Bird In The Hand

Nice mix! I really like the horns, guitars and drums. Those AD2 drums sound very natural here. Great job!

Mix sounds good here, well balanced, bass is present but controlled, the AD2 drums sound legit, electric guitars (lead and rhythm) cut nicely.
 
Two nits. 1, nothing in your song finds a rhyme for "bush" . . .  it's the title, it's the chorus, shouldn't something somewhere set it up by rhyming with it? Isn't that the law?  :)
 
Second, I would say your vocals are pretty excellent generally, but I thought I noticed on just a couple of your reach-up-to-the-high-notes, I thought you almost made it. This is why god made Melodyne. Pitch correction is a philosophical can of worms. I am not a good singer myself.
 
It could be that I am mis-hearing this, but I offer the comment in case you want to check it out. Your vocal has really good feel and energy as it is.
 
cool job, man.
 
cheers,
-Tom
 

Just remembered what that bassline reminds me of..Nothing Is Easy by Jethro Tull

emeraldsoul
Two nits. 1, nothing in your song finds a rhyme for "bush" . . .  it's the title, it's the chorus, shouldn't something somewhere set it up by rhyming with it? Isn't that the law?  :)
 
Second, I would say your vocals are pretty excellent generally, but I thought I noticed on just a couple of your reach-up-to-the-high-notes, I thought you almost made it. This is why god made Melodyne. Pitch correction is a philosophical can of worms.

Tom,
Thanks and good nits.  The first one, I think the law was done away with last year.  (Someone back me up on this.)
However, your second point I took back to X3 and opened up Melodyne.  I made some corrections.  I do a lot of sliding into and out of notes on this but it is not an excuse.
 
The back story for this song is that I originally recorded it on a Tascam 4 track cassette. The song was severely underpowered.  I took the vocals, bass, guitar off the tape and put them in Sonar.  Then I added extra stuff.  I think I got too excited about how good the song was sounding  and totally over looked the vocal. 
 
I replace the file so it is the same link.  https://soundcloud.com/jmasno5/bird-in-the-hand
Side note.  I didn't realize SoundCloud smashes the file back to 128 kbps no matter how good the quality is on upload.  Very noticeable on this song even though I took MP3 conversion precautions.
 
Thanks again.

Well, it's just after midnight and I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd listen to a couple songs.  After yours I'll never go to sleep.  Right up my alley and instead of laying on the couch I'm up here shakin' my thang!  Great tune, nice changes and just well played.

Very nice ! Nice mix and a very cool song. Well balanced and well performed.

evadianepug
Well, it's just after midnight and I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd listen to a couple songs.  After yours I'll never go to sleep.  Right up my alley and instead of laying on the couch I'm up here shakin' my thang!  Great tune, nice changes and just well played.

Thank you Pug.  I think the greatest compliment is that my song kept someone up.  Willingly...
 

michaelhanson
Love it, John.  Awesome Bass playing, very clear, clean and present.  Mixed very well.  Really like the tone of the AD2 drums as well.  I guess I am going to have to get back to using them.  Which package are you using if I might ask. 

Thanks Mike.  Fairfax 1. 

Likin' this one a lot.  almost sounds like Robert Cray at times (who I love).  Nice job!

John, this sounds like it's ready for prime time.  I'd love to hear this on my radio while driving down the highway.  Your use of the wah-wah is stellar and definitely a hook.  Please, keep em coming!

Thank you Lynn and Wookiee!

Not my genre, but I can listen to this.  I love the mix.  It just works.  Horns are perfect and your decision on the drums was right.  You must have corrected the vocals, cause I thought they were right on (except for possibly one little place).
 
Glen

Glen,
Yes, I did a little pitch editing once Tom gave me the heads up. Thank you for the compliments.

Thanks Steve!

Thanks Ed. I will have a listen.