Here is a song I have been working on for the last couple of weeks while I have been tweaking "Peace".  Funny how sometimes they just come together more easily than others.  I am liking this Christian Rock song and I think I have everything pretty well balanced in this mix.  If you get a chance, I would appreciate a second set of ears.
 
 
Invisible
 
http://www.reverbnation.com/michaeljhanson
 
Second link:
 
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=872086&content=music
  
 

hey this is very cool. dude you sound just like Tom Petty! i'm not really into the whole christian rock thing but i can appreciate it artistically. this is most def head and shoulders above a lot of what i have heard in the genre.

question: are you misspelling 'invisible' on purpose? just curious about that and if relates to any play on words etc... like credit card debt or something ;-) 

I like the song.

It has a cool groove. Some nits I have is that it has a really busy full sound where the acoustic is playing.... almost distorted..... could be compression cranked up? 

I heard a few tuning issues. 

Hi Michael, this is one of your best.  Like Daren said, your voice has a Tom Petty quality which serves this song well.  I hear some imbalances in the mix, but, oh so slight.  The lead guitar at the end could be elevated a bit, but otherwise this is a good effort.

ABV, I really appreciate the listen.  I think it is really cool that this kind of music is not really your thing, yet you took the time to give me some feedback.  I am a 70-80's rocker at heart.  I still mostly listen to that genre and era of music.  I decided about 8 years ago to give this style a go as a conscious effort to....kind of break the mold... of what I was hearing in the CCM genre.  Shoot, I am too old to tour any more, so I redirected my efforts in writing in hopes that something may come of being different in this market.
 
About the misspelling, I like your idea better, that it was all planned.  But in all honesty, I am just a horrible speller.  I guess I am working on giving CJ a run for his money.  I completely rely on spell check in the business world and unfortunately, the forums are not really good about having spell check.  I guess I better fix that on my next go round.
 
Herb,  I got your PM and responded.  I thank you again for your constant support.  I will look into some of the areas you have mentioned.
 
Lynn, thanks bro.  I am liking this one a lot as well.  It came together really fast.  It started out as something to do while I was fixing my other song, Peace, and it took over and happened in an explosion of creativity.  The lead guitar at the end is low on purpose.  I am not that good of a lead player and it was not my best effort, so I kept it low to give a busy build up type fealing at the end, but not loud enough for everyone to pick out what a terrible lead player I am.  I am really happy with my bass playing as of late, this one was like a one or two take effort.  Bass is starting to become second nature to me.

Gotta agree with Herb. The mix sounds crowded, even in the verses. Probably over compression or too much gain staging?

Hey Bapu,

I sure appreciate your thoughts on this one.  I will do some tweaking this weekend and take your advice into consideration.

Thanks to all of your suggestions, I have gone back and tweaked this one.  I believe that I have everything sitting pretty well now.  Made some slight pitch corrects to a few of the verse vocals; please let me know if you hear any pitch issues on this version. 


Follow the original link to the song, Invisible.

+++1 - -  Petty feel+++1

Hey, this is really nice!  I especially like the build up to the chorus where it all kicks in.  Great stuff!  You've got a great voice!  There are still a few pitch issues in the beginning of the verses.  

This is really nice.