Hi everyone,
 
Here's a song I've been working on since 2012. I think the mix might have gotten away from me - what does it need? A dash of salt?
Please advise a poor weekend warrior!
 
 It's the 5th song down on the left side player, ironically entitled "Do Not Listen (Apricot)"
 
http://www.songsbytom.com/  
 
 
many thanks, 
 
-Tom

LOL! That made me laugh! A song about a song that's by "some dude." Didn't make me suicidal at all haha.
 
One question - Would it be possible to give the drum kit some width? I listened to it a couple of times to make sure, but it sounds like the drums are mono. All the cymbals and hi-high appear to be dead centre along with the snare and kick.
 
Other than that, all sounds fine to me, and a funny song to boot 
 
cheers
 
andy

Thanks, Andy, I'm glad you got through it in one mental piece!  :)   thanks for your drum width comments, and I'm sure you are spot on, because I don't even remember fiddling with panning. I'll check that out, thanks again!
 
cheers back,
-Tom
 
 

I thoroughly enjoyed this song.  The words are clever, and the arrangement is catchy.  When I get some more time, I will go back and listen to the other songs.  It seems as though you have a large palette to work with.  Take a bow.

Thanks very much, Lynn! I appreciate it. I did feel the music was kind of catchy, and originally I tried paring it with some weighty lyrics on a topic that was heavy deep and real.
 
I soon realized that whatever seriousness and gravity my lyrics and my subject matter had, the catchy music seemed to quickly make ridiculous. So I changed the lyrics to make them equally ree-donk-u-lous. :)
 
cheers, and thanks again for the listen!
 
-Tom

Tom, Very clever in deed and very catchy as suggested. The music sounds fine, but the vocals seem to not fit the song in places, based on the genre. They seem on the very low side and I think in places could be on a higher upbeat sound to give the entire song some balance, vocally. That's just a thought!! Interesting song though!!
 
Peace and Blessings, John 

My first observation would be that it seems you web player is exceptionally hot.
 
Overall it sounded OK here, thanks for sharing.

Hi Wookie,
 
Thanks for mentioning that my web files come across on the loud side. I use Bandzoogle, which I appreciate in some aspects, but one MAJOR pet peeve is that they don't offer a volume control on their media players.
 
I have given them loads of feedback on this - basically, Bandzoogle claims that "the user can adjust the volume on their computer/phone" so they don't need to put another "redundant" volume control on their Bandzoogle player.
 
I pointed out that every other major media player, from iTunes to WMP to Youtube to  . . . they all have independent volume controls. But Bandzoogle just refuses.
 
So, Wookie, here's a question - when you listened to my song, do you remember, was your computer volume cranked up to 100%? Is that how you generally set things? Just curious. When I surf around and listen to tunes, I'm generally setting my volume on the computer at about 50%.
 
anyway, thanks for the listen, sorry it was too loud at first go.
 
cheers,
-Tom

Tom, I tend to use the volume on the player to adjust as I have the output on the computer set to 100%, however the output from the external sound-card (an Audio Box USB in this case, as this my studio internet PC) set to 75%.  This feeds into my main outboard mixer which then drives my monitors which are either the Adam A7x's or the Event 20/20's.  I find I can gain stage appropriately and get a better balance of volume between my primary DAW and the internet PC this way.  Hope that information is useful.

John, thank for the thought about the vocal range staying within a certain, lower range. I agree it would be more interesting if the vocal wandered up a bit in register, and given a full measure of time to devote to such obvious improvements, I would do it without hesitation! But I have so many other songs as little embryos that I will spend my time developing them in hopes of making them real, and better than my last.
 
I suspect many of you understand!
 
thanks for the kind thoughts.
 
cheers,
-Tom