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I think it's a cool tune. Good melodies and I think you have a really good voice. Not much to add that hasn't been said. TripleM hit on everything that was standing out to me. Just wanted to chime in to say that I think it's a good song and it's certainly worth putting some more time into the mix.

Thanks man. Great tips. I do 90% - 95% of my mixing in mono. What I am not doing enough of lately is raising and lowering the volume throughout the process. I used to do that, but I stopped somewhere along the way. Agree with the importance of the vocal tracks. I'll play with the frequencies...

Thanks Hugo :). The drums took a while, yeah. No more than the countless hours everyone around here spends on their tracks though. Such a time sink, but I can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing.

Good idea. I will make a two or three passes over the mix at different volume levels and just make notes on how the vocals are coming across. No moves, just listening. I don't do this nearly enough (listen at various volumes, that is). I'll do little exploratory sweeps at different levels as...

Hey, man, thanks so much. I'm stoked that you think the drums sound good and are programmed convincingly. I was kind of worried that you'd nail me on some aspect of them. I have played on and off throughout the years just a little bit, and I did a very brief stint as a drummer in a band that...

Thanks a lot, TripleM. Agree on the vocal levels. Now that I have let the mix fester for a few days and gave my ears a break from it, it has become easier to pick out things that need to be adjusted (plus the feedback helps so much). The vocal levels are heavily automated, but I need to revisit...

Thanks man! Happy you gave it a listen and think the mix works in general. Is there a particular place where you felt the vocals needed some tweaking, or overall? What are you thinking? Upper mid lift? High lift? I have decided that there is one place in particular where I want to pull the...

Cheers, fb :). I'm not the vocalist/lyricist. That's Sam (sammydix). I don't think he and I have ever discussed Guns N' Roses, so I'm really not sure. Musically, perhaps. Early G N' R was certainly stuff that I listened to endlessly when I was in high school. I think I chewed up 3 copies of...

Thanks a lot, jimistone. Very happy that you liked the song and enjoyed the listen :). The drums are the SD2 Hit Factory kit. I would of course prefer to use recorded acoustic drums and a drummer, but I am very happy with how various SD2 kits sound since I don't have that luxury. The...

Glad this tune got bumped. I haven't heard any of your material yet. This is really cool! The song is really infectious. Really well crafted with awesome musical and vocal hooks. You have already alluded to the boxiness and that you're going to work it, although it would probably benefit the...

Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts, Mike. I very much appreciate you taking the time to share some interesting ideas. We appear to have very different songwriting and mixing sensibilities (which is neither good nor bad, just very different). By all means, please continue to share...

I've never heard one of these or a dulcimer (that I could pick out in a song, although I am sure I have without picking it out as such). I like the general tone and character of the instrument from what I am hearing. It has a bit of a boxy quality to it that I am assuming is due mainly to it's...

Cool track. I'm not really getting a "sounds like" sense from this, which is great. Pretty unique sound (at least according to what I am familiar with). Well balanced overall. Good sounds. From a personal and subjective standpoint based on how the mix is coming across in my space: Something...

Thanks rayc. Yes, that's right. I had the amp (15 w/12 inch single speaker cab) pretty cranked (8.5 - 9 or so main volume) using a relatively clean setting so all the distortion is drive and break up. It's kind of shocking how loud one can get with 15 watts. I haven't tried recording a 50 or 100...

Tight band. Cool track. The mix sounds pretty good overall, but there does seem to be a lack of punch from individual instruments. I have experienced this in the past either from instrument layering or relatively aggressive dynamic processing that is generally using attack that is good for...

Thanks, Tadpui. I was wondering about the panning of the toms, so thanks for bringing them up. The close mic'd pieces are panned to their apparent positions in the OH's, but I can certainly pull them in a bit if they pull attention to the sides a bit too much right now. I like the ringing of...

Tight low end. I really liked the impact and punch of the bass and kick. Guitars might benefit from a bit more brightness by maybe a dB around 4k. Perhaps not just specifically the guitars. Perhaps the whole mix would benefit from a high shelf lift to give it some more air. The mix is a touch...

This is a pretty different kind of tune compared to the first three Music to Murder tracks I posted here in the clinic. If you are one of the few who recall the style of the first three tracks, this one might seem kind of surprising because there's no funk and no sleaze. Funk and sleaze is good...

This sounds fantastic. I'm generally not into songs about feelings, but I am making an exception in this case. Great recording, and great mix choices. The lead guitar tone is beautiful and the feeling in the playing is great. Awesome job here. Just... awesome.

Big CCR fan (who isn't I guess?). I like how you've re-imagined this song. The arrangement and staging is cool. I kinda wanted drums earlier in the song, even in a subtle way, but that's subjective and can't really be faulted. The mix itself sounds good to me. Everything is clear and the tones...