Hello Sirs,
I love the use of the cheesy keyboard thing. The presentation is very much like a dirge, I used to have a similar one and it came in handy for the style of music I make.
The lyrics are heartfelt. Death is such a paradigm shift that anyone who can make heads or tails out of it, or even render a person’s life into a song is amazing.
It sounds like a bass is sneaking in there around 1:15, but then it fades off, so maybe that is an overtone or something.
Really like what happens at 2:15. It sounds like the keys through an amp sim or something? and then again at 3;33. But that sounds like a guitar there, so maybe my ears are playing tricks on me.? On another listen the sound at 2:15 seems to be a little of both. Regardless, great way to match the two sounds if that is what you did.
I like the simple quality of it, and I mean that in a good way. What’s wrong with simple?
After a third listen, I have developed a few more opinions. If I were your producer, and if you had intentions of revisiting this, I would say boost the vocals, pull off the reverb ,if you used any, and experiment with some different percussion sounds. I think that maybe there is a better choice, and then I would maybe only play them on quarter notes,(I’m not sure if that is what I mean) but the percussion is a little busy.
Sorry for your loss.
Jesse