Here's a song I wrote and recently started mixing called "Simple Days"
 
Only the bongos are sampled..everything else is a real acoustic instrument.
 
Crits are welcome. I noticed a redundancy in the vocals. To my ears the background vocals are not sitting right in the mix. The penny whistle sticks out in a bad way in a place or two...your thoughts are appreciated.
 
https://soundcloud.com/starise/simple-days

My favorite Starise tune.  I haven't heard Zaphon yet so we'll see.  Tim,,this has a very nice old time folk/rock vibe.  I felt very comfortable listening to it.  Don't make someone late to work!!

Good one, Tim.  This is very pleasant and direct.  The performance is honest, and your voice sounds good and clear.  You can do anything you want with this or just let it be, a nice position to be in.

Starise,
 
Really well done...Good song and excellent acoustic performance.   Your use of space is perfect for this genre.
 
Regards

Nice one Tim! My only critical comment is that the bongos sort of overlapped the pick noises and made them stand out more. I would suggest panning them elsewhere away from the guitar to avoid this.
 
Nice performances and the vocals are really good.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Great work, Tim.  Nicely done.   Aside from a little timing issue here and there, not much to add to the mix suggestions above....    I pretty much found myself just listening to the song.  
 

What a nice number!  Lyrics and music combine to make a very easy sounding, relaxing, and reflective song.
Well done!

Nice Tim very nice I like the way you captured this a very natural sound.  Few timing tweaks maybe but no I like this.

Starise - this is just great - vocals are perfect - love your playing. Love it.

This was very good. Mix sounded balanced.
kakku