Hey guys, I wrote a new song "Time to Rock". It could probably be described as either hard rock or heavy metal.

You can listen to it here:

https://soundcloud.com/youngprodigymusic/young-prodigy-time-to-rock

As always critique is welcome. I'd especially like to know if the mixing can be improved.

You have some good ideas but I'd recommend thinking about what your target is with your music. I say this because many of your songs sound very retro and I believe this is mainly due to the the production level and quality of the samples used. Get some rock albums you like and admire then do some A/B comparisons between your track and those other tracks.

Your mix lacks depth to my ears. And for the lead line, I'd do as much production as you can to the MIDI to make it sound as real as possible. Sometimes I'm also losing the bass in the mix.

I agree with nsmadsen, but I wouldn't even bother making this MIDI. If you don't have a studio available you can still DI most of those instruments, will make it sound a lot better. It's not like it's a full orchestra or something that can be impracticable to record. Cool composition though.