PhonoBrainer

You have a good one here! It's a composition and an arrangement that sounds like something that could endure. If it were my arrangement, I'd lose the drums and the flute. When the flute goes into its "auto tremolo" sustain, it blows up the organic nature of those sweet guitar chords. Some other lead instrument might be an interesting experiment? You know what you are doing . . . just my .02 and I think you definitely have something here to tinker and tighten. Very cool. cheers, -Tom

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Awesome voice and a worthy mix supporting her. Well done! The drums in particular sounded great. cheers, -Tom

just piling on the compliments - great vocal mixing ear candy, and when there's no ear candy, your voice still conveys everything super clearly. Love the bounce this song has. You might shorten your intro groove from what sounds like eight bars to four, just as an experiment? And/or maybe add a lead instrument playing a brief hook? Something in the first bit to pull us in a little harder might be an idea. cheers, looking forward to hearing more of your work! -Tom

Silky synthy and saucy. I dug the tremolo panning of what sounded like a rhodes piano? Thanks for interpreting the universe for us! cheers, -Tom

I guess I'm getting in at the end of the mix cycle - the bass guitar is perfect I think, just a good country solid down there. I agree, in the non vocal sections, punch the drums up, maybe add a bit more room to the drums? Your vocals are a crooner with gravitas who doesn't oversing. That's a winner. I like how the acoustic guitar fades in at that one part towards the end! I'd also agree with dropping the drums out completely, except for the chorus. And, since I'm throwing unasked-for ideas out there just for the heck of it, the twinkly synth arpeggio might be tried as a straight piano? The organ is such great glue, well done there. cheers, and thanks for this post, great listen! -Tom

I listened on decent headphones. Really liked the tune and the overall vibe, nailed it. The "ooooh ooooh oooohs" could maybe be a bit tighter in their timing in spots, but only if you want to obsess about it. Along that obsessive edge, you might actually reduce the volume of your lead vocal just a smidge. That would 1) bring up the "dead" spots other people have commented on, and 2)clean up a couple of mouth noises in the gaps. Again, none of that is a dealbreaker in what is a very catchy and memorable song. cheers, -Tom

Infectious vibe on this, super melody and you and your bgv's are delivering the goods as usual. The mix really needs work in some low eq spots, to be honest, the strummed acoustic guitar and snare are both pretty weighty, thick, and heavy down below 500hz. You'd brighten the whole thing up by doing some selective cuts down there to those two. Superior songwriting, your tunes just hit me right. Kind of like The Samples in the groove quality. You know, the band The Samples, not just . . . samples. cheers, -Tom

That is one killer laid back groove. The melody is quite catchy and the instruments are so solid. Bass and drums are well mixed, but so is everything else actually, so why single them out? The video was cool but I only got 780p out of it, is that just on my end? great choice for the vocal treatment as well. keep jammin', you set a high bar indeed! cheers, -Tom

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super moody and cinematic, well done there. You might consider a master bus eq pulling some 350hz out in a narrow notch, it might thin a little low end blur. I think it is the piano, sounds like some woody resonance, but if you can't adjust the piano, maybe the master bus? I dunno. This could easily be in a professional movie. The strings are super clear and defined. cheers, -Tom

Just popped in to say I like it a lot! I had a couple of mix thoughts but I see done is done, just niggles anyway. Your piece has a very listenable sonic palette, sort of a 80's country western Bowie meets Bladerunner. Unique! cheers, -Tom

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So when you want to mute or unmute, you have to pull the cover off, flick the switch, and then put the cover back on again? That could be awkward onstage. You might cut a small slit in the top of your cover, and then glue a small extension handle to the slideable switch, extruding the opposite end of the new switch handle extension out through the new slit in the top of the cover. That way it's less awkward to mute and unmute quickly, you won't have to fumble with your nice switch cover.

Great rendition with full respect for the original. The mix sounded grrrreat in my cans. Very pretty in that outside shot - maybe a few different shots in the out-of-doors would add to the variety of the video. I liked the drums, great panning on the splashy hihats and cymbals, very organic sounding kit. cool vocals, very respectful rendition! cheers, -Tom

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I was listening to version 1 and was going to comment about the vocals needing more commitment to the Black Keys-type distortion, and your second mix covered that, although my recommendation would still be more main vocal volume. Right now, your snare is as loud as your vocal, which as they mask each other anyway in the same frequency range, I'd think you'd want the vocals up a bit. Great guitars, love the tone. The drums are so present and clean yet punchy. Love it. Great tune! Did the docs tell you "heart surgery is the surgery you want to have" ? I remember hearing that one. Congrats on your by-pass filter cheers, -Tom

love the mix of guitars and the more modern synths and sound designs. Sweet guitar licks and tone. Agreed that that bass tone is a keeper - Geddy Lee eat your heart out. If I were to pick a nit a bit, I found the balance a bit weird between the extremely washy hi-hats, and the snare which is pretty vanilla in its tone and ambient treatment, and up front. I might want to hear more nasty ring on the snare or some AP550 compression boomy roomy on it. I dunno, it's a nit, innit? top quality effort, John, I too love your variety! cheers, -Tom

Very nice 60's vibe for me! Nice vocals, I wonder if in the chorus you could sustain your "storm" into "storrrrrrrrrrrrm" - just a thought. In the intro your guitar delay created a neat effect, but you might check the timing of the echoes, do they match your tempo? I'm not sure, worth a check maybe. Really trippy mix of everything when it gets into the instrumental at the outtro, I even caught echoing string noise! I dig it! cheers, -Tom