I Should Know Better - 3rd REMIX as of 4-21

Hello everyone, I just pulled this song from my archives and was wondering whether to remix it or not.  I recorded this about 5 years ago with my former band, WIFE.  It features Roger Fife on bass, Gordon Fick on trumpet, and Karyl Wilson on backup vocals, with me doing the rest.  As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions.  Thanks in advance for taking the time.

It can be found here:    http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11587094&q=hi 

This is the newest version as of 4-21-12

Lynn - I thought it had a Sixties/early seventies vibe to the song itself (which is a cool song, by the way)
If you are thinking of a major overhaul, a retro feel to it would be great. More a Hammond sound than a synth and dirty up the bass/drum sound a bit. Could be groovy man :)

hi lynn love your mixes sounds great on my system cool tune thanks eric

Sorry being lazy and listening to this on my lappy speakers, so I'm not going to comment on the mix.

But the song is really good, vocals are spot on, has an 80's vibe belongs on Beverly Hills Cop 4, the coda is really unexpected, like it.

Good stuff, god this forum is better than IFools and what passes as music on there.

Neb

LIKE IT
nice music

I REALLY SHOULD KNOW BETTER. 

Yep I think if you work on the panning and lower frequencies, it will sound better. Fine song though.

Thank you both for taking the time.  Yes, I believe the lower frequencies  will get their share of time on the next pass.  James, I wish I could get into your head because I'm in awe of your talents, and I wish that I could hear it the way you do.  It might be a fun exercise to totally revamp this song someday, but for now I just want to make these parts play well together before I go unplugged.

spacealf


Yep I think if you work on the panning and lower frequencies, it will sound better. Fine song though.

jamesyoyo


I heard a lot Huey Lewis on this.

The song is great, but I would re-do everything other the vocals and guitars.

Loved it, Yeh Hewy popped into my head right off the bat.

I agree with beefing up the middle. I like the seperation/placement but agree with the above.  

Nice Job Lynn!!!

Sorry, I can do soundcloud but not click from the corp net, I'm VPNed in from the Left Coast.

OK, I took your suggestions and balanced the right-left channels and beefed up the bass and drums.  I also took the organ down a notch and applied some EQ to the vocals to help them sit better in the mix.  Let me know what you think as I'm still very flexible.  Thanks for your help so far.  The new mix can be found here:
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?q=hi&songID=11559396

jamesyoyo


I heard a lot Huey Lewis on this.

The song is great, but I would re-do everything other the vocals and guitars.

+1 on the Huey Lewis.   I agree the song is GREAT but I would remix.  I wonder what this song would sound like with a faster tempo?   Something to think about. KUDOS!

Kev

The drums are shaded right?

Hi Lynn, 
This is a cool song.  Reminds me of Heuy Lewis meets Robert Palmer (Addicted to Love).  
I would compress the snare and add some mid range.  Then add a bunch of hand claps.  Maybe add a shaker too just to get the beat going.  Everything else seems perfect.

Rimshot

I have to go with what Rimshot wrote, that it reminds him of Heuy Lewis meets Robert Palmer (Addicted to Love). I think it's a  vocal style of Heuy and a vib of Palmer. I have to add that the synth sounds very Steve Winwood.
 
I would leave every thing in there, it's all good. It could use a bit more back up vocal and punch in the mix for drive. May need to be up about 5 BPM to be more Robert palmer. Or just leave it as it is, I like it.
 
Very cool lyric
 
 
Terry
 
Reminds me of Heuy Lewis meets Robert Palmer (Addicted to Love).
 

Ya, I think Rimshot brought up a couple of good points. Not perhaps during the entire song, but the shaker and hand claps or even finger snapping or some percussion parts to solidify the beat or the background more. Oh, sounded better now also.