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Greetings,

A bit too much subbass (in the kick) for my taste. I don't mind the amount of bass, but it sounds too "boomy" or "poking" (too concentrated spectrally, instead of being a wider hump).

I'd like a bit more organ at the beginning to give a stronger color/contrast to the intro, to emphasize the musical idea there. We will hear pretty much all the other instruments all throughout the whole song, the organ however has only this single section where it can shine! Let it! Smile

Kick and snare are a bit acoustically too different, too direct, too dry for me (like dubbed into the composition after the fact), so they don't credibly mesh with the rest of the instruments for me; hihat sounds ok to me; a bit more emphasized hihat would be nice.

Nice vocal characters and balance between vocals... however maybe try to make the vocals a bit more direct, more clear, so that the words can be understood more clearly. No, unique background vocal at 3:26 deserves more highlighting... the other vocals (lead and chorus) are repeating stuff from before, but this guy at 3:26 is a unique color, give it a bit more emphasis and integrate it more.

In general, whenever there is a unique (non-repeating) element, try to let it shine through the repeating elements.

(28-02-2024, 04:40 PM)Thank you very much for the advice, i totally agree. Wrote: [ -> ]I will try to make a new version following your suggestions.

Thanks again and regards

RandomUser76fce8Greetings,

A bit too much subbass (in the kick) for my taste. I don't mind the amount of bass, but it sounds too "boomy" or "poking" (too concentrated spectrally, instead of being a wider hump).

I'd like a bit more organ at the beginning to give a stronger color/contrast to the intro, to emphasize the musical idea there. We will hear pretty much all the other instruments all throughout the whole song, the organ however has only this single section where it can shine! Let it!

Kick and snare are a bit acoustically too different, too direct, too dry for me (like dubbed into the composition after the fact), so they don't credibly mesh with the rest of the instruments for me; hihat sounds ok to me; a bit more emphasized hihat would be nice.

Nice vocal characters and balance between vocals... however maybe try to make the vocals a bit more direct, more clear, so that the words can be understood more clearly. No, unique background vocal at 3:26 deserves more highlighting... the other vocals (lead and chorus) are repeating stuff from before, but this guy at 3:26 is a unique color, give it a bit more emphasis and integrate it more.

In general, whenever there is a unique (non-repeating) element, try to let it shine through the repeating elements.

(28-02-2024, 04:45 PM)Muzak Wrote: [ -> ]
(28-02-2024, 04:40 PM)Thank you very much for the advice, i totally agree. Wrote: [ -> ]I will try to make a new version following your suggestions.

Thanks again and regards

My pleasure! I have now listened to Arrivedercissimo as well, and there as well I had the impression that the vocal (it is a lyrics-based song) is not allowed to fly, but instead is kept in a polite and neat EQ- and compressor-cage, that doesn't allow it to have heart! It feels too much like a "I am trying to be nice" MIDI. Smile

I would love to try my hand at it, to see what I can make out of it (assuming it was recorded clean, and not through compressor and EQ).

Oh, now I listened to a few other songs from them, and I just realized they purposefully have this synth-based sound... oh yes, their description even says that... then it's not bad for that... I would still try a bit more clear vocals.

thanks again..It's not easy, sometimes you have to find compromises between production and artist.
Greetings and see you next time

(28-02-2024, 04:40 PM)maybe this version should be closer to your taste :-)RandomUser76fce8 Wrote: [ -> ]Greetings,

A bit too much subbass (in the kick) for my taste. I don't mind the amount of bass, but it sounds too "boomy" or "poking" (too concentrated spectrally, instead of being a wider hump).

I'd like a bit more organ at the beginning to give a stronger color/contrast to the intro, to emphasize the musical idea there. We will hear pretty much all the other instruments all throughout the whole song, the organ however has only this single section where it can shine! Let it!

Kick and snare are a bit acoustically too different, too direct, too dry for me (like dubbed into the composition after the fact), so they don't credibly mesh with the rest of the instruments for me; hihat sounds ok to me; a bit more emphasized hihat would be nice.

Nice vocal characters and balance between vocals... however maybe try to make the vocals a bit more direct, more clear, so that the words can be understood more clearly. No, unique background vocal at 3:26 deserves more highlighting... the other vocals (lead and chorus) are repeating stuff from before, but this guy at 3:26 is a unique color, give it a bit more emphasis and integrate it more.