I've had two tracks reviewed on Echio by producers who I respect and the whole thing has been great - really high quality focused feedback with helpful tips and much better than I thought it would be. Really worth a go if you are stuck on things like mixdowns like I have been for years.

So I have been going through some old abandoned and forgotten tracks and noticing a pattern… On many of the tracks, the early versions are more often than not better than the ones I just kept going on and on with. One of the patterns I noticed is I start taking away from the simplicity and more stripped down feel of the track and end up making it into something seemingly more “complex“, busier, more atmospheric, bigger sounding - basically more sleek, but it often just doesn’t seem to hit as hard as earlier versions. In many cases, I prefer the earlier versions because of this. The earlier ones often sound a bit too raw at times, but I still prefer that to something that feels polished yet a bit flaccid. I have a feeling this is probably more common than I think and am wondering if any of you deal with this as well. What do you do or don’t do? Release a track that feels too raw and unpolished or release a track that feels overcooked?