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  • "Mayans" - I should have finished this before Dec 21, 2012. :( (p.3)
2015/08/17 12:18:34
Starise
I love this Tom! Such a clean mix and such great delivery. You are definitely a pro at this. Both the playing and the mixing of it. I hope you sell a ton of the track...it deserves to get attention.
2015/08/17 16:53:32
philz
Cool tune, Tom.  The bass was clearly present, but I wouldn't say it was too loud.  I thought the mix was dead on, frankly.  Nice job.
2015/08/17 17:14:00
Wouter Schijns
sounds great, nice song too....super relaxed feel to it.
DRUMS SOUND AWESOME, JACKPOT !!
bass is nailed too, just perfect.
wish I could do stuff like this...how do you get a tune that's so nice/relaxed ?
 
would try take the strum guitars on the left down by 0.1db or so / maybe try reducing their midsignal down by 0.1db or so.
that could let you take down the vocals down by 0.1 or 0.2 and have them sit more IN the mix (they're a hair over/on top I thougt).
and maybe take off some reverb tail, or half the reverb and put a delay in would work, not sure.
 
your music got something special I thought...it really grooves and it's relaxed in a fun way....just fantastic. 
2015/08/17 23:15:58
emeraldsoul
Hey all, many thanks again! 
 
Wouter, a common problem I see in my mixes is "the vocals are on top of the mix, rather than in it" to paraphrase your comment. I'm trying to reform my ways! Thanks for the other mix comments as well, particularly the bass - I frankly spend 1/2 my time on a project mixing the bass and low end, and usually I still think my bass sounds like ass.
The upper sparkly stuff seems to take care of itself - the high end is low maintenance :)
 
Philz, thanks again, glad to know it's in the Goldilocks zone!
 
Starise, thanks very much! I've missed the marketability window by a few years, I'm afraid, but next time there is a mythical threat of apocalypse, I'll get a song out there pronto! And there will be a next time. As for my mix being "clean" I'm actually going back under the hood on this one, I think I can do a little better. Your Celtic masterpieces have set the "clean mix" bar!
 
cheers,
-Tom
 
 
2015/08/17 23:21:01
emeraldsoul
Bert,
 
Thank you so much for the kind remarks, and for dredging this old chestnut out of the forum basement! In particular, I'm happy with the song's form, which follows the rules not so much. I figure that other people can write conventional song forms very, very well so I'll stick to writing the quirky stuff! I'll go check out your stuff as well.
 
cheers,
-Tom
2015/08/18 00:36:39
synkrotron
Thanks to Bert for "bringing this up." 
 
Tom, I find your "quirky" songs most enjoyable. I think I listened to this back when I started listening to a lot of stuff a couple of months ago .
 
cheers
 
andy
2015/08/18 06:11:52
audiomyth
Hello Tom,
 
Reiterating myself. Solid vocals.
 
Regards,
Kane
 
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