Little Cloud

I think you did a great job putting this all together. Your vocals sound just fine, and didn't bury them in the mix. Overall mix sounds well-balanced. Well done!
 
Regards,
Dan

Nice one Kevin. Voc sounds fine. A few sibilant spikes here and there though.
 
 
 

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kevinwal
Hmm, there's lots of tiny little crackles and pops in there that weren't in the wav. What has reverb nation done to my little tune?

I didn't hear any noise this morning...
 
Dan

Thanks, Freddy, I appreciate your time and attention. Turns out the crackling was a streaming artifact on the lap top I was using. ReverbNation is off the hook. This time.
 

Wal, thanks for the feedback! I also appreciate your kind words about my vocal parts, it's been a challenge to hang myself out there and it's good to hear that all the work is helping some. The arrangement is one I like, very few instruments and lots of space. Easy-peasey. :)
 
I also welcome your input on the drums, it's the hardest part of a song for me to figure out. I wanted them present but not obtrusive. I wanted a natural sounding snare and an old school kick. I agree with you that it's too lively, and I also think I missed some opportunities for it to help move the song upward in places. 
 

:44 does the drum beat come in too early? It cuts off that nice pause you have there.
:50 crackle
 
I like the song, and the vulnerability of it all. You have a challenge of sparseness - I think the easier songs are ones where you can slather tracks and effects all over the place. It's much harder I think to have things exposed in a sparse mix.
 
You vocal harmonies are absolutely spot on, mixed at a perfect level. The guitar solo has a harmony section which shines as well. Harmony is a strength of yours, apparently!
 
2:46 do those tings arrive at the same time? Or are you going for a "live" feel in which case, nevermind!
 
nice fuzzy little cloud!
 
-Tom

FreeEarCandy
Really nice song Kevin. Indeed, lush vocals and rich guitar work. Nicely put together. Moody. Really has every thing going for it. If I were playing around with this, I would try fooling around with the tone of the kick-sounds a little on the tubby side to me. Somethings towards a thump perhaps. But really Kevin, It's all a matter of taste at the moment-nothing critical. I loved the tune and you sir have Talent and that bleeds through-regardless.
 
Dean 

Thanks, Dean, I appreciate your feedback. I think your comment about the kick does highlight that the drums are a weak spot in this tune. I want the old-school kick sound but thump is good too. When I used a thumpier patch for kick it changed the character of the song too much. In the end, I think the issue with the kick is that it's not mixed right to lock in with the bass as well as it could be doing. 
 
Thanks for listening and most importantly, thanks for your critique.

Thanks, Wookie. Oh yeah, they're real alright. Five gazillion takes later. :)

Hey Kevin ,
 
Overall your song  sounds Great .I feel like I'm listening to a proper song with real sweet vocals and a track that supports the vocals in a proper true way that music is supposed to support a singer as the singer sings  .
 
As you can probably tell , I don't get out much    the music I listen most of the time to is all instrumental
 
FWIW, I did hear all the artifacts .They didn't bother me all that much at all .
I almost wonder what would happen if you decided to use a plugin that made it sound as if your song was actually  a vinyl record
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

kennywtelejazz
Hey Kevin ,
 
Overall your song  sounds Great .I feel like I'm listening to a proper song with real sweet vocals and a track that supports the vocals in a proper true way that music is supposed to support a singer as the singer sings  .
 
As you can probably tell , I don't get out much    the music I listen most of the time to is all instrumental
 
FWIW, I did hear all the artifacts .They didn't bother me all that much at all .
I almost wonder what would happen if you decided to use a plugin that made it sound as if your song was actually  a vinyl record
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

Hey, thanks so much, Kenny! I appreciate your comments and the fact that you lowered your standards for a bit to listen to a song with vocals, and I'm humbled that it was one of mine. 
 
I don't think I need a plug-in, with all the crackling going on it's just about the same as vinyl as it is. I did make heavy use of the tape emulation pro-channel plugin to get that cool vintage tape sound but I think that's as far as I want to go.
 
Anyway, I think I know what caused the crackling problems. My computer and interface combination aren't very good performers when WIFI is enabled. I have a new PCIe WIFI card that just kills the MOTU 8pre firewire throughput somehow, and I neglected to turn it off before I rendered it. I'm going to incorporate the feedback I've received in this thread and release another mix soon, hopefully it will be crackle free.
 
Thanks again!

Thank you! I love guitar music too, we must not let it die!

Thanks for the great feedback and thanks for listening. Once I figure out how to get a clean vocal recording I'm going to re-do the song. It really needs to be clean. 

Thanks, Daryl, made my day!