Aephus

Indeed. Thanks for your addition

you can. you just have to break free of trying to sound like something else. or a kind of genre. once you can let go of that, you'll be able to. at first, your melodies might not sound as good as you want them to, but with practice, they'll improve and you'll develop wonderfully.

Transitions. Hands down. I don't know why I have so much trouble with them, but I do. I have a hard time going from a certain pattern to something completely different, yet staying true to the key I'm in. I've had a couple successful instances, but it seems to be rare for me. I also compose very leisurely, so I'm not as up to par as I could be. o.0

Not sure if you were responding to me, but here's another by the same artist if you're interested. https://soundcloud.com/snowmetal/more-numerous-than-the-sands

https://soundcloud.com/danieklerr/sauce-his-majesty-raised-from Maybe something like this?

https://soundcloud.com/chadsicle/ Nothing too impressive, but yeah. Post count +1

Hmm. Interesting. I've never used slicex. I've always sequenced my drums. I might try this out more often. o.0 I definitely learned a couple new things from you. Thanks!

Thank you for posting your frustration, and also thank you to everyone who contributed, as I deal with the same problem. Now to work on song progression..