Failed For You - More sappy crap

[jeffmaher]

The tambo sounds great...it's the only thing making noise in the HF range..except a little of the guitar 'shling' ...and I missed it when it was cut after 3:00 somewhere. Just right...a little dab. Tastee! 'chic-a-chic'

All the sound is more up-front, I think. And the organ is blending.

The only other thing I could suggest is to try all or some the synth parts up an octave [an easy midi transposition...if it's midi]. It's sounding in the range of the upper bass and lower guitar; and at the end, there are notes like the sus2 that the synth lays on...over the bar lines n' such; and because it's way down low, it steals thunder from the bass and/or root tonality. I think it might work a lot better up an octave...maybe two. I think it might have been a major player in muddying the root tonality when I heard the original version. Not so bad anymore....except the outtro, where it lays on the 2 note in the bass range. Although it does lend a bit of ambiguity to the song....which might reflect a tangle of emo conveyed....or add to it: the lyric is matter-of-fact declaritive; but the tonal ambiguity stirs a gut feeling in me that maybe the singer is not so sure of the declarations......a reflection of real life!

The tune is really nice. I love the way I get to chew on the meaning of the lyric in the spaces between. A nice listen, fer sure.

[ksounds]

Originally Posted by jeffmaher

The tambo sounds great...it's the only thing making noise in the HF range..except a little of the guitar 'shling' ...and I missed it when it was cut after 3:00 somewhere. Just right...a little dab. Tastee! 'chic-a-chic'

The tune is really nice. I love the way I get to chew on the meaning of the lyric in the spaces between. A nice listen, fer sure.

Glad you like the tambourine. As soon as you mentioned it, I knew exactly where to put it and how I wanted to treat it. I killed it during the outro to define the final part of the song for the listener. I felt it all bled together just a bit too much left in.

Thanks alot. You've helped me with this mix alot. You helped alot with my last song as well. I think both came out better for it. Nice to have people on the clinic who take the time to help and comment.

Originally Posted by jeffmaher

I think it might have been a major player in muddying the root tonality when I heard the original version. Not so bad anymore....except the outtro, where it lays on the 2 note in the bass range. Although it does lend a bit of ambiguity to the song....which might reflect a tangle of emo conveyed....or add to it: the lyric is matter-of-fact declaritive; but the tonal ambiguity stirs a gut feeling in me that maybe the singer is not so sure of the declarations......a reflection of real life!.

I tried pushing some of the synth stuff up into the higher frequency range...didn't like it. I like your comment about the tangle of emo conveyed...that has a nice ring to it. I think your description here about tonal ambiguity and the parallels to the singer work in favor of the song and it's message. My gut feeling tells me the the current version is the definitive mix of the song, and that it's time to move on to my next adventure

[jeffmaher]

S'all good!