20-08-2019, 10:12 AM
Fabulous -- what a riot. I'm sitting in an internet cafe at the moment, and just got a load of weird looks from everyone in here when those drums came in and I actually laughed out loud! 
Loads of fun -- great job! I love the way you've not just applied the octaver indescriminately, but only where it really makes sense, as that enhances the overall contrast in the arrangement, which works really well.
I'm listening on earbuds at the moment, I'm afraid, so I can't really say much about the mix technically, beyond that it seems to work pretty well as far as I can hear. Three things come to mind, though, in general. Firstly, the finger clicks sound a bit thin compared with the voices, and that's exacerbated by the bass octaving. I'd boost a bit of sub-500Hz to give it more body, especially because there are bits where the finger clicks are the most interesting thing going on. Secondly, I wonder whether the kick-drum in the drum pattern is maybe a bit busy. It just feels like this is the kind of song where the rhythmic busy-ness would make more sense coming from snare brushes and/or ghost notes, rather than from the kick. And, finally, the word 'chicks' in the final verse is quite a dramatic arrangement stunt in the raw multitracks, but doesn't really stand out much in your version any more. Maybe some kind of little effects spin?
Whatever, I enjoyed this version a lot -- thanks for sharing it! (And also for the kind words about my vocal performance!)
Loads of fun -- great job! I love the way you've not just applied the octaver indescriminately, but only where it really makes sense, as that enhances the overall contrast in the arrangement, which works really well.I'm listening on earbuds at the moment, I'm afraid, so I can't really say much about the mix technically, beyond that it seems to work pretty well as far as I can hear. Three things come to mind, though, in general. Firstly, the finger clicks sound a bit thin compared with the voices, and that's exacerbated by the bass octaving. I'd boost a bit of sub-500Hz to give it more body, especially because there are bits where the finger clicks are the most interesting thing going on. Secondly, I wonder whether the kick-drum in the drum pattern is maybe a bit busy. It just feels like this is the kind of song where the rhythmic busy-ness would make more sense coming from snare brushes and/or ghost notes, rather than from the kick. And, finally, the word 'chicks' in the final verse is quite a dramatic arrangement stunt in the raw multitracks, but doesn't really stand out much in your version any more. Maybe some kind of little effects spin?
Whatever, I enjoyed this version a lot -- thanks for sharing it! (And also for the kind words about my vocal performance!)