Peace (A Light Inside of Me)

Just finishing up tracking and mixing on this new song.  I'm looking for some feed back on the mix.  Is everything sounding balanced and at the right levels.
 
 
Here is the link:
http://www.reverbnation.com/michaeljhanson 
  

  
 

Hey Lynn,

I really appreciate your honest feedback here; afterall, that is what this forum is for.  You may certainly be right about the bluesy approach to my lead playing on this tune.  If more folks have as negative reaction to it as you have, I will concider changing the guitar lead.  I have had this up on 3 different forums and so far, yours is the only response I have gotten.  I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. 

I made the decision a few years ago to not follow the cookie cutter CCM establishment song template.  I got real tired of hearing the same old same old all over the radio; everything sounding like it was cut from the same mold.  I've made the decision to let my self and my natural instincs and style come through on my songs.  For better or worse I guess.  Anyway, when I hear the song in my head, this is what I hear and I just let it happen in my playing.  Again, I am not apposed to changing it if it really rubs everyone the wrong way....I am not that anti-establishment in my work; I want my work to be liked.  I am just trying to be myself.

I'll listen to the vocals again.  I am discouraged of course because I thought I had gotten this tracked pretty decently.  The way it goes with your own song though, is you get to close to them and too used to hearing them.

I look forward to hearing the tunes you write. 

When you hit the chorus there is some distortion that comes in..... it might be the guitar, but it sounds a bit like the vox are distorting as a result. Might wanna look at that a bit closer and see what's happening there and see if you can eliminate it. 

I hear what others have commented on in the lead played on the guitar.... mode or just notes that were improper to the key and melodic sense of the song.... I'd retrack the guitar. 

I also appreciate that you want to forge your own path in christian music..... but regardless, you need to have all the T's crossed and the I's dotted. 

Good song.... but the production could stand a bit of polishing. 

Same here...link takes me to log-in page

Working link now, really cool tune Michael, nicely done. I hear a bit of Tom Petty in this.

Wow! It sounds like Neil Young joined the Beatles as their new guitarist!

I hear the distortion too. Balance seems fine to me.

Scotty, Ouch...just got tagged with the "Neil Young" solo.  Guess I better retrack that part. 


Mo, thanks for the comment's; I really appreciate it man.  Yes, I always really liked this chord progression and the way this song all came together.  I am finally getting around to reworking some of my older tunes. 

I made some....hopefully... final changes to this one as well.  If you get a chance to listen to this one, let me know if you hear anything that is still off a little.  Please follow the original link.

Thanks for listening Makke.