Passive Drift
I agree with the others GREAT!
But I hear some late 60s as well... :)
Vocals seemed to be down in the mix in the beginning but came up later.
I think the backing vocals need to be laid back in the mix more.
COOL!
 
Peace to all…
Dave
 

Thanks for listening to it, Dave. I've tried to tame the bgv's a bit, can you give it a listen and see if they don't sit better?

eph221
This is great .  the song is like a AAA early Steve miller song.  Bluesy, before he went mainstream.  Only nit is occasional timing issues, but the production is creative esp viz the treatment of your vocals.

I've tightened things up in a few spots, give it another listen and see if the more egregious timing issues are resolved. I don't want to get too anal about things like that because this track kind of wants to be a little sloppy.

Great stuff Kevin. Love the song and style.
Some of the cymbal hits were too hot and the kick was a bit buried in my opinion.

Thanks, daryl, your comments are always welcome!

kevinwal

Passive Drift
I agree with the others GREAT!
But I hear some late 60s as well... :)
Vocals seemed to be down in the mix in the beginning but came up later.
I think the backing vocals need to be laid back in the mix more.
COOL!
 
Peace to all…
Dave
 

Thanks for listening to it, Dave. I've tried to tame the bgv's a bit, can you give it a listen and see if they don't sit better?

Man, I'm starting to love this song! I'm going to give you as much as I can hear…
(just Me) :) Too much is not really defined that well. What is too much? It's not consistent.
Hurricane and spider do not go together…   
The intro is great for live but I would cut it about in half for a released recording.
 
Too much is not really defined that well. What is too much? It's not consistent.
Hurricane and spider do not go together…   
You could replace the catastrophe’s and all others sopiders ;)
With is “baby” doing... over eater… to much loving… to much makeup… lol
 
It feels like Vocals start to get a bit hot at 50 sec.
First word “Please” is not coming though right.
I would put a really light under dub on backup Vox or if you have Reel ADT from Wave, that would do the same thing.
 
I hope I’m making scene? I’m only trying to help. This is a really cool song!!!
Just needs tweaking. IMO...
 
Peace!

Passive Drift

kevinwal

Passive Drift
I agree with the others GREAT!
But I hear some late 60s as well... :)
Vocals seemed to be down in the mix in the beginning but came up later.
I think the backing vocals need to be laid back in the mix more.
COOL!
 
Peace to all…
Dave
 

Thanks for listening to it, Dave. I've tried to tame the bgv's a bit, can you give it a listen and see if they don't sit better?

Man, I'm starting to love this song! I'm going to give you as much as I can hear…
(just Me) :) Too much is not really defined that well. What is too much? It's not consistent.
Hurricane and spider do not go together…   
The intro is great for live but I would cut it about in half for a released recording.
 
Too much is not really defined that well. What is too much? It's not consistent.
Hurricane and spider do not go together…   
You could replace the catastrophe’s and all others sopiders ;)
With is “baby” doing... over eater… to much loving… to much makeup… lol
 
It feels like Vocals start to get a bit hot at 50 sec.
First word “Please” is not coming though right.
I would put a really light under dub on backup Vox or if you have Reel ADT from Wave, that would do the same thing.
 
I hope I’m making scene? I’m only trying to help. This is a really cool song!!!
Just needs tweaking. IMO...
 
Peace!

Your enthusiasm is really gratifying, thanks so much Dave.
 
Your comments about the mix are welcome and well said, and I'll give your suggestions a try. As far as the intro goes, I hear what you're saying and I've been told in the past that my tunes tend to dither around in the intro too long, so you're not alone there. Just so you know, I did try to shorten things but the music was pretty insistent about how it's put together now, and I just got tired of arguing with it. 
 
Too much is defined (within the context of this song) as, anything that induces stress to the extent that one's ability to cope with just every damned thing going on becomes overloaded. Hurricanes, Brown Recluse Spiders, an overdose (of any kind, really), too much curry, Three Mile Island, the DMV, all of these things are, to our protagonist, examples of things that are just too much. :)
 
 

kevinwal

Passive Drift

kevinwal

Passive Drift
I agree with the others GREAT!
But I hear some late 60s as well... :)
Vocals seemed to be down in the mix in the beginning but came up later.
I think the backing vocals need to be laid back in the mix more.
COOL!
 
Peace to all…
Dave
 

Thanks for listening to it, Dave. I've tried to tame the bgv's a bit, can you give it a listen and see if they don't sit better?

Man, I'm starting to love this song! I'm going to give you as much as I can hear…
(just Me) :) Too much is not really defined that well. What is too much? It's not consistent.
Hurricane and spider do not go together…   
The intro is great for live but I would cut it about in half for a released recording.
 
Too much is not really defined that well. What is too much? It's not consistent.
Hurricane and spider do not go together…   
You could replace the catastrophe’s and all others sopiders ;)
With is “baby” doing... over eater… to much loving… to much makeup… lol
 
It feels like Vocals start to get a bit hot at 50 sec.
First word “Please” is not coming though right.
I would put a really light under dub on backup Vox or if you have Reel ADT from Wave, that would do the same thing.
 
I hope I’m making scene? I’m only trying to help. This is a really cool song!!!
Just needs tweaking. IMO...
 
Peace!

Your enthusiasm is really gratifying, thanks so much Dave.
 
Your comments about the mix are welcome and well said, and I'll give your suggestions a try. As far as the intro goes, I hear what you're saying and I've been told in the past that my tunes tend to dither around in the intro too long, so you're not alone there. Just so you know, I did try to shorten things but the music was pretty insistent about how it's put together now, and I just got tired of arguing with it. 
 
Too much is defined (within the context of this song) as, anything that induces stress to the extent that one's ability to cope with just every damned thing going on becomes overloaded. Hurricanes, Brown Recluse Spiders, an overdose (of any kind, really), too much curry, Three Mile Island, the DMV, all of these things are, to our protagonist, examples of things that are just too much. :)
 
 

It's all cool with me as well... great song!

Kevin - This new mix is an improvement. I was having trouble before making out all the words and now I'm not, so that's a good thing, and more drums is always a good thing to me. But now it kind of seems as if the lead vocal is a bit too prominent in places.  I wonder if you could do something either with some kind of exciter on the voice to punch it through or maybe a limiter on the master bus to even things out a bit. Whatever you decide, you've got a good song and an excellent performance here, so I think you'd have to try pretty hard to screw things up.
     

kevinwal
     ...this track kind of wants to be a little sloppy.
     

     Damn right!

I'm late to the party, I heard the second mix I guess. Sounds like you fixed the kick, I think it's great. Love the jangly looseness, it really works. 
 
The only thing in the mix that sticks out for me is the bgv's - - -  have you tried slathering them with an obscene amount of flanger? It would chill them out, with the additional virtue of supporting the 60's - 70's vibe you have going. Going strong.
 
Love the rock and roll attitude here.
 
 
-Tom

Passive Drift
 
It's all cool with me as well... great song!

Thanks for your attention and kind words!