Keith Wilby

It's fantastic, like your stuff always is, but I have a reservation about the harmonica. It sounds very harsh and in-your-face to me. I know it's a personal thing and you're probably quite happy with it but I'd try to soften it a bit (with some reverb perhaps?) or maybe consider doing the solo with a different instrument. Just my 2p worth ?

Ditto.

Very very nice. I can imagine some backing ooohs and ahhhs on it ?

Yeah I'd been thinking that too so I'm glad you mentioned it unprompted. I'd put some subtle delay onto it to try and blend it a bit better but I'll give some chorus a go too. ?

This is a much improved mix to my ears, although the drum kit could be louder and the timing issues remain which make the rhythm difficult to follow, for me at any rate. The songs seems a little flat to me too. Not tonally flat but sonically. I think it might benefit from a more subtle build-up. I'll have to Google that, I have no idea what it is.

Probably Fame by Bowie ?

Welcome to the Machine ? Genre isn't my cup of tea but I'm well aware of how much effort went into this and why people would enjoy it. Well done ?

Hi all. This is a big ask but I'd like to invite everyone to review the new album that I intend to send to all of the streaming services soon. All of the songs have already been run by you on here and I appreciate the feedback, but if you have time to listen then I'd like any further feedback you might have about any aspect at all - the mixes, production, songs, running order, cover art ... go wild ? It's available here and thanks in advance:

I will, thanks Mark.

Hi Dazzla. It sounds rather muddled to me, like there are too many sounds fighting for space. I also felt that there are timing issues, especially with the bass - is it "real" or a VST? I'd look at quantizing if it were me. But then of course it's not me and that might have been what you wanted. And if you had fun doing it, which is the main thing, then why not? Just my 2p worth.

First of all, huge sympathy with all tinnitus sufferers. My mum had it and she said voices sounded like Daleks. Must be bloody awful. I have a bit of a high pitched ringing but my wife doesn't talk all the time. Regarding the mix, sounds spot on to me ?

I posted an earlier version of this about a year ago and got some really good feedback - thanks again for that. It's the final song that I'm completing for an "album" drop onto the streaming services so I'd welcome your input. I've replaced some of the VSTs on the previous version with real guitars and I've struggled a bit with mixing the lead guitar properly. Hopefully it won't make your ears bleed too badly. https://www.bandlab.com/post/03c61f43-7f5b-ee11-9937-000d3a41ec2a

Thanks for all of the comments guys, much appreciated. I'll revisit the mix, I think you've probably summed it up nicely @Larry T. ?

Hi all, it's been a while so ... I think I previously posted this song as "Speakeasy" a while back. This version is shorter and has a lead guitar solo in place of the MIDI sax. EDIT: forum comments actioned. Further comments welcomed. https://www.bandlab.com/post/d9ae5bc8-5058-ee11-9937-000d3a41ec2a

Superb, well done ?

Fantastic playing, and I bet you're one of those annoying people that make it look easy too ?

EZ Keys "Bandmate". Kiki Dee didn't appear did she?

I'm not sure but it was considered by poor people like my mum to be something of a delicacy/treat in the late 60s/early 70s ?

Yeah that's how I feel about it, but then when I'm looking after my 11 month old grandson I'm 30 again ?

Amazing guitar, I wish I had that ability. I think the drums dominate the song though, they were too much of an irritant for my ears. Just 2p worth ?

I've done a mix of this song with a sprinkling of AI on the piano track that makes it sound a bit more Rick Wakeman and a bit less Les Dawson. Gone are the drums and bass on this one too. Same video as the original, more or less.

Thanks @Bruno de Souza Lino, that was actually "excluded" for me for some reason. I'll have a play with it ?

Thank you so much Paul. I literally watch myself grow old in it ?

Good point.

I absolutely cannot stand this guy's productions. At first I thought that it was because, on every song I've heard of his, he mumbles the verses and then yells the choruses at the top of his lungs. Rinse and repeat with no let-up. But then I realised that other singers have done this too, for example Tina Turner, but their records don't grate onto my ears like Capaldi's do, so what is it? The only thing I can fathom is that it's something to do with how the recordings are engineered and mastered. They really do give me a headache and I have to switch him off when he comes on the radio. Or it could be that my ears are getting old and can't tolerate some modern production techniques. Who knows? Just my 2p worth ?