PLEASE CRITIQUE THIS MIX AND VOCALIST

I like this tune. Your daughter has that Bonnie Riatt vibe to her voice. I hate critiquing mixes, but I'll do my best. The piano seems more dominant on the left, sooo, I would take the crunchy guitar and bring that over to the right a bit for a nice sonic seperation. At times it sounded a little mid-rangy, but some slight eq'ing would fix that. Other than those minor tweaks, this is a very good song Larry! Good to have you back in these parts again bro'.

Yes, she does have a great voice and yes, I'm jealous! Great job on this!

Sounds got via my monitor speakers. The piano ought to be a bit more centered and bit deeper in the mix. The vocals are sounding great! The rest of the mix sits nice and tight. I like the tune!

Mike

Dammit!!! Soundclick is out again!!

Sounds really good!

During the start of the song I thought the verb on the vocals was too short, and too wet. It's a nice verb to use, but I though it died unnaturally quickly and was just a little too saturated. Once the song got going though I thought it fit in very well in terms of decay time and wetness. Any longer decay and it would just get all muddy in the mix. Maybe some automation on it could even it out a little? Just an idea, but otherwise it sounds great! Good job! And I probably wouldn't be too fussed on that verb, if you like it like that, go with it, that's just what I would do.

Actually no, just listened again, would really like the wetness to go down a bit.. I think the decay time would sound fine with that wetness down, then bring it up a bit when the song gets going. Maybe cut some of the highs just a little bit with an eq shelving on the wet part of the verb. I think it's the highs that need a faster decay time, but the lows are decaying alright.

Either way, good job!

Hi all
Thanks for your helpful ears. I'll automate the verb, and sync the piano. I also found an out of sync spot in the vocal comps. The bass is supposed to be string bass, Beagle, kinda wanted it to start a bit cabaret and get more rock as it progresses. Tom the drums are sampletank and I kinda like the sterile drum charichature (sp?) especially the snare.
I thought about re- amping them , them had a real drummer over for some songs and he was cool but for this one I thought the obviously dry in the box thing may be a nice contrast to some other songs in the project. The congas are real, and last night I re- posted the song with some spots where the congas stick out more. Thanks so much everybody. I'll dial it in some more and bump the thread when that occurs.
LK

Larry I didn't hear it before the changes but sure liked what I heard.
I think the mix showcases her voice and that's good.

Michael

Nice tune and vocals too.... I'd like to hear more deeper bass. The drums were a bit boring.

The reverb at the start sounds much better. I liked it like that, very good!

Didn't like that one random delay on the vocals though.. Sounded a little cheezy...

I am thinking maybe there is too much reverb on the vocals in the mix once it gets going now.. I know I said I liked it before, but there is definitely too much now (I don't know if you actually did change that or not.. I am listening to it on fresh ears now..). Hmm, maybe automation is not required, maybe just keep the verb as you have it at the start now...

Oh and I like the congas!