Tears out of the rain -updated July 9

I had to play this song twice because the overall volume level was low, but that's not a criticism.  I like to hear dynamics in a song, and with the volume turned up, I heard plenty.  I like this song and your lyrics very much.  I think I heard some doubling on the vocal, and it sounded very well blended.  The contrasting textures of your voice and guitar sounded good together, though the guitar(s) is pretty bright.  It must be those new strings.  All in all, the chord progression and melody made for a fun listen, and I may not be through, yet.

Nice crisp song for sure. Nice guitar playing but could be placed a bit back in the mix. As for the vocals, they seemed to go back and forth in tone, like you might have been bobbing back and forth in front of the mike. The vocals were good and clear, but need just some kind of fix to them. Also, sounds like maybe its a reverb problem. Nice lyrics and overall a really nice song. Just clean it up a bit and you'll have a winner. Peace be with you. Blessings, John

Hi M_Glenn_M
Just had a listen to this one and "Personal Manager" and first may I say that you play a mean guitar. That said, when I listen to both of these the first thing that came to my head was "it sounds really hot"...not loud, but more like pushed tubes. I wonder if you're doing a fair amount of mid-scoops and hitting your comps and limiters pretty hard? Or pushing an EQ boost (or corresponding set of cuts) at 3 or 4 khz into a compressor? 
Alternately (or perhaps in addition to), are you mixing on studio monitors? I ask because it's more noticable on my Focals than on my "B" speakers which are some consumer logitech things. Something else that can cause this sound is pushing inexpensive mic's pretty hard. In any case, it's not terrible by any means, but to my ears it's a bit brittle and pushed sounding. Apologies for possibly being a bit vague...just not quite sure what it is that's standing out to me..

Dean

Sounds like a good tune and the guitar playing is very proficient.  However the Vocal and guitar occupy completely different spaces and proximities which unfortunately are a distraction for me.  

Thanks for sharing.

Added some LF to vox,
Took off some HF on the guitars 
Took off some reverb on vox
dialed back the doubling levels
Hopefully this helps blend and brings the vox forward a bit?
Thanks Guys.

Thanks John.
Good call. 4 min is a bit long and a solo instead of the last verse would work.
I've been thinking I do need some variety in my arrangements.