Wait For The Storm - advice requested on melancholic acoustic song

It's good to find an outlet for the pain in our lives. 

I like the darkness of the song. 

Crits: if you think the key is too low, that means it probably is. Take it up one step at a time  until you get those low notes into a range that works for you. 

From a song writing perspective..... the verse and chorus sound so similar, I was almost near the end when I realized I hadn't really heard the chorus yet. It never stuck out like I expect it to. 

2nd listen : 3 verses..... into a solo.....tag the hook line....verse 4 drums change..... no chorus in the song.... 

I would recommend writing a chorus. The song is in Am... so go to a Cmaj and start a chorus from there.  Use the chorus to tie the verses together and take the song somewhere else. I think a lot of the monotony is coming from the lack of a chorus that will break it up and add interest.   

Since you mentioned adding stuff, and if you change the key you will have to record it again.... so.... use that as an opportunity to write the chorus..... then change the drums in the chorus to give it that little bit of lift and energy. 

This is probably more advice than you wanted. So for now..... I think the recording of the instruments was good. No crits there. 



Note: I think Bob Dylan was the master of the song without a chorus style...... he would write 50 verses, and sing them one after the other...... no chorus.... but not many writers can get away with that. 

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.  This song has plenty of potential, and if you take the advice mentioned above you will have a very powerful song on your hands.  If you do write a chorus or bridge, perhaps a doubled lead or vocal harmony would make it stand out.  Sometimes I will throw a short delay on a section just to make it different from the verse.  Overall, you have the beginning of a very good song.

Well this is my sort of music, I like it.  I don't know about the key being to low for you, to me it sounds fine but I like my vocals like that.

To me this sounds like a cross between Floyd and King Crimson, so yea some strings would help fill out the track, I suggest the M-Tron pro or a virtual Mellotron would do that job and really add to the darkness of the track.

Nice job.

Peace Ben

The low vocal notes for the most part sounded strong to me.  It's a good tune but I agree with some bridge or something to break it up.  Your recording and mixing skills are really good from this vantage point.  Loved the guitar lead.  It was pleading.  I don't know how to explain that.  Maybe if you modulate the song up after the lead that would change it up a bit.  Drums and bass sound good.  That's not always easy.

no more crits that havne't already been mentioned.  I really like this myself, I like the key and all - I think it really adds to the feel of the song with it being this low and the vocals seem to be good - I don't hear any major problems just because the key is low.

sorry about your condition
 
edit:  after hearing this song in my head after listening to it (which is something all songwriters hope to acheive with their songs, a connection to the listener so that the listener will remember the hook - and doing so after the first listen is excellent!)
 
I have a couple of ideas about changing the song that I would suggest to you as a producer would.  it would require reworking parts of the song and re-recording and adding a few other instruments, tho, so I don't know if you'd be interested in those kinds of suggestions or not.