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Thanks Trip. Chris is on Facebook and posts regularly. Al is also there, but doesn't post as regularly. Both seem to be doing pretty well. If you're on FB and want to connect, LMK. I'll PM ya. Join the club! We have a Dragon Cave group there... several people from the early 2000s in there.

I think the issue with the snare is too short of an attack... the transient is only coming through halfway, it sounds to me. An attack more around 13 to 15ms would probably give the snare transient more presence/weight and make it sound less like "tik tak tik tak." Pretty full sounding tune...

That's some super dry production. Doesn't seem like there's a lot of compression here either. They Might Be Giants are an influence, possibly? Might be some timing issues in the choruses... are the drums live? (Sorry, haven't really read the thread). The growl guitars sound a bit...

Thanks for the feedback everybody. Bass may sound loud on some systems; the song seems too trebly on a cell phone. It's a game of balance. Is it not a good idea to get mix feedback after a master? I think that's probably a good time to get feedback :)

Cool tune... bass sounds over compressed... fast attack, super long release. It's pumping. I have to disagree on the bass with most posters here. Vox sound very dry despite delays... guess it's a preference thing. I like the tune overall... reminds me a little more of Talking Heads than San...

Nice rhythms. Guitar sounds OK... are you compressing it? If so sounds like a long-ish attack and short release, which makes the tails of each gtr note noisier. If it were my mix I'd shorten attack to maybe 2ms and lengthen release to at least 80ms. Electro mode only--depending on which...

Shameless. Better to ask forgiveness later than permission first Vocals sung by Al Carmichael (crawdad) All music, mixing, etc by Yours Truly Art by Kevin Cross Mastering by John Scrip

Thanks fellas. Steve's right on the money again (as he always was back in the day)... bass tone is something I was thinking about too. The piano is the Giant (NI Instruments) and it probably sounds sterile because I have the tone setting too aggressive/percussive. I should probably just mic up...

Nice jazzy piano piece. Agree that the snare hits (not the side stick) sound a bit weird. Are you hitting this with a limiter? Sounds like your threshold is just destroying the snare hits, making the snare sound tiny.

I dig the jazzy feel. The flute sounds good, but a little dry. Maybe some reverb that blended it in with the other instruments would help it. Agreed with Trip that the vocal has some harshness to it (the "guess who made it" line). There's a plugin called "Acon DeFilter" that I'd like to try on...

Good sound overall IMO... the balances are almost there. The one distracting thing for me are the cymbals (hats/crash) in the choruses. They seem too loud in many spots. Also they seem a bit busy almost in those same spots, almost like a simpler pattern would have worked better. In terms of the...

Tried to listen, but it looks like the track has to be downloaded and not streamed. I'll check back later in case you add a link for streaming

It's a nice, simple tune. Interesting concept with the fish eye lens... a real "bedroom recording." Also listened to the track in your sig: I'm not up on the latest in the genre (hip-hop styles)... but the rap is pretty good, nice flow. The female vocal sounds nice.

Thanks for the listens guys. The guitars (one dark, one bright) was intentional. They were both tracked 22 years ago to 4-track cassette. I thought about re-recording them, but then realized that the performances were fine. Timing issues might arise because the tracks were pulled from the...

I like the dry vox--sounds classic. Vocal brightness isn't necessarily the be-all/end-all. The point is I can make out all the words, and the emotion comes through. When it comes to 'value judgments' on a mix (taste/etc) I take the approach of "trust yourself 80% of the way." Objective mix...