Ruralrocker2010

@Lynn Wilson I want to give this a couple listens through my other speakers. I was using my smaller 5in monitors. Can you email me the wav file and I can look inside my daw?

The first minute or so the piano and bass were very thick in the mid-range which took away from the clarity of the vocal which was delivered well. The overtones then hung on which distracted me and made me draw my attention to the drums - which made me feel like there's either a mix (volumes) issue or an overcompression. I felt like the drums weren't as sonically good as the other instruments and I didn't understand why. So, that's really what gave me the overcompression idea. The guitar work is stellar. So many nuance riffs and stabs that were very cool to listen to. The bassline is also very well delivered. If you wanted to try an alternate mix, I'd pull the bass back about 3-6 db to bring it within a db or 2 of the kick. Then, that piano or organ, I would, pull it back just a touch & eq out 400-800 to take out some of the boxy-fatness and then bump the vocal up a bit. Leave the guitars as is. But - that's all just preference stuff. Lynn your stuff is always good work. The instruments sound really good and everythin g is so well done.

Great bassline. I like the harmonies. The visuals are stunning...hard not to think about how much we've lived through in the last 40 years. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing.

26 seconds in. Yes, that note. More of that!

I'm sure every note has significance and you shared your pain, loss & gain with us. You had her to love and to give this song back to you and to us. Thank you for sharing. Your loss is saddening and sobering. The song does the job for which it was intended. I appreciate the share. As you listen in the future and are reminded, I hope it can be more than sadness.

Your harmonies are GREAT. Is that just you singing? At first, I thought the bassline, or low end was male "mmmms"...and I thought dang, that's super cool. Inspiring work. My only crit is that your opening melody cadence is a bit jarring with the placement of the syllables of 'forever'. The "ver" lands on an off beat in a way that makes me think it's out of time and then the rest of the line finishes without me feeling comfortable. It feels rushed, but the melody is great and the lyrics interesting. It's a small thing - but it stood out to me.

The building energy element of this track is stellar. It begins open and spacious and then builds in an exciting way. I found myself pleasantly surprised as to where the track went. In the opening verse, you go A, B, A, B in terms of melody. I found myself wanting an A, A B, A, B or like a A A A B... but what you did leading to your first chorus was a good lift for the emotional tone. By the time you get to the 2nd verse it makes sense, but probably because you've heard it before. Either way, not bad, just that your first melody line stood way out and I felt that the resolve took away from how interesting that first line one. Lots of great hooks in this song. Listened twice! Great melody, great energy, great mix. Very enjoyable.

Hi Freddy, Has a 60's feel at times with your horn stabs sounding a bit like Roy Orbison to me, some of the drum fills give me that vibe too. I agree with your genre, it has every bit of crooner, alt prog, rock, blues and some soul lines in there with the horns. Personally, I found the timing to be a little distracting and some of the horns stabs weren't in tune or not in a mode I recognized for what I was expecting, but that's not really a crit as much an observation. I found the through line of the song to be enjoyable and inspiring. I appreciate the reflection of the world creating art. That's truly inspiring.

I'm gonna count that as a first for me personally; @steve@baselines.com said he felt like I was there - I had that same sensation. The music fit perfectly. I kept going back and forth between thinking how neat and otherworldly the place seemed while at the same time cold and bleak, yet, to your point, tranquil. The history of that place must have very interesting stories to tell. Thanks for sharing this.

So, obviously you love Kansas, right? Great tune!

It's just I feel like you're talking about me right now.

Dope guitar tone. I love the feel of the instrumentation. Obviously you're re-living the moment and that can most obviously be felt in the drums but yea the classic rock feel to this is also inviting. What a crazy story.

Mix sounds great. Song didn't really catch my attention, but all the parts sound quite professional.

Sounds like a song that comes from a very real and heartfelt place. Art is just the conversation we have with ourselves until we meet someone who's been there before too; thanks for sharing yours. Keep it up brother.