Celtic Starise- Send The Light

My latest recording tracked at home.
This one is all acoustic played. Guitar and bouzouki parts along with electric bass.
https://soundcloud.com/st...starise-send-the-light
 
UPDATE- 6/5/16 There are two more mixes.
https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas/power-over-me
 
Remix to remove  reverb-
 
https://soundcloud.com/st...feat-j-rivas-on-vocals
 
 
 

I think someone else mentioned the same thing. Thanks for that suggestion...maybe. I can't see where I would fit in there yet.

Hi Tim, nice one, very nice as is !
 
Rik

Bapu- Thanks! I'm glad it's a decent comparison!
 
Rik- Thank you
 
Wookie- Thanks !

I think Steve is on to something. I'd also suggest bringing the drums up a bit, they sound too timid way back there. Same with the bass...
 
Nice song Tim, just needs something more to finish it...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Pleasant acoustic music ... Enjoyable instrumental tune and ambience. Sounds nice

Hey Tim,
this is lovely playing!  I agree with Dan, I'd like to hear the drums more - they're almost inaudible.  
 
is this supposed to start that way?  it seems like it's already started by the time the player starts.
 
on the version with vocals, "Power Over Me" - I understand you say the mix is out of your hands, but it really needs some work.  vox are waaay too wet with verb and the verb is very muddy, the vox themselves have a sharpness on them that sounds like a really high gain high shelf.  I'd say that he was going for a particular sound, but personally, I'm not into it.  
the vox overpower the rest of the instruments and now the guitar sounds dull.
 
just my 2 cents!
 
loved the guitar playing on this - very nice!

Thanks you two for the input.
 
I finally had time to remix this track. I had the vocalist track which has some treatment on it. I went for a more crisp feel to the mix. Less reverb , more definition to the parts.
 
Here's the first mix- https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas/power-over-me
 
Here's my remix-
 https://soundcloud.com/st...feat-j-rivas-on-vocals

While it's still not exactly what I'd personally like to hear mix-wise, I do think your version is much more in the ballpark.  The vocals, while still a bit "sizzly", do sit within (and blend with) the the music bed much better.  

I like this. I'm not sure I like the lyrics though. Where you say he has the power over us, I say he just doesn't care. Humans are evicting themselves off this planet and as Dante says, paraphrased, the darkest places in hell are reserved for the apathetic. So, what exactly is this power? I don't mean to belittle your beliefs but what's the point when apathy is great than he is? I won't deny that there may be a god but what's the point when we sit back and watch ourselves destroy his gifts? Assuming there is a god, I stand in opposition tho those who wish to destroy him. Sadly, that's most humans. As a helpful note to how you can improve the lyrics, What is it that entices you to believe he has the power over you? For me, it is the gift of this planet, the water, our loved ones, the variety in nature. This is my beef with religion. Do we really care, as humans, anything about god? Given that, at present, we are undergoing an extinction even and willing to do absolutely nothing about it, would god even care about us?
 
I don't wish to offend but if god exists, he compels me to speak the way I do.
 
The music is great. I love hearing your stuff. Somewhere in the 300hz to 500hz range, it's mushy. It could be that it seems to mono. The drums are buried and the bass is a little low as well. You should be able to take the explosives away from your voice as well as the finger slides that stick out. Other than that, this is really nice stuff.