New song with Sonar X1 expanded, completely in the box... opinions plz.

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Thank you for fixing that link.  It was worth the wait because this is a cool song.  It's well produced and played.  I like your vocals very much, and the song is catchy with a good hook.  Thanks for sharing.  

Great sound!  Pink Floyd influence?  I love the lyrics and melody.  Vocal is superb.  Guitars and bass are right on.  Drums are poppin' too.  I like Randy's idead of harmony in places to lift up the melody.
This is really pro sounding.  Great job.

Rimshot    

Hi John,

Very cool song, performance and ( for the most part ) mix, especially the vocal. The vocal does get a little lost at times, though.

Excellent.

Wow, thnx for listening and commenting folks. You guys are awesome!!! I had no idea the vocal was getting a little lost at times. Probably because I know it too well and even when it's a bit lost, I can hear it, in my head, just fine. So I missed the reality that it got a little lost... perhaps that's why anyway lol.
 
Glenn, I did tend to be a little lean on track compression and a bit more heavy handed in the master with compression. So good call. I am gonna mess with the mix a little and see what I get.
 
J, I am gonna try setting the highpass frequency on the vocal a little higher and see what that does. I already feel pretty naked with the vocals so I am nervous about bringing them more to the front.
 
Hey Randy, I will try to do a vocal harmony for the chorus and see if I can pull off a good backing track. The ending, I faded it because a friend of mine told me they thought the song was a bit long... so that was my attempt at making it seem shorter. After all that went on, My old drummer told me he thought I should put another verse in the song... so obviously he didn't think it was too long. And no one, other than that friend has mentioned the length of the song in any manner let alone say it seemed too long. SO maybe I ought to drop the fade out...?
 
Rimshot, I am a Floyd fan, but I didn't mean for this song to have a Floyd vibe so maybe I am more of a fan then I realized haha.
 
Again thanks everyone for listening and your kind words!!! Hopefully I can get the fixes in place without screwing anything up. HAHA
 
John
 
Btw, I am really liking Sonar X1 Expanded. Took a bit of getting used to after 8.5 but It's fine now. I now remember to hit X instead of Q for muting/unmuting clips as I look for the good takes among the not so good hehe.