07-11-2013, 07:38 AM
Hi Panos,
Thanks for the compliments on the song -- by return, I'd like to offer my compliments on the mix! This is very much a mix after my own heart. Love the vocal effects. Love the new arrangement details you added by dropping the drums -- very effective at the beginning of the second verse in particular. What impresses me most is that you've clearly listened to what I'm singing, and have come up with ideas that seem to support that. Great work!
One change I'd suggest would be to make the organ entry at the start of each chorus more imposing -- it's meant to be a real statement, because church organ is such a stupidly bombastic thing to put in a song like this. You can always pull it out again a bit to leave space when the BVs really get going.
And talking of the BVs, my own preference would be for a bit more of them, and a little less of the lead in the choruses. As it is, the lead punches through easily, whereas I think it gives a better impression of the scale of the backing arrangement if the lead vocal has to struggle a bit more to be heard. It just feels like the choruses aren't quite large-sounding enough (for want of a better expression), because the lead vocal level is implying that the BVs and organ are quite small.
Still, I really enjoyed hearing that version -- thanks for posting!
Thanks for the compliments on the song -- by return, I'd like to offer my compliments on the mix! This is very much a mix after my own heart. Love the vocal effects. Love the new arrangement details you added by dropping the drums -- very effective at the beginning of the second verse in particular. What impresses me most is that you've clearly listened to what I'm singing, and have come up with ideas that seem to support that. Great work!
One change I'd suggest would be to make the organ entry at the start of each chorus more imposing -- it's meant to be a real statement, because church organ is such a stupidly bombastic thing to put in a song like this. You can always pull it out again a bit to leave space when the BVs really get going.
And talking of the BVs, my own preference would be for a bit more of them, and a little less of the lead in the choruses. As it is, the lead punches through easily, whereas I think it gives a better impression of the scale of the backing arrangement if the lead vocal has to struggle a bit more to be heard. It just feels like the choruses aren't quite large-sounding enough (for want of a better expression), because the lead vocal level is implying that the BVs and organ are quite small.
Still, I really enjoyed hearing that version -- thanks for posting!