Tall Order. New Song.

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I think it's a good song and great melody. I think on this style of tune the vocal should be hotter in the mix. the drums sound good but the fill in quick snare rolls don't flow very well.
all in all a fantastic effort!
 
Awesome tune, you make consistently outstanding songs.

My only comment is I would like to hear the vocals better (louder probably), it's such a great performance I think it should take precedence over the rest of the arrangement. The intro is my favorite part, arrangement is so tasteful imho.
 
It's been a few days, but I'm pretty sure I'm listening to a new version. I'm hearing a more balanced mix left-to-right. everything sounds pretty good to me.

I think the guitars and bass could come down just a smidge. GIve the vocals a little more room.

But that' really about it. I thought it sounded nice.
 
Intro instruments sound nice. I could do without the modulation on the lead vocal. Drums sound good to me. There is an odd snare stutter in the programming that sounds out of place. Same with the hihat once it goes to the 1/8 beat, there's a stutter in the pattern that doesn't fit. Not so much the pattern itself, but the pattern and velocity combination sounds unnatural. Is that EZDrummer? Sounds familiar, in that I've struggled with that 5 kHz bump they put on just about every sample...it might be worth probing around with a parametric EQ on the drum bus and notching out some around 5K, just to see if it takes some of that conspicuous room sound and sizzle out of it. Honestly though I thought the drums sounded nice overall.

Nice song, I like the structure of it. Nice performances and tones on everything, especially the bass and guitars.
 
Good ear! It is EZDrummer. I may have mixed the room track up too high. Thanks for the EQ suggestions. I think that modulation is some flanging between the lead vocal and the double. It was worse in the earlier version. Thought I had killed it. Guess it didn't die. When I do the next (hopefully last) mix, I'm going to bring the lead vocal up and either reduce the reverb or EQ the reverb bus so make it blend into the track better. I think the reverb is actually making that flanging more audible right now.

Jimistone pointed out that snare pattern as well. There I was patting myself on the shoulder thinking it sounded slick... :laughings:
 
The challenge on this one is how soft the vocal is. It's not exactly a voice that cuts through. I'd be trying to make it more easily heard. It sounds clearly heard at places like 3.07 when other stuff stops playing. The bass sounds beautiful, but it can come down a dB, for instance.
 
Good song...for me, it has a Moody Blues vibe to it.

Yeah, the vocals could come up a bit.
 
miroslav said:
Good song...for me, it has a Moody Blues vibe to it..
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That was my first thought when it started playing. Justin Hayward.

I like the tune. I agree with all the others, the vocals could come up a touch. Sometimes they get too buried.

Good stuff :thumbs up:
 
Vocals need a little more level or definition as they sit back & fit well most of the time but when the guitar licks etc come in it gets buried. Simple enough to lift the vocals a tiny bit each time the arrangement get full. The bass does seem to dominate the busier parts - though its level suits the quiet parts.
 
Good song and your voice is really great, get some real genuine vulnerability from it. As the others said though, turn up the vox a bit and the bass down a tad. Speaking of the drums, they sound really good, like real drums
 
Has an "Alan Parson's Project" vibe to it. Close to finished for me :thumbs up:
 
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