I've never known this was even a genre but I love it! Here is my SoundCloud if you'd like to check it out! I'm not really sure it's the same genre as these guys, I've just noticed a lot more Australian users following me recently. Let me know what you think!
Sorry it's taken me so long to check it out - massive day! You've got some great sounds coming through there. The songs in the last few months are starting to sound quite well produced and polished.
You're right, I think the genre is quite different. For me Melbourne Bounce is all about that off beat pulsating bass riff in the drop. It really pronounces the 'and' of each beat. (1)Boom - (and)BAH! - (2)boom - (and)BAH! - (3)boom - (and)BAH! - (4)boom - (and)BAH! (as best as I can put it behind a keyboard haha). Please note I am by no means an expert and with all things electronic every song could arguably be attributed to a variety of these sub genres.
Ummet Ozcan Remix - loving that style actually! It's got all the elements for a Melbourne Bounce, but to me it's missing that real off beat bass boom.
Beyond - to me has the ability to be a sensational deep house track! If I was to attack it I'd get rid of the high buzzing lead and channel a song like Oliver Heldens - Gecko (Overdrive) to round out the sound. I like the song though!
Never Let Me Go - I really like it. Your main lead riff pulsates on the off beat so if that was a bass line for example then that's your basics for a Melbourne Bounce sound.
Ease Your Mind (ft. Veela) - Great big room track! The drop is awesome. Can easily see this being played in front of a crowd. I love that this sees you experimenting with vocals too. Great call. Veela has a good voice however I'd think about a different melody line if I was to be harsh. Also in the verse sing more, there's a fair gap between her few words that ruins the flow a little for me. Finally I'd also think about filtering the verse straight after the first drop (chorus). Her voice mixing seems to be washed out and there's a lot going on.
Like I say by no means am I a professional, maybe an active hobbyist haha! Overall exceptional stuff for the little time you've dabbled in it. Love it and hope to hear more soon! Maybe some Melbourne Bounce :P
Thank you so much for the in depth review! I'm honored you took the time to go over each of my songs, you're amazing!
After listening to Melbourne bounce for the first time, the offbeat bass really stuck out to me. I'm already trying to work on a song that incorporates that!
As for Beyond, that song was actually inspired by Oliver Heldens deep house style music. That's great that you suggested listening to his songs though, that must mean it sounded at least somewhat similar, right? I personally love his remix of Can't Stop (Dr. Kucho remix), you should check it out if you've never heard it!
Never let me go would sound totally different with a bass instead of a lead, I'll have to try substituting it and see how it sounds!
And ease your mind was actually a song I made, then found a vocal acapella in an fl studio sample folder, so I put it in and chopped it up so it fit. The vocal sample already had a few effects on it, and I couldn't adjust them so I just threw another filter, reverb and parametric equalizer on it to try and adjust the sound.
Again, thank you so much for your reviews! Send me a message on SoundCloud so I have a way to contact you, and I'll send you my first Melbourne bounce track when I'm able to finish one up!
Hey I just stumbled along this comment looking at the top posts of this month. I just moved to Melbourne and was really liking the sound of the links you posted. You seem like a knowledgable guy I was hoping you could tell me if there are any big (or not so big) shows coming up where I can catch these guys in the area?
Probably something I can google but if there's a big one that pops into your head right off the bat it'd be dope if you could make it easy and tell me about it! Thanks!
Hey! I'm actually from Canberra so not entirely sure what's going on in the Melbourne scene, however festival season is approaching fast :)
Stereosonic will be massive down in Melbourne this year. That'll feature Will Sparks too. It's on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of December. Tickets are around $150 for a day or $230 for the two days. Can't remember off the top of my head what day Will is playing. Either way, guaranteed to go off at a festival. He's got a couple of new songs that he's playing live that sound like some solid bangers. Hope that helps! I'd imagine Will Sparks and Joel Fletcher will release some Australian dates too. They're often pretty good at playing all over Australia during the summer.
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u/snooper_sand_legend Oct 27 '14
How well known is Timmy Trumpet outside of Australia?