My Problem
To me, my track seems muddy. I've EQ and panned my instruments, but it still sounds a little muddy, so I was wondering if is their is another way to improve my track.Instruments
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Flute: Octave 4
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Acoustic Guitar: Octave 4-5
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Maybe add more snare, clap, or beat in the background? The beginning sounds a bit childish and dull, maybe switch the instruments used?
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I tried adding a beat, but it doesn’t really fit in with the tone of the track; at least for me
I think I see the idea you’re trying to do with the music, but you need some “tools” to understand what makes it better. Everything I will tell might not be the same for everyone but I’ll say what I think could help you the best.
To begin with, start with a base BPM (beats per minute). I should say something around 50-55 for the type of yours. When this is set…
Make a regular and repetitive “back melody”. This will be your first instrument that will accompany the lead after. The guitar can be the one fulfilling the role, but don’t forget to snap it with the BPM (so it doesn’t go off beat, example on 0:02/0:04 of the audio you sent.)
Next you may want to add some drums in a really soft way. Don’t overuse it, a repetitive loop (of either 1/4 or 1/8 can do it) is enough; and don’t cover up the guitar, just reduce the noise to something “silent” but not completely.
And to finish it, you will then add a lead melody, for this you might want to use the flute just like your audio sample. The lead is most of the time, accompanied with the “back melody” and is introduced after 4 or 6 loops of this one, but fewer is nice as well, just don’t make it too near the beginning of the song. If you begin, snap the lead melody with the BPM but avoid snapping it to the guitar, or it will feel “blank”.
Oh and don’t forget to make the guitar and flute have end notes fading out, so it makes it more “chill” than when it stops abruptly.
Those are the basics I know from music creation, and I’m sure it might help you if you struggle a bit.
Good luck, can’t see how you’ll improve it 
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Thank you so much! But what do you mean by snapping the BPM?
I know what BPM is, but I just don’t know what you mean by snapping it?
Snapping to the BPM means “stick to the beat” in some ways, not really complicated ^^
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Well how would I stick to the beat?
Is their a concreate method?
In most music producing softwares/apps, when applying a BPM, there’s most of the time an option to snap to BPM somewhere on the software you’re using. Although I don’t compose myself, I’m sure there is since I did once. Perhaps search on forums talking about it with your software?
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Do you mean when my guitar speeds up and slows down again?
Indeed, it seems a bit irregular when playing it a few times.
my software does have something called quantize
it says it’s use to correct errors which is really vague
I don’t really know what your software is, the only thing I can tell is that there’s plenty of documentation on the web, I’m sure you can see how to fix it.