Too Bright

[pauli]

Okay, for the most part my biggest issue is with the vox. In the verse you've got an almost intimate/telephone vocal and then in the chorus you've got this really dark and almost foreboding thing going on with it. Why not try switching that dynamic around? It might work better for ya.

I really liked the drums in the verse. The snare is perhaps a bit "bodyless" but it has a nice snap. Kick has some nice weight and the hats sound nice and crisp.

Other than the vox I really don't feel there is much to comment on that is a major issue honestly. You pretty much got the big stuff good to go.

There is one thing I would like to comment on in particular.

Space. You don't hear a sound without a room sound to it to some degree. Now, this can be used for effect on certain instruments in certain situations. However, those are not all that common so it makes sense to give things ample space. You don't necessarily have to out right hear it, but feeling it is plenty good. In the context of a mix it can be very handy to manipulate this space as well to create a more engaging sound.

A decent take on this track. The hardest part with this is by far the vox. Honestly switch the tone between the chorus and verse and I think you'd have an interesting little dynamic at play.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments. The vocal processing is really severe... I think sometimes we hear those nasty frequencies and we want to smooth them out, but then it's as though you can't get them out of your ears and keep smoothing even though the problem is well past being fixed. At one point I considered doing a distorted telephonic effect a la Dan Auerbach for the choruses, but you're right... the verse tone is too bright and the chorus tone is too dull.


The space/ambience, you're right to flag that up. There's sort of a "paint by numbers" reverb/delay approach here... kind of lazy, but I was ready to post it and be done with it for a while.

I'd really like to know how you got the bass synth so huge on your version. In Massey's "Behind The Glass" there's a great interview with Nile Rogers where he mentions how small the instrumentation is one the records he produced for Madonna, but that was also how get got the huge sound, by deliberately not layering. Apart from the vocal that's where I think my mix falls short... the choruses are loud but they still sound small.

I think I'm going to finish up what I'm working on right now and give this one another stab with your comments in mind. Thanks for taking the time and encouraging remarks