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Where'd you get those coyotes from? 8-) You know, you've reached the stage where even your first outing on a tune sounds like the finished deal. I just listened and enjoyed.

I put it on Bandcamp for those who want to hear the non-Youtube audio.

^This^ Plus, a great picture and great band member names.

The harp panning's been mentioned, so just... great! Really enjoyed that.

Hey, thanks for the kind words. I just lay down the song and Tjarko takes it to the next level. Got some help from a good singer on this one, too. About reverb: I don't do much with it except adjust length and EQ it, and then dial in the amount. What else?

If it sounds wide, it's probably because I did teo takes of the guitar part and panned them HL/HR.

Hey Em - I was hoping you'd chime in. Good catch. Good. Thanks. ? Completely. ?

My impression as well. Turn up the drums 1 dB and the bass 3 dB and listen to it for a day or two. Final decision on Sunday.

Youtube mangle for some of it, for sure. Yup. Or possibly. It's a relative thing. If I boosted the male vocal, the female vocal would've been okay as is. Yup. It's a recording, not a sample. It's a djembe head, not a snare. I don't have a gate on it, so I'm not sure where what you're...

Yeah, I think you're right. I just about got it right in the mix, but not quite. But it's interesting to compare the finalized mix I did and then the Youtube mangle (which comes after the video software render, of course). It sounds better in my DAW, and it sounds worse in Youtube - not just...

Mix comments welcome.

I like it. I liked it the first couple of listens, and like it more now - always a good sign. I don't see the point of swapping it out later down the road lol. BTW, why not Bandcamp?

It's possible to just swap audio files in and out of a Soundcloud page without taking down the page or the comments and pictures? You can't do that with Youtube - you have to put up a whole new page for the new version (which means taking down the old one if you want to steer listeners to the...

Before I listen to the tune, I have a somewhat burning question for you. How do you know when a mix is done? One reason I ask that question is this: I recently finished a mix, and then, just before I published it, noticed a little click/pop right at the end I hadn't noticed before. So I got...

I wanted to hear the bass more. It's obvious at the end of course, so I think it's getting masked by other stuff when the tune's busier. The percussion bits in the middle are impressive. You said you did the whole thing in a DAW? Which one? How?

When stuff doesn't fall into place at first, you can either go looking for it or put it on the shelf and wait for it and come back to it and ask it if it's ready yet. I take the first approach if I like playing and singing it lol.

I'd clip gain the vocals so that they started and ended at the same time - right now, they're a bit staggered sometimes. Eg 'is' @ 0.18 and 'you' @ .39/40. Others have mentioned the guitar sound - you might get away with it if you played a lot less of it, for instance, five 1/16th notes at the...

It moves right. Reminds me a bit of Martin Simpson on Cool and Unusual, if he'd gone all multitrack. That excursion that starts at 2.14 - here's an experiment: simplify it and make it less busy/fewer notes by muting something. What does it sound like when it's simpler and less busy? Not a...

Rafferty could do this one. (y)

I like the whole thing, but especially the cool, dark guitar soloing. I'm good with the vocal because I recognize your voice and I'm used to it, but a voice teacher recently gave me some unasked-for advice about how to sing: * Posture and diaphragm awareness. * Let it sing, don't try to sing it...