
Nola
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I love the song. Good writing man. Not much to change. The vocal is effective. You've got the focus on that, as it should be, and on the guitars which sound great. The bass is at a good level. That's your P/J? The drums are low obviously, but it seems to work with the mellow, trancy vibe.
Yeah, I did think it went on a bit long.
What are you doing with the guitars? They sound fantastic.
That Princeton sounds great. Hope you were cranking it! How were you getting all that sustain? Just from pushing the amp, or is that compression?
yeah, so, I'd completely want to redo that ending...I think it would be awesome if right after "strength" you just went all out with heavy drums and hard panned doubled guitars whailing away. Just like 6:50 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4spkVX8z-vs&index=10&list=PL7A331C4B7954C1E1
The rest sounds great to me. I just feel like that solo guitar is doing one thing and everything else is staying right where it was, and they aren't complementing each other but kind of fighting about where the song is going. Honestly, I'd kill it at the end, just let those guitars go nuts with that solo and bring in the drums full blast.
That's all I got.
Cool, thanks, Andru, for the suggestion. I rewrote the "outro" drum part to have more drive.
I wouldn't feel the need to do anything more to it by way of adding stuff in at the end. Nothing wrong with droning away like you do for as long as you do - would fit nicely in an album. Sort of thing Wilco might do - in terms of the drone ending, that is - not comparing you.
What I would do is go and hunt down some of the clicks and pops which are appearing here and there.
It's you, it's your own particular style and the warbly vocals fit in perfectly with it - there have been lots of people who don't have the greatest singing voices, theoretically, who make interesting and listenable music. Not enough people pursuing their own particular thing as you are, if you ask me.
Nice.
Honestly, I like that A LOT better. I think it sounds great and it's a well written part. From a producing aspect, I'd consider another set of hard panned guitars with hard chords at that spot. Something is lacking on the 1st beat of that section, like it's not hitting as full as it could. Need to see the mix to see if it's something in there or if it could just benefit from an additional set. Still really good, and I think you did a great job on it.
How do you feel about it? In the end, it's your tune. Just offering my opinions. And I have a lot of them when it comes to arrangement and whatnot![]()