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It Ain't Easy

By slipball on February 1, 2026 8:55 pm

Thought I'd experiment with a single chord progression, layering in different instruments and melodies to give it some variation. I don't normally work like this, I think maybe it didn't need so much.

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So well orchestrated, and your voice sounds great the way you mixed it within the space heart

I can't quite make out the lyrics, but I like the vocal melody and flow you have going on. The broken up lead guitar sound is really nice. I like how the arrangement keeps moving, adding and removing things to keep it fresh.

blighters_rock wrote:

I can't quite make out the lyrics...


I agree with this feedback. I think you could roll back on the reverb a bit for more lyrical clarity. The rest of your mix is decent though. The track as a whole has a strong resemblance to Joy Division's sonic style. Nice melodies and structure!

I think with a little more finessing you would have a very good vocal production technique here, everything else sounds perfect already. The song itself is well-written, I wouldn’t have even noticed it was the same progression throughout. Great job!

Ooh love that intro. Reminds me of Bleachers a bit

ENC_ wrote:
blighters_rock wrote:

I can't quite make out the lyrics...


I agree with this feedback. I think you could roll back on the reverb a bit for more lyrical clarity. The rest of your mix is decent though. The track as a whole has a strong resemblance to Joy Division's sonic style. Nice melodies and structure!

thanks for the feedback, I agree and I've tried recently to be a bit more realistic with vocals.

Sodabelly wrote:

I think with a little more finessing you would have a very good vocal production technique here, everything else sounds perfect already. The song itself is well-written, I wouldn’t have even noticed it was the same progression throughout. Great job!


prophisee wrote:

Ooh love that intro. Reminds me of Bleachers a bit

RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:

So well orchestrated, and your voice sounds great the way you mixed it within the space heart

blighters_rock wrote:

I can't quite make out the lyrics, but I like the vocal melody and flow you have going on. The broken up lead guitar sound is really nice. I like how the arrangement keeps moving, adding and removing things to keep it fresh.

thanks for all the feedback, it's super useful to get this and try and progress. Sometimes though the week just disappears and you get what you get smile

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