Excellent job by all concerned

oh, and you will be able to get your own back fairly soon when my next song is posted - it's a prog/pop thing and i am very much dreading having to sing on it...with my much-worse-than-yours vocals!

Hi Reece,

Man, this is really a tough one to critique due to the nature of it. I will say as a regular listener, I really enjoyed this and am deeply sorry for your loss. I think you and the others did a wonderful job on this. As an engineer etc, I'd like to give you a different side...and of course, I'll never be mean about it. :)

I give mgh props for having the guts to lay it out like that. I actually agree with what he said in some instances. However, your lead vocal isn't as bad to me as he sort of felt about it. I think the problem is this may have been a bit too low in range for you at times. When a part is in your range, it sounds really good. When it's a little low, you had to reach down in your register which made it sound pitchy.

I also felt you may not have been comfortable with the melody completely. Would I be correct in that assumption? Sometimes it just sounded like things were a little pitchy because you may not have been feeling it yourself. And of course...we all must keep in mind how hard a song like this is to sing. You broke down how many times? You don't have to answer that...but I know how it goes. I've been there myself. That emotion alone is soo hard to control. So realistically speaking, we have to cut you some slack there and appreciate the beauty as well as the meaning of the song. And that said, you did quite well with this without sugar coating it my friend. :) But from another perspective in hopes of helping you...setting emotions aside...

The low end in your voice was a bit much at times...a nice high pass would have done really good here or the removal of the frequency causing the vocal to be a bit muffled. A bit more compression done differently would have helped it also. I would have clamped down on the vocal just a bit more and ran some automation and if it was there, probably a bit more. This is where really good compressor plugs can make a difference. For example, if we clamped down on the vocal using a Sonitus and then really clamped down on it using a NEVE or something and compared, the clamping I'm mentioning isn't something that sounds like it's "too much". My NEVE 33609 would have brought that vocal to life in a good way.

I like the sounds of the other instruments. They fit the tune well. My only other pet peeve is the snare drum. I can't tell if it's a snare, a rim shot or a side-stick. It just sounds a bit strange to me and doesn't compliment the song the way it could at times...but this is just subjective opinon really. I do also hear some of the timing anomalies that mgh mentions. Nothing stuck out to me as "ahhhh!" just a little loose in spots.

But over-all this turned out pretty nice. The back-ups were a nice touch too. I heard a version of this song that Clifford shared with me weeks ago. The vocals had not yet been implemented into the tune. This is 100% better than what I heard before. So to you, Clifford and all that were involved, really nice job. This came a long way from what I heard weeks ago and you should all be proud. Thanks for sharing...and again, my sincerest condolences.

-Danny

Nice tribute, Reece. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. Beverly's BG vox are beautiful. You might want to redo yours with some attention to pitch, but otherwise a nice track.

Oh, yes...Yvonne's too.

Hi Gary,
thanks, I guess you got the song from clicking on my soundclick site.  I decided to pull this one for now until I can rework the lead vox, but thanks so much for finding it and commenting!