I hope everyone had a great Christmas and are looking forward to a happy new year.  At the beginning of this year I started collecting songs I've written over the last several years to make a compilation CD.  I'm near the end of that project, and I thought that I'd run this song past you all.  I posted it here a couple years ago, but I've made drastic changes to it, lately.  It's based on a true story of a dear friend of mine who escaped an abusive relationship with her life.  The lyrics are personal, and if they are hard to understand, they make perfect sense to my friend.  Otherwise, I'm open to any suggestion over the mix, mastering, or performance.  Thanks for all your help over this last year.  It's been a blast!
 
Genetically modified 1/5/14
The song can be found here: http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=12633475&q=hi&newref=1

Lynn,
 
The backing track sounds very far in the background compared to the Vox.  Cool song though.
 
Regards  

Lynn, That was pretty nice. The vox is right on and the background many need some more equaling out and maybe some track panning, but I love all of the textures throughout the song and the guitars were very nice in this. You always come up with some interesting lyrics and that's what make your songs so unique for me. I liked it and the message, would be personal, but I'm sure your friends understands them completely. Very nice song. Hope your Christmas was good as well.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Mark, thanks for listening and replying.  Changing the balance between the vox and instruments would be a quick fix if I decide to go that route.  Thanks for your input.
 
John, thanks for the kind words and taking the time to listen.  I had good Christmas, and I hope you did, too.  The best to you in the new year.

Hi Lynn.  I'm glad that you had a good Christmas.
Hey, I like this one.  To me it has a 1960's psychedelic feel to it and the arrangement that you have on the instrumentation adds to that feel.  I don't know why but it has an Electric Prunes feel to me.  If you were attempting this kind style on this song, too much fixing up might ruin the psychedelic sound of it.  A little less panning (left and right) might make it sound a bit more full but what do I know?  The lyrics are cool and certainly match the style of the music and the vox sound really good.
Nice one.
Happy New Year.

Classic Lynnsanity. 

Freddy J, I must have had too much to dream last night.  I never would have thought of the EP's, but I sure played that song a lot in high school.  Actually, I think I ripped off a gtr riff from Adrien Belew and King Crimson when writing this.  I appreciate your time and input and hope you have a HNY!
 
Robbie, that was the best critique you could have given me.  Thanks so much for listening and a HNY to you!  May you continue to be healthy and creative. 

Very cool song... The vocals seem a little loud to me... drums could maybe come up a bit...
I like the lyrics a lot... Good one Lynn... HNY...

I enjoyed that very much, Lynn. I won't mask any comments on the mix, as my iPad isn't all that truthful when it comes to mixes. Happy new year!

Frank, thank you for you kind comments and suggestions.  There seems to be a growing consensus about the volume levels of the vox compared to the instruments.
 
Scotty, I'm glad you liked that!  As a matter of fact, I took into account mixing for laptops, tablets, and pads this time which is way different than my traditional mixing techniques.  Thanks for responding.