"Addictions" and "Catch My Fears"

[lynx]

Hi,

Any comments about these two new songs, "Addictions" and "Catch My Fears" would be appreciated.

http://www.mp3.com/Keith_Thoms

Thanks!

 

[participant]

addictions - Sounds like an expensive guit! Beautiful. A 12-er? That piano, esp. the lower part really holds everything together. During some of the more heavily layered parts, there is some slight mud and boominess. Lows in the vocals fight the guitar and piano. In a mix like this, think I'd choose the voice and push back the piano and guit. Harmonizing is nice. Did you sneeze (at 1:25?) Almost sounds like Mick Jagger/James Brown goin' "HyAAAAH!" Missing some high end. Cello is beautiful. Don't like the orchestra hit -- sounds a little cheap. Voice is understated baritone. Not bad. Is that a mellotron in there?

Very nice arrangement; I love the low piano part against the melody. In the Mix, I'd look for some slight adjustments for the boominess (right near 120 Hz) and when the vox really get busy, some slight surgical cuts on guit and piano around 250.

Nice song!


Chad

 

[participant]

actually...

...the sneeze was at 1:28...


Chad

 

[lynx]

Thanks for the feedback participant.

The arrnagement was something I worked on for quite awhile and the "sneeze" was my ill-fated attempt at humour in the song. Lose you brain cells, then can't remember the next line...ha, ha.

Right.

Thanks anyway for the comments, appreciated.