When You Love Me (Mix III)

This is a remix of a song I produced for my cousin, who writes songs, but really shouldn't sing them. His girlfriend's daughter sang the song with him as a duet. I then went in and did all the instruments and BG vocals. He wants the Rhodes piano solo replaced by a guitar solo. Done! Rik suggested I add sax fills throughout...what a great idea! It worked out well. Thanks Rik! Wookie said the bass was too heavy...I cut it back. Thanks Wookie!  
 
NOTE: The BG vox, organ, piano and sax were all done with my Roland GR-20 Guitar synth.   
  
When You Love Me   
 

Rik,
Thanks for your thoughts. I'll be messing with it some more today.

Thanks, Wook. As I said, this is a rough mix.

Thanks, James! Check out the new mix!

I understand why they are singing on this? But I would replace both of them :-( That GR-20 is a cool little toy :-)

Wookie,
Thanks...still working on the mix, bass included.

Robby,
I would replace them too if I could.

Rik,
Thank you very much for your help!

Man, that sax sounds good.  You're playing it on your guitar?  Cool!  I agree with JC--fun, well done and engaging.  It put a smile on my face.  :)

Really love their singing and their voice quality is very good.  There are few spots that they are not quite on pitch.  Also love the melody, very nice and happy song.  Great job on the sax.

"Scottytunes"
We need to retrack vocals next, as they seem a little hesitant and flat to me.

For having read the thread, I know you're not completely happy with the vocals. On the other hand, I wasn't listening with a critical ear at all. Just having fun with the overall vibe. 

Vincente,
Thanks! Glad you like the song and I'm glad you liked my emulated sax parts too.

Jamesyoyo,
Thanks for the listen! I didn't scoop out any mids, but the only mid instrument is the acoustic guitar...maybe I need to raise that up a tad. I think the kick is still too loud also. So, did you like the guitar "slaying"? 

JC,
Understood. Thanks again.

Mike,
Thank you very much for taking it for a spin. I'm glad you approve of the guitar synth sax parts.

 I really enjoy the tune and your performances were superb. The vocals to me sound pretty good to me for the most part, just a few spots... I think with a bit of work they could pull it off nicely.

ohgrant


 I really enjoy the tune and your performances were superb. The vocals to me sound pretty good to me for the most part, just a few spots... I think with a bit of work they could pull it off nicely.

Thanks Grant!   They will be redoing their vocal tracks when she comes back to the area.

mgh


vox a little pitchy at times, loving the string bend-sax moments! nice tune, great playing.

Thank you! That's my 'sultry' sound.

This is a little different from you, Scotty.  Sax sounds really different, but the articulations are really cool. Nice work. Vocals could use a tad of help sounding a bit more uniform. The pitchy-ness, I think isn't really all that prounounced, yet the two voices don't seem to blend as well making it appear more like they are pitchy. Just a guess but if you were to listen to each voice by itself with the music does it perhaps sound less off ??? I could easily be wrong here, but that was my first impression. Also, I think you mixed it to try to emphasize the vocals and sax which kind of leaves the bass at a loss? It comes across as very mid freq which sounds mixed well since there's a lot going on there, but the bass does seem to be pushed somewhat out of the mix.



 

Interersting tune Scotty - I like it - well done to all.