Nice ! I like the sound of your sax , where did you get that sax synth ?
Drums sounds nice , I like that nashville drum kit sound . I didn't hear anything bad with your mix , didn't sound cluttered to me .

Good Job - James

Very cool... Love the vocal delivery... Well done...

Loved the vintage drum kit.

That was very soulful.  You don't always need a ton of words to make a point, especially if the instruments are as expressive as this.  I love the mix because, to me, this sounds more human and not so "produced".

Sixfinger: Thanks much.

James: Much appreciated.  The sax came from Presonus Presence Alto Sax.

Notnat:  Thanks for the kind words on my vocal.  I layed it down - not having worked on the lyrics and just kept the first takes.  I got lucky!

Thalweg: I was happy with the drums.  I did the finger drum thing using EZ Drummer Nashville brush kit and it was so easy and smooth.  At the end of the mix, that cymbal hit goes on for many seconds as it decays.  You'll have to really turn it up to see what I mean.  The sample was great.


Lynn: Your comments are right on.  It didn't seem like I needed to have more lyrics for this song but if I ever considered it for an album or someone else's release, I would write another verse.  This was the shortest lyric I have ever written in a song in my past 50 years!  

Thanks for the good point on "human" vs. "produced" feel.  It was easy because I did not spend much time on each take and I left all the glitches that normally would have been removed just to keep the feel live.


 

I think if the mix was not quite as good as it was otherwise, I never would have noticed the occasional oddness on the bass. I think you might be right that all I was hearing was a very slight timing imbalance with the kick that, while really quite subtle, interfered with the bass. The saturation might be accenting it a bit, though I am not too sure. It really is a good mix. It washed over me with a rich warmth to it that fit the music to a T.

Thanks again Shad. I may not be so lucky on my next mix but it feels good to know this one was liked.  I am working on not messing with parts, EQ, arrangement too much these days.  I record as though the final mix is in process so I am always listening to what the final might sound like.  It helps me not overdue too many things.  It also helps in keeping space in the song which I think helps a lot with the overall sound.

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