Enda Reilly: Cur An Long Ag Seol

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I cut the bass out at 0:28 because it was clashing with the guitar and no matter how I lined it up I didnt think it worked so I muted it. I felt it increased the impact of the next section when it comes in with the drum. Does this work ? I'm not sure.

I noticed that. It works to a point, but this is a technique I find works better in rock; on acoustic like this it feels a little unnatural, and distracting. I didn't say anything about it because I considered it too minor an issue to mention and, as I said, it does work OK. But, if you ask me, you should allow that "clash" to happen, since clashes like that are a normal, natural part of acoustic performance; IMHO, it adds character to a performance.

Yeah I do get a bit surgical sometimes and songs like this really are about a certain character in the performance which can be ruined if you start cutting . I dont think cutting it out was really the answer but I didnt want to leave it as was. I've noticed in other mixes it doesnt really bother me so it must be something in the balance of my mix.