Nice song! One of the few original compositions I've found here that I would listen to casually.
Thanks, Paw, that's quite a compliment. I agree with you about the volume relationship between guitar and vocal. It does seem very slightly off. I'll revist it. Good ear on the drums. I forgot I turned the reverb off on them and then never put it back on.
I really dig the song. I like how everything gels together in a quirky way I guess is the best way to describe. I do think the strumming guitar needs to be dropped just a little bit. Great job
Thanks, Bruthish, that's another nice compliment. I'll turn the acoustic down a hair.
I think the guitars and bass sound excellent. The kick's a little boomy on my headphones. The vocal is performed well but there's a harshness, I wonder if a little dip would help around 3-5k, somewhere around there? Got a good lo-fi vibe, the tape stop at the end is perfect.
Thanks, Easlern, I had to look up what a "tape stop" was. I never heard of that. I just knew I wanted it to end abruptly and then slow tempo to cue the end, like I would if performing it live. Cool there's a name for it! Thanks about the Bass...I don't play it often and worked pretty hard on the bass line to try to make a counter-melody. The harshness in the vocal might just be the mic. It's a really old mic that I've been using a lot lately b/c i just like the sound of it. I think I doubled (well copy/pasted the same take) the vocal and put very light distortion on the 2nd track, too, so that could be it. I'll look into it.
The production is excellent, IMO. I think it's a bonafide style, and it works. Congrats!
Thanks CTP. I dunno about excellent (I record and mix on headphones and without any studio treatment). :/
But I'll take it. Thanks, CTP.
The doubled acoustic, should either be a little tighter or be completely different parts. The one on the right is a little louder and heavier than the one on the left.
I thought the bass was a little indistinct.
I liked the keyboard sounds.
The vocal sound was a little strange - kind of a weird ambiance. But I thought it worked well in the mix. A bit pitchy hear and there.
Thanks, TripleM. The right does seem a little louder. Good catch. Maybe just lowering that one will open up the vocal. The vocal has a plate reverb on it, so maybe that's the ambience you're hearing. I like plates on vocals, in general, and then cutting the tail of them so they're not so long. That's what I did there.