Feedback on mixing and composition

[kindred gulch]

Composition:
How did some aspects make you feel?
What did it remind you of?
Any tips composing to make the song more real sounding and impactful?

Mixing:
How can i mix everything better to make everything more cohesive and impactful?

Total:
How good-quality does the song feel? Be completely honest about this, i just want to gauge how well im doing things

And any favorite parts yall have?

[frail sun]

ive always love the ott on the soft piano by labs brings out such textures, although im not sure everyone would agree i like it !

[kindred gulch]

You mean the whole song or just the piano?

[gloomy saddle]

the first upwinder transitioning to the drop with a downwinder sounds unnatural
the guitar is nice

but that upwinder + downwinder is overused

and i think its clipping

the sub bass drops are too loud, thus the limiter ducks the entire track

[kindred gulch]

Do you know where i can find good risers?

[kindred gulch]

So how can i create an impact while not going past the limiter?

[gloomy saddle]

you can make them yourself, and you stumble across some samples on your journey. Its not the risers that are the problem, its the way and how often you use them

[gloomy saddle]

there are some tricks for that, i dont wanna explain em all cuz itll take ages but basically you can use cleverly placed filter automation, volume automation and multiband sidechain compression

and you need more than just a sub bass drop sample in order to create a sense of impact

[kindred gulch]

Alr thanks for the feedback

It was actually pretty helpful