2016/07/31 12:32:51
emeraldsoul
Really glad I got to listen to this! I love the off-kilter drums vs. bass line, that's some cool writing there.
Your excellent EXCELLENT guitar work does have a few crackles/pops as you must be overloading 0db in spots. Tiny crackles, for example look at 0:44 area . . . am I hearing them or imagining them?
 
As far as vocals, well to be honest your treatment of them at least in my opinion kind of holds the song back . . . it's just my opinion and you are totally the commander of that ship. If you gave me the wheel, I'd take the slapback delay completely off ( I think your singing is perfectly fine without it) and just go with reverb, less of that, and I might double or thicken the vocal line.
 
So I hope you can find your mixes, good luck! It's a really cool tune and a great listen the way it is, thanks.
 
-Tom
 
 
 
2016/08/01 16:49:58
MCi
Voda La Void
Man, I really like this.  Your vocals and the effect work perfect for it too.  Great mood here, good playing and mixing.  If this came on the radio, I'd have to say 'hold on fellas, I got to turn this up for a minute'. 


This is a great compliment. Thanks Tim.


2016/08/01 16:58:56
daryl1968
I agree there's too much delay on the vocal but I love the production and performances.
Really nice.
(Big GoT fan here too)
2016/08/01 17:00:09
MCi
emeraldsoul
Really glad I got to listen to this! I love the off-kilter drums vs. bass line, that's some cool writing there.
Your excellent EXCELLENT guitar work does have a few crackles/pops as you must be overloading 0db in spots. Tiny crackles, for example look at 0:44 area . . . am I hearing them or imagining them?
 
As far as vocals, well to be honest your treatment of them at least in my opinion kind of holds the song back . . . it's just my opinion and you are totally the commander of that ship. If you gave me the wheel, I'd take the slapback delay completely off ( I think your singing is perfectly fine without it) and just go with reverb, less of that, and I might double or thicken the vocal line.
 
So I hope you can find your mixes, good luck! It's a really cool tune and a great listen the way it is, thanks.
 
-Tom
 
 
 


Thanks Tom for your feedback. I do have some serious compression and limiting pushing into the red on the master which maybe the cause of the crackle. I also have to push the master fader a bit it achieve loudness even then I need to boost the gain even more to match most of the songs posted here. Tried again to get the drive going by swapping out the card on the drive but no luck. This mix maybe lost forever unless I want to fork out some big dollars.
2016/08/04 17:47:42
evadianepug
 
I see you are going to be fun(I did listen to your Stairway song).  Welcome to the forum.  Vocals do seem a bit back.  I like GOT and can visualize a scene with this in it.  It is a big sound, maybe a bit too big?  I don't know. Actually I think the guitar is too loud and the vocal is ok.  I'd turn those down just a bit and it could improve the vocals. 
2016/08/04 18:43:46
whack
You wanted a big guitar and thats what stood out.  I liked the play between the snare and cowbell too.
 
Clearer lyrics (at least on the hook) would make me more likely to hit repeat.
 
Cian
2016/08/08 12:56:41
stevec
Very cool.  I like the overall vibe and your choice of instrumentation.
 
Mix-wise I do like the delay on the vocal, though personally I would lower and/or EQ those echos a bit so they don't conflict as much.... or maybe automate around the sections where there are more words and leave the longer tails for line endings.
 
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