"marigolds" original

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Vocal is very pitchy in places and very dry - needs some high end and reverb, when you change to the louder style around 2:25 the volume comes down but room reverb is more noticeable, guessing you backed off the mic but did not automate the volume on the track. Drums need more volume.
I guess when you refer to the outro, you mean the part from 3:45 on? The ah-ah reverb is over-the-top for my liking (but that's just me), and whatever words were being spoken over that were indistinct. The whistling sounds kind of random, as does this whole part. Reminds me of my college drug-fueled days using the sound-on-sound of a reel-to-reel in a living room for endless echo effects.
 
The song is ok. Mike B referred to pitchiness. I heard that too, but it sounded more like you were not totally sure of how the melody should go and were hunting around for the note. This was most noticeable in the first chorussy bit.

The guitars left and right overwhelmed the percussion, specially during the loud bit.

I didn't mind the outro . . . it sounded sixties-psychedelia . . . but I grew up with that, and am not averse to using similar tricks even now.
 
The bass has a nice tone. I'm a big fan of the twang.
The voice was definitely off during the chorus. It wasn't very noticeable during the verses.
The drums should come up a bit. I can hear them but they're not really doing anything back there. If they were more up front, they'd help with the groove.
The rainforest sounds were neat but I really just like nature sounds always
 
every a-hole has an opinion but the only comment I could think of when I was done hearing it was that I'd probably appreciate it if it were edited down into a more 3:00 minute type thing. I don't think the song offers enough to warrant that much time. It would be more interesting if it just made a point and left and let me fill in the rest. I even heard it again and I just feel like it's crawling at a snail's pace
 
I like the "distance" you have on the loud singing part. I find the soft singing part in the beginning is a little dry and dark - especially when you compare it to what's going on around it (and the very wet ending). If you changed that I think it would bring everything together as a recording better.
It's not too long and it has a cool ending. Several different "feels" (loud soft etc) make it interesting too.
 
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