Larry T.

my brain just couldn't process/accept that part of Kashmir in 6/4, lol!!....i did like the dual bass/guitar riff you inserted in that section, though....it added a dimension that wasn't there before

i'll chime in first, but, i've only been doing this for about six months so i'll keep it short and concise.... #1 thing in a mix is to trust your ears. #2 is balance/volume of all instruments/vox, this is where magic can suddenly appear when it wasn't before #3 for me is the Pro Channel EQ module. finding the right settings can take awhile or sometimes i just go with experience....the Gloss button can do amazing things for vocals as for what works in your mix, imho, the crunchy guitars, the slow piano/vox breakdown around the 5:00 mark, the overall arrangement is quite good as it adds good things that the original doesn't have. what i personally am not a fan of is the 6/4 experiment towards the end although if played with a different arrangement with all instruments on the same page it might work....and, y'know, in music the possibilities are sometimes almost endless cheers!!!! ????

very well done....slow simmer/build up to the 2:00 mark when the party gets going....great song in the New Orleans style of Dr. John and Marcia Ball to name but a few....i can't comment on the mix at this time as i'm at work and listening on ear buds....but, did want to give a big thumb's up for what i'm hearing so far!! ????

excellent work....especially the first piece....the clarity of thinking and understanding of how each note in both of these pieces contributes to the overall realized end result is amazing ????

well done Makke....i think you created a new genre called "jazz surf"!!!!....the jazz chords arrangement is great and the lead lines you play compliment them to create a unified piece of music that is very enjoyable to listen to ????

outstanding jack ??....i thought you were covering Miles Davis' "Selim" from 1971....i think this great song, along with "My Special Place" are my two favorite compositions of yours so far....no disrespect at all to Mr. Davis intended here but you have the better melody lines in your Selim piece....great work, sir!!!! ????

hi Peter....very respectable cover of a piece of music that really has no equal ????

yes, this genre of music (smooth jazz) is what an FM station here in Los Angeles called The Wave 94.7 would play from 1987 to 2010....you guys do your collaborations extremely well....and while this isn't the best material you guys have created it's very chill sounding and works as that type of music....cheers!!!! ????

hi Tom....i just posted the new mix and i did eliminate the hi hat/metronome and think your suggestion is a huge improvement....thanks again very much!!!! ????

thank you!!!! ????

Hi mark....thank you very much....i just posted a new mix and i tried to get the L/R guitars clearer....the "Chords of Orion" guy is awesome......listening to his "My EBow Guitar is Gently Weeping) right now....cheers!!!! ????

great song....great work you guys did....the mix isn't really bad at all, archetypal sixties style....bass level sounds good to my ears....sounds like you have a sitar guitar happening in there....iirc, I think the wrecking crew ( los angeles' premier session musicians in the sixties) did the playing with only Jim (later Roger) Mc Guinn playing his 12 string electric Rickenbacker on the song ? ???

agree that your vocal is way good....the music behind you is good but too, what's the word....perfect????....Good Luck ?⛱️??

Thanks!!!! this piece has been around since the eighties or so....i added a few motifs in the last few months to try to improve it....cheers!!!!

Hi Tom, Thanks for your kind words on this tune....appreciate your listening to this song and suggestions....i'm going to see how it sounds without the hi hat percussion hits, i think that's a geat idea, and bring up the volume a dB or so....cheers!!!! ????

i've always enjoyed melodies on top of other melodies (polyphony I think it's called) and your piece does a great job of that....at this point in the mix you already have quite a bit of motifs to work with....if i was to add another motif since the tone is ominous i would try adding a motif that doesn't use the major scale ????

hi again....watch this Guitar Comp video when you redo the guitar, once you know how to record using the comp feature you will be amazed: https://youtu.be/f3M_XcHFl5Y

your voice is fine and will get better the more singing you do....just last month i decided to watch some You Tube videos on how to sing and the results in my voice have been incredible....for sure, i'm no paul mccartney, mick jagger, roger daltry nor sting....but as one of the voice teachers, Ken Tamplin, says "The only difference between someone who sings and someone who doesn't is the singer has the guts to do it!!" lol!!!! and, funnily enough, i now tend to agree with him....here are three links to who i consider to be the best vocal coaches on You Tube: 1. Ramsey Voice Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfaqE8UHHM&list=PLx3ss4AKhMVdbE6vzog_UER0KsELqZJc6&index=28 2. Dr. Dan's Voice Essentials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhvEDm7luno&list=PLx3ss4AKhMVdbE6vzog_UER0KsELqZJc6&index=13 3. Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSSoZzD7og&list=PLx3ss4AKhMVdbE6vzog_UER0KsELqZJc6&index=4

Thank You very much Kevin....i have been spoiled by listening to an abundance of ambient/minimalist/electronic music lately which does tend to repeat motifs at the expense of dynamics/musical variations/creativity....repetition in music is so unpredictable, sometimes it works and other times doesn't....generally, the things i have been writing i use to help keep myself relaxed and not so stressed....cheers!!!! ????

Thanks Kevin....i was not aware of the distinction....i may get one of those puppy's too ????

Hi Kevin....i'm late to the party but have to say this is a way cool jam that simmers all the way through....guitars tones are great, vox is perfect ????

i agree completely with Kevin about the mic shield (aka pop filter, Amazon has them too)....huge improvement in my vox so, imho, it's really worth the money....???? EDIT: please see NEXT POST from Kevin who corrects my incorrect understanding of the mic shield (Thanks again Kevin....cheers!!!!)

there's a lot to learn, but we all learn a little at a time....i'll try to offer some ideas based on your post.... 1. sample librairies are great and you have them 2. as far as re-recording the guitar part there are numerous ways to do that.... a. use an audio interface with a microphone and record it live, effects can be added later b. plug it directly into the audio interface and record it, or, plug it directly into the audio interface and launch the Cakewalk TH3 guitar VST and you can pick an amp, cabinet and various effects contained in the VST (you can always launch the TH3 after recording a clean take directly and spice it up that way) c. after recording the guitar part you can create an auxillary track of it which is an exact duplicate of it and play around with panning, EQ, effects, balance, volume, etcetera 3. the noise in the vocal track between the singing i always eliminate by automating the volume down to zero between the vox lines....compression is a totally different process that effects the audio quality 4. panning can be controlled by the Pan knob in the Console View module of the track, it can also be automated in the Clip Box so, there is a lot to learn but once you start doing it the learning curve is realtively fast, i can't reccommend Mike Enjo's You Tube tutorials enough at #creativesauce ....he covers all the above clearly...hope this helps ????

you are learning quite well....no engineer can fix a poor performance but there are no poor performances here, quite the opposite: great vox, playing, arrangements....very, very good results and finished song....enjoyed it ??️??

great song, arrangement, playing production, mix....ready for market....good luck!!!! ????