Angels Have To Fly - genetically modified 1/5/14

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and are looking forward to a happy new year.  At the beginning of this year I started collecting songs I've written over the last several years to make a compilation CD.  I'm near the end of that project, and I thought that I'd run this song past you all.  I posted it here a couple years ago, but I've made drastic changes to it, lately.  It's based on a true story of a dear friend of mine who escaped an abusive relationship with her life.  The lyrics are personal, and if they are hard to understand, they make perfect sense to my friend.  Otherwise, I'm open to any suggestion over the mix, mastering, or performance.  Thanks for all your help over this last year.  It's been a blast!
 
Genetically modified 1/5/14
The song can be found here: http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=12633475&q=hi&newref=1

Lynn, That was pretty nice. The vox is right on and the background many need some more equaling out and maybe some track panning, but I love all of the textures throughout the song and the guitars were very nice in this. You always come up with some interesting lyrics and that's what make your songs so unique for me. I liked it and the message, would be personal, but I'm sure your friends understands them completely. Very nice song. Hope your Christmas was good as well.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Hi Lynn.  I'm glad that you had a good Christmas.
Hey, I like this one.  To me it has a 1960's psychedelic feel to it and the arrangement that you have on the instrumentation adds to that feel.  I don't know why but it has an Electric Prunes feel to me.  If you were attempting this kind style on this song, too much fixing up might ruin the psychedelic sound of it.  A little less panning (left and right) might make it sound a bit more full but what do I know?  The lyrics are cool and certainly match the style of the music and the vox sound really good.
Nice one.
Happy New Year.

Freddy J, I must have had too much to dream last night.  I never would have thought of the EP's, but I sure played that song a lot in high school.  Actually, I think I ripped off a gtr riff from Adrien Belew and King Crimson when writing this.  I appreciate your time and input and hope you have a HNY!
 
Robbie, that was the best critique you could have given me.  Thanks so much for listening and a HNY to you!  May you continue to be healthy and creative. 

I enjoyed that very much, Lynn. I won't mask any comments on the mix, as my iPad isn't all that truthful when it comes to mixes. Happy new year!

Agree with Frank. Mix isn't bad overall, just that the instruments are overwhelmed by the vox. Harmonies sound good to me.
 
Something is missing in the low end, but I can't put my finger on it from the Soundclick stream.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Dan, thanks for listening and responding.  I agree with you, and I have remixed this song as of yesterday.  Hopefully, it will be more balanced now.  I cranked up the bass gtr and drum, per your suggestion.
 
Robbie, thanks for the bump!

Thank you, Tom, for the bump and the kind words.  I love it when someone mentions Bowie in regard to my music.  He put on one of the best shows I've ever seen in KC on his 2004 tour.  The edginess comes from the real life situation that I wrote about.  The best to you this year.

Cian, it's good to hear from you!  HNY to you as well.  Thanks for the comments and suggestion.  This is what I'm looking for.  I will make another version of this with the drums a bit hotter, for sure.

markno999
Lynn,
 
The backing track sounds very far in the background compared to the Vox.  Cool song though.
 
Regards  

Yep +1.  Music and melodies are great,but the balance between vox and backing music not quite right. From 1.30 where the music gets louder the balance is much better,maybe automate the vox to bring levels down up to 1.30 ?
 
Love the riffs !!!!! They stay in your head :) Listening on headphones so its hard to comment about the mix,but what I hear is that the drums could do with a little more bottom end and punch ??
 
Love the break at 0.59s and backing vox work nicely.
 
Great track,just needs a bit of tweaking in the levels here or there.
 
Have a great 2014 Lynn !
 
Kev
 

I agree with theory about the sound is back the voice but in generally the song is very interesting !!

have a nice 2014

from Italy
Elix  

@ rscain - thanks for taking the time to listen and your response.  More low end on the bass is a priority on the next go-round.  I'm not sure about f/x on the vocals because I don't want to obscure the lyrics, but I've tried it that way, and it sounds cool.
 
@ Kev - I appreciate your comments, and I'm going to work on those suggestions.  Good ears.  I now realize that I really overloaded the vocals, originally.
 
@ Leizer - Wow, Pink Floyd?  What a nice thing to say.  There are so many influences in my background that I don't always know where they're coming from.  Thank you.
 
@ elix - I agree with you and everyone else about the balance between voice and instruments.  I'll work on that.  Greetings to my Italian friend!
 
@ james1213 - I just double checked that stretch, and I don't hear what you're hearing.  That really doesn't mean anything, though, and if others hear timing issues, I'll be most eager to fix them.  Since I'll be remixing this shortly, I'll put this under the microscope.  Thanks for taking the time to listen several times :)!
 
I wish that I could buy you all a round of beer.