Groovy vibe! Really like the quick short note stuff on the bass.
It felt to me that you could have some pads/sustained tones on every section like you have at 1:04-1:20 and 1:36-2:08, since with just the staccato bass and lead the other sections feel pretty "hollow" compared to those sections I mentioned. This is just how I felt while listening to the track.
Nice one!
Yeah, I struggle with the same stuff. Either I have too much going on in a track, or not enough.
That's why I mentioned the sustained notes/pads, since I've found that even at a barely audible volume a sustained sound working as a pad in the background helps to make a track feel more full/not hollow, even if you don't have a lot of instruments playing.
A friend gave me that tip when he found one of my tracks felt too hollow, and I've found that to be a really good thing to keep in mind when arranging a track.
Another good learning material for Composing and Arranging that I always highly recommend to everyone, are these mini lecture videos by Alan Belkin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSntcNF64SVVhPiEzHVIjIP0TvutZhK8J
He uses notation examples in the lectures, but even if you don't really read sheet music that well it's easy to follow along (for example, I'm really bad at reading sheet music😂).
Alan Belkin's lecture videos have taught me A LOT of what I know about composing and arranging music, so I really recommend you or anyone reading this to checking them out if you haven't before, maybe they can help you as much as it they've helped me 😄.
