I like the song but the sounds not so much. The guitar is kind of harsh sounding and thin, the bass and drums are pretty weak and compressed? sounding. I think it could be good with some work. I have in the past recorded a commercial song that is a great recording onto a track as a reference when mixing. I also like to send a mix to my phone and listen on my headphones that I use all the time and compare to other tracks on there. I'm no expert so take what I say with a grain of salt.
Thanks a lot Jack, David, Miguel, Mark! David, the Yamaha is a NCX1C, it's a standard neck cutaway classical with a red cedar top. I really am impressed with it, the finish, the tone, it plays like a much more expensive instrument.
New original tune inspired by the new Yamaha nylon string guitar. Using my Glarry jazz fretless on this too.
https://www.bandlab.com/studedude/rio-al-mar-5b9ba1ae?revId=f29abe9d-f20f-ec11-981f-a04a5e798978
Sounds much fuller, the pedal steel sounds good. There is a weird thing going on in the intro with the violin? sound, maybe replace it with more pedal steel. Not a fan of the rhythmic synth on the chorus when the backup vocals come in, it is distracting. Overall much improved.
Great song and vocals! On my monitors the midrange is pretty irritating making me want to turn down the volume (opposite of what to do with good song) Try listening through as many different speakers/headphones as you can it might help the mixing. Keep at it, it's good stuff.
You have a pretty melody there but the instruments are not up to the quality of the song. It sounds kind of flat. Maybe the arrangement needs some more work. I think the vocal is out front a bit too much. You do write some pretty songs for sure and your vocal is very nice too.