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I appreciate the thoughts a lot. I think I’m going to let the writer/singer make the edits, if any. He may put 2 verses back in and kill the “bridge” that I wrote. I’m not really too concerned about the time. We aren’t making radio hits here. But that’s no reason to have extra words/verses...

Verse: My back is wrecked, and it cracks at the dawn Shake out my boots...put the kettle on Push thru the hurt...my word is my bond. ...given to Daddy, 11 years on ...it was given to Dad, he's 11 years gone Verse: I's raised right here, in the "remember when," If you're from here, then we're...

Thanks for the thoughtful listen. I’ve gone back and forth on whether to drop more verses. He actually wrote 8 of them, lol. I’ll post them next

I appreciate the listen and the comments. I'm 100% sure it'll blow out my speakers in my car today when I check it. Thanks man.

It may have low, lows. My monitors are KRK 8's, and I sit too close to them to pick up stuff below 50Hz. It just feels like there's a hole in the lower low mids, but again...I'm very likely older and more deaf than you.

The mix seems fine to me. The drums sound super-duper-100% fake, but it's actually pretty fitting for the genre. Whenever I hear a song like this, there's usually a guy playing a V-Kit with bad samples. :)

Hi. I used to live here, but not in a very long time. Somebody left lyrics for a song on my desk. Just verses. I thought they were kinda' cool, so I did a quick demo. I'm not the right guy to sing it, but I was hoping to get some feedback on the general mix before I bother a real singer...

Yeah, the kit in general seems bright...almost like a really good V-kit. Also, this may be a dumb comment, but while I can hear the very articulate bass very well, the mix seems to be missing some ass. Maybe. I always want more thump in live mixes. But seriously, nice grab.

Yeah, the only thing that poked out to me was the sibilance. The track sounds like a lot of mine...almost overworked. But it's beautiful and polished. Maybe less reverb would help it sound more natural, but studios aren't really made to make things sound natural. I don't have anything...

see...now that's some mixing right there.

One of my favorite songs. I really believe this song was a classic the day it was released. They were sort of lumped into the New Wave category, but they're just a good Midwestern American Rock band. But back to you. This song is a bitch to sing, and it's so iconic that I was ready to cringe...

I won't be able to articulate what you did specifically, but that sounds a lot better to me. Spill it. What'd you do?

First, thanks for listening. I've had a historic tendency to mix vocals too loud, but I'd like them to at least be audible, so I appreciate it. This is the first tune I recorded with an outboard compressor, of sorts. A little dbx 286s that I picked up after Christmas. I usually have to go...

I don't know why a songwriter would focus on anything else more than melody. Lyrics matter, the length of the song matters, dynamics matter, the mix matters a lot..it all matters, but if your melody isn't memorable, none of the other elements matter at all. If I'm honest, most things I hear in...

I think it probably sounds pretty close to what you're going for. It'd be nice if the snare was a little more forward and the kick had some 50Hz in it, but I do realize that clicky kicks with no low end are a thing. Good performances.

Version I heard sounded good. I'm looking forward to you getting better drum sounds!

love me some humility

I think it sounds really good. What's your bass chain and treatment? Also, "Last One In The Room" is one of the most melodically hooky things I've heard from the "amateur" ranks in a long time. You mix guitars like the Smashing Pumpkins, which may be a super dated reference, but that's what...

It's nice, man. You're probably not going to get a lot of feedback, because it sounds like you're done with these, and this is more of a "how do I make this better" type of forum, but I didn't want a lack of responses to give you the impression that it sucked. It doesn't. There are some...

Also, the timing on the lead is pretty loose between :18-27 seconds. I mention it because that did actually bug me.