Larry T.

First mix?....are you kidding?....that song sounds great from beginning to end....tasteful strings, great vocal, nylon guitar sounds great, tremolo guitar sounds great....my nitpicks: a soft trumpet would be nice, maybe a harmonica just to see if it would fit....beautiful work Mark ????

the vocal could come down 1 or 2 dB's maybe, purely a matter of taste....my ears enjoy your voice so i like the level in the master....generally when a record arrives to market the voice is way good enough to be mixed louder than or, at least, a few dB's above, the rest of what's there....very few major artists need to bury their voices but one exception i always recall is David Bowie's "Watch That Man", his vocal is mixed way lower than normally done ????

i listened to the Master....your voice rocks, you got it....harmonies are good but the voice singing with you is too low to get a good read on some of the time (this is called nitpicking lol!!!!)....the music sounds great....this recording is ready for market as far as my ears and wallet can tell....Good Luck!!!! ????

totally interesting piece....i'd bring down the vocals volume at the beginning....which does seem to gradually decrease to where it sounds good to my ears around the 1:50 mark....vocal volume increase around 2:50 a bit too much....the music is excellent, basically a drone with rhythm and the synth melody wandering nicely over everything around 4:20....so, strictly my subjective taste....an excellent composition overall ????

Aother good one....i like the sound of the mix on this ????

this piece is a great template to use for growing to a bigger, more developed, yet still simple end result if that's what you are looking to do....the groove is nice but needs more music (sax, piano, vibes) and length....as to what genre to classify under, dunno....lo fi, acid jazz, trip hop ????

Hi Peter....in case you haven't heard about a You Tube channel called #creativesauce i strongly suggest checking out Mike Enjo's video tutorials on the Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW as with those videos and this Forum you will have all the info you need to get up to speed very quickly....here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/creativesauce

congrats on the piano....very nice composition you have written there....beautiful intro....like how it picks up a bit around the middle....enjoy it very much ????

great song and great job on all of it....singing, back ground vocals, arrangement, all of it ????

very tasteful and thoughtful combinations of piano, synths, percussion, EQ'ing and so forth....enjoy listening to it ????

very, very good version....your variations of the original's timing and rhythm choices throughout the song are exceptionally well done as is your drumming....as far as i can hear there are parts i would aux track, re-EQ and volume automate to get a different end result, but this is your work so it comes down to what you hear and perceive as the best presentation ????

this is a most interesting, informative post....the song is great, well arranged, played, recorded, now it's just a question of ears and taste as to how it will wind up sounding....i can offer the perspective that most all of my stuff is recorded totally in the green, no yellow nor red in any meter whatsoever, the most tracks i've used is 32, i have used the absolute minimum amount of saturation, limiting, compression, tube emulators, etcetera....i rely on EQ'ing and volume automation along with recording each different drum, guitar, synth, piano, organ, etcetera piece on their own individual track for maximum audio manipulation so as to achieve maximum audio clarity and maximum overall song presentation.... as i've only been doing this for about 5 months listen to the professional's comments....please, carry on ????

Hi Michael....very nice work....enjoy listening to it ????

Hi John, real nice song there, imho: shorten one or more of the verses, bring up/add some jangly piano, add a fiddle, try adding a tambourine, your voice has a nice Levon Helm feel and the harmonies rock ????

Hi Jerry....beautiful and brilliant, as always....a writer once reviewed a new Beatles album back in the mid/late sixties and remarked on their "compulsive creativity" which is a description i think also applies to your musical abilities as well ????

great work....finger snapping (wood block????) classy touch...the guitars sound great, nice to see the sax get some time, suggest getting some piano in there doing some solo work as the guitars tend to dominate ????

Great piece of music, agree it should be longer, totally succeeds in creating and sustaining a very pleasant, comfortable atmosphere and mood ????

Hi Makke....very nice song, nice melodies, tighten the drums a little bit, very cool vibe like Neil Young's first solo album or early Buffalo Springfield/Poco ????

Hi bjornpdx....very nicely done piece....there's a group from Belgium called Aranis that i think you may find some value in hearing, particularly a song of their's called Finale (it's on You Tube and is about 10:09 long) ????

Good song, good production....you've got all the right parts in their right places....agree about the Tom Petty quality to your voice, which is fine, maybe bring up a little....very good work!!!! ????

Very well done jack....enjoy this one very much ????

Thanks Wookiee....i'm working on putting a vocal part to the song to improve it....Thanks for the compliments!!!! ????

Hi Tom....Thanks for your detailed reply....i approach the bass parts on my stuff exactly the same way as i'm a guitarist first and everything else second....cheers! ????

Hello jack....i haven't tried exactly what you said above but i will....i like to add some syncopation like on the hi hats at 0:17 or 0:47 and especially at 1:55 which can be done in the Piano Roll after quantizing....thanks again ????

Hi Tom, thanks for your input and suggestions....i know i don't comment on your songs too much only because i'm pretty much stuck in my ambient pop wheelhouse and my rock/prog/blues/rockabilly/you name it if it's not ambient related mindset is just not operating like it used to....that being said.... the bass in the song was done live via aScarlett Audio Interface with a CbB aux track created to increase the clarity, impact and options (FX, balance, tones....)....i then switched them over to mono to auto raise their volume and presence by about 3dB's....i don't see a reason to modify the bass as the melodies also were done on their own tracks and are EQ'ed for their places in the sound spectrum for optimal clarity and also aux tracked for other options....sorry to drag this out for so long.... lastly, if you have a chance, can you riff or throw me a link that explains what "And then drop that into the EZDrummer or Superior Drummer's "search" function. That's the little "cheat" I like to use" means???? cheers!!!! ????