23-08-2012, 10:31 PM
I like the warmth and mellowness of the vision you've got going here, and I like the depth perspectives you're playing with, but I have to confess to scratching my head a bit about some of the choices you've made. It's the kick drum that most puzzles me. It's quite an odd sound you've created there, not only because it's extremely resonant, but it also seems to have a pitched element in the capacious sustain tail that clashes with the song's harmonies. I'm as keen on creative moves as the next man, but I think you lose more than you gain with this particular one.
The way some of the drums are very dry also seems incongruous, because that puts them right up front, when the vocal is quite a long way back -- it's almost like you've got the rhythm section at the front of the stage and everyone behind them. The entry of the tambourine at 1:16 is particularly surprising in that respect, because it's rather loud as well as dry as a bone, so it's like someone stuffing it right up your nose as a listener! (That would be, like, really painful... I think I have to stop thinking about that. It's not a nice image...)
Hope some of this makes sense!
The way some of the drums are very dry also seems incongruous, because that puts them right up front, when the vocal is quite a long way back -- it's almost like you've got the rhythm section at the front of the stage and everyone behind them. The entry of the tambourine at 1:16 is particularly surprising in that respect, because it's rather loud as well as dry as a bone, so it's like someone stuffing it right up your nose as a listener! (That would be, like, really painful... I think I have to stop thinking about that. It's not a nice image...)
Hope some of this makes sense!