I tend to go overboard with tape emulation, I peeled off a bunch before this mix and thought I'd have to pull more before all is said and done. Thanks for your encouraging words, Lynn!
Steve, thank you for chiming in, always great advice. I've been avoiding compression lately but there's no doubt sometimes you got to have it. I'll give that a try. Thank you for your feedback!
Such a happy song.
I suspect the mix is less than optimal, so as always, your comments, critiques and suggestions are most welcome!
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Ah, some old school stuff, just in time for Christmas. Your mixes sound so good, great horns in here. Is that a xylophone? 😮 Would you call this a shuffle?
Hey, Lynn, great tune! The keyboard sounds great, and I really dig the vocal melody. Love the lyrics, I'm very fortunate that I've had many people like that in my life. Mix-wise my ear wanted to hear a bit more bottom end, and maybe a bit more drums. I spent a bit of time listening to some of your other tunes on SoundClick, some really good stuff there. You've got a great sound that's all yours.
A great old tune and a real challenge to cover simply because of Mitchell's unique delivery, but I gotta say, the vocal performance was wonderful. Utterly faithful but with a unique voice. Guitar break is great, perfect for the song. Arrangement-wise, I'm always a fan of small accent bits here and there to keep things interesting, but honestly, the vocals are compelling enough that the song doesn't suffer. Mix is good to my tattered ears.
Great work!
Good one, jack, fine keys and interesting progression as always. Enjoy your voice on this one quite a bit. Maybe some more drums would add a bit if spice. Thumbs up