New prog-rock song - updated March 31st

http://soundcloud.com/markhaigh/love-is-blind a prog-rock song, i love the tune, not hugely happy with the mix, needs a bit of Danny or James magic, but hey-ho, nice and tuneful, short, uplifting...what more do you need on a sunny day?!

Very creative and unique.  The vocal could have been a bit louder, but it still works.  The chord progression and melody are cool.  Good song.

I heard Steve Rothery in it too! Again, very much a compliment. I love the drums too - both the jerky rhythm in the second part, and the overall sound, they really drive it along. Good job! 

Bill

Lynn, i hear ya! thanks for listening and commenting, and another mix is brewing...

hey mark!
I really love the piano in this, but the piano sound isn't that great and could use some clean up on the sound. 

guitars are great as usual with you - maybe a little over the top when everything comes in togther for the choruses - everything starts crowding the space.  you mixed part of the song like you do your metal songs and this is not the same kind of song and should be mixed very differently.

I like your vox in the chorus, but not in the verse.  I understand what you're doing and trying to do, but it's just not my cuppa.

LOVE the guitar solo.  that's where you excel, IMO.  great tone, great presence, great sound.  love that!

Hey, Mark,

Dynamite progressive rocker, my friend!

Nice songwriting, performances and arrangement.  I like the intro and piano breaks, and the guitar solo tone and playing are truly fantastic.  The vocals are really great, especially during the choruses.  I do agree with Ed about the telephone effect throughout the complete verses.  If it were me, I'd use it in the first half of the first verse, and then leave it out of the rest of both verses.  Of course, as always, that's  just a personal, subjective opinion.

Excellent stuff, Mark, very cool song! 

Have a great weekend, my friend!
Bob

Nice song. The mix sounds good to my ears. The only thing is I find myself wishing the the hits that start after 0:54 and 1:56 etc could seem bigger. I think I would replace the piano instrument with something with more punch. and then make the rhythm more staccato and lower the volume of the piano so that the hits on the bass and guitar etc would punch more. Man this is a good song and I really like your arrangement.

Cool tune, great arrangement and lyrics

Hi Mark, very listenable this ; ) Guitar solo maybe a little out of tune, last note especially.

Rik

Better and clearer, but no bottom at all, especially no punch nor presence on the drums.

This is great Mark!  Since the piano's so 'bare' in the beginning I could hear slightly just a couple places that need to be moved one way or another.  Just a touch though.  It's a really cool intro, btw.  Love the guitar playing, as always.  And the piano sounds fun to play.  :)  Great song!

Hi Mark,
I like the sound of the keyboards and way the intro builds , also dig the intro gtr harmony parts.
very nice punchy ensemble playing and hits  underneath the vox.
vox on the chorus sounds good , nice Garry More style gtr solo .
a read over a few things here after I listened to your tune

yeah ,
this needs more punch on the bottom end , and a redo on the vox first verse.
overall it sounds good . I would keep at it .

Kenny

Very cool song, Mark.  I loved when the lead guitar came in.  Nice sound.  I would say that the drums (maybe just kick) and the bass could have been a little more present.  Bass seemed to come and go volumewise.  Could just be me.  It is a good bass line.  Hey, mr. vocalist!  Don't you usually do scream metal?  Maybe I'm mixing it up here.  I'll go back and see.  ANYWAY, I really liked this tune.

The new mix sounds good. I did not necessarily mean to change the piano sound...just to try to make it more choppy during the 2 sections.

Love the orchestration.  Nice melody.  pretty tune.