Pen Penny Pen with JohnnyAmato and ibleedburgundy

New collaboration. Johnny sang all the vocals. Amazing arrangement of the harmony vox! Dave did the drums. I wrote the song and played everything else. Great work guys!

All comments welcome. Priority is the vocal mix. Thanks!

Latest mix:
MASTER_Pen Penny Pen_2018_Master 8.mp3 - Google Drive

Pen Penny Pen
Words and Music by Ray Taylor 2018

The way you blew into my town
Ricocheted through my door
Threw me down
Well I saw right then how you came on the wind
Of a hurricane, the calm within
The way the hall light lay upon your skin

You said only hell could ever catch us
Well dead or damned it’s all the same
But I’ll stand right here by your side if you want me
You can deputize or bust me
Depends upon the rules of our game

Whoa Pen Penny Pen
It’s you I’m running to
The day I forget your number
I’ll forget Jenny Jenny’s too
It’s tattooed on the palm of my hand
By the street lamp coming in
We’ll be back on our feet again

From Amarillo down to Clovis
The old land seen our kind before
Since the first ones came to lay down their bones
In the pinyon grove between the wind and stone
Soft goodbye
Coyote moan

Climbing north out of Durango
Them San Juan hills are closing round
Silverton the wind was high
The night caught us at Telluride
And the mountain pass ain’t passing
No surprise

Whoa Pen Penny Pen
Every road leads to nevermore
Pen Penny every snow with you
Is a treasure that I’ll store
Tatooed on the palm of my hand
By the street lamp coming in
We’ll back on our feet again

Pen Penny Pen
It’s you I’m running to
Whoa Pen Penny yeah
Got a few more to travel to
Tattooed on the palm of my hand
By the streetlamp coming in
We’ll be back on our feet again.
yeh nice work. leave it alone now.
 
Cool tune. I got no suggestions for the mix. I'm not a fan of reverb, I find it hard to control, but I thought the verb on the vocal is just right in this, makes it sit real well. Good work gentlemen
 
Sounds great other than the bass...just a hair loud (especially during the opening when it's sparse). I'd automate that a few DB lower then bring it up.
I like that it's a bit dark (really that just means well-balanced these days)...too many modern mixes are way too bright. Brightness war is almost as bad as the volume war.
 
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