Song- Draw Me Close

Vocal levels seem to fit OK with the piano and strings.  One thing I noticed is the lack of dynamics in the entire mix.  You must be hitting the compression pretty hard.  Just looking at the soundcloud waveform, one can see it looks like the side of a brick.  Vocals have some pitch issues that can be corrected with VVocal or overdubed.  Nice project.  Also could use some drums. (but thats just me)

Tim, too much compression pumping. A good ballad does not compression IMO. Needs drums.

Singing was one of your better ones. Take that from a non-singer as you will.

 BretB- I thought the same thing about adding drums, not sure if I could latch some kind of a tempo to this or not. I'm no drummer  for sure.I didn't want to play it to a tempo because I had a unique feel I didn't want to loose in it,but maybe I could lock drums to it. Thanks for the tips on compression. I used Ozone 5 in the Master buss and this is mostly what you hear. In some of my past work I have been to whimpy on the volume. I guess I carried it a little too far the other way,might need to back off the compressors a little bit.

 Whineshop- Thanks for your comments and listening! I have tried to use V-vocal and it usually ends up sounding worse .I'm sure this has to do with the user. I recently bought Melodyne and maybe this is an opportunity to play with it a little bit and see if I can get better results. I'll also see what I can do to return some of the dynamics .

Bapu- You are one of the better non-vocalists I have heard. Actually you do pretty well man.The compression, ya I'll be looking into that Thanks.

LPMike75- Thanks for your comments.I used a piano sound layered from several sources. The main sound is the Sampletekk "white Lady". Secondary and less audible layers are Yamaha Motif hardware.

This is a lovely song that has a world of potential.  If you use compression, use it on the individual tracks prior to mixing, and use less on the mix.  Don't go overboard, but I think it will get the desired results without destroying the dynamics.  Also, the panning could be a little wider which will help the song breathe.  You have a good voice for this song, and sang it with conviction.  I look forward to hearing this again.

I love this song!   Good job all around.  I really like the orchestration and the piano's played really well.  You might consider lowering the velocity on the keys.  (I know... no one will believe I said that!  lol)  

Thanks...I hadn't heard this in awhile.  

I think you did pretty good overall. Few wobbles here and there that could use a fix (welcome to my world !) but I would re-do them as best as you can rather than fix them up to keep the "honesty" of the piece.  Mix wise it feels a little bit wall of sound / straight down the middle, which can work, but maybe not for this genre, so I would work on giving it a little more space and dynamics.

 Nice work on the performances. Not familiar with the tune to be honest, not a fan of the song but it was performed nicely. Mix was a bit over compressed I think.