jwnicholson78

Sounds great! Well done.

Hi abw, welcome to the forum, and congrats on posting your first mix. It's a fun tune. I'd suggest maybe tightening up on some of the timing in a few, but you are off to a great start.

Beautiful.

Thanks so much for listening and the kind words.

Very nice. I particularly liked the chord changes.

Listening on my cheap headphones. Sounds good. Love the guitar tone.

Very nice. I really enjoyed that.

Very relaxing. I could see myself meditating while listening to this. Curious what synths you used.

Seems to be a common theme. It's amazing how well those old memories stick with you. Seems like just yesterday when I was a little kid, amazed by my father playing piano. Even though it was ages ago, now.

Thanks! Appreciate it.

Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment!

Cool. The video complements that music really well. Nice job!

Loved it. Bass sounds incredible, and I particularly like the lead bit that comes in at around 1:20. Very nice.

Well done. Guitar sounds great, and I love the storytelling of the lyrics.

Thanks so much! I love your comment, because it reminds me of listening to my father play piano when I was young. He only knew a few songs, but he loved to play them and it was my soundtrack when I was kid.

I really like the composition, but with the fiddle so far out front, it's really exposed, making it obvious it's a synth. Maybe layer it with another VST? I remember watching an interesting video (maybe from Spitfire) about adding fast volume variations to strings to make them sound more realistic. That might work well here as well

Really well done. Guitar tone sounds great! And props to the Hammond/piano player, and drummer. They really complemented your playing.

Very impressive production.

Love that opening chord! Grabs you from the very beginning. I also really enjoyed the part that starts at around 1:40. Made me feel like I was in the middle of a Resident Evil game, just waiting for the jump scare to hit. Well done! Jeff

I don't know how much my suggestions are worth, but I'm happy to give them if it helps ? I took another couple listens, and here's some additional thoughts, for whatever they are worth. All the instruments seems to be basically in the same register. The long electric notes, the electric piano, even the snare and percussion seem to be mostly sitting at the same pitch, so even though they are panned, they're fighting for attention. Also, as a piano player, the trills in the electric piano that hit at about 1:20 and again later sound overly programmed to me. If so, a little bit of timing variation, accenting the 4th note, and quieting the notes in between will help immensely. You might want to interrupt them with some nicely chosen chord stabs, rather than carrying them on for so long. Jeff

Thanks! I appreciate the listen and taking time to comment.

I sat down to try and write a straight boogie, but it turns out I get bored easily, and didn't take long before I started straying from a strict 1-4-5. The piano is the Grandeur, from Native Instruments. I used the Deep Grandeur preset, added in just a touch of parallel compression and little bit of EQ to clean up some of the mud. Other than that, I mostly left it alone to do it's thing.

I appreciate the comment about the chord voicing. That something I've been working, so it's really nice to hear you say that.

Thanks so much!

Thanks! Much appreciated.