Thank you again for the comments about Liverpool 1. I do read and listen to them all. Behind the scenes, I'm busy tweaking and making alterations based on what reviewers have said. I'd say that I come to a compromise between everyone's ideas and my own without making extreme changes. That's largely because once I have the main ingredients on my DAW, inevitably it is quite a big production and I feel that major surgery is very difficult. It's not that I have excessive numbers of instruments but that I'm always cutting up parts of tracks and making adjustments to very small sections so a new track is required. I sometimes become a little overawed at the task in front of me. I've tweaked 'Liverpool 1' until my ears bled. It is 99% there. There's an annoying little blip on the acoustic guitar solo track and the obsessive part of my nature wants to replay it. I'm also thinking about lowering the volume of the intro chords but I want to put this song to bed. so I think I have now arrived at the definitive mix, barring more attention to mastering in the future.
https://soundcloud.com/wicked-deeds/liverpool-1-4Thomas -
thank you for reviewing. I've adjusted volumes re the spoken word sections - once again, it's a compromise with what I wanted to achieve and your suggestion. :-)
Jamie -
Westwood to Hollywood was from 'Somewhere In My Heart' by Aztec Camera who really are a chap called 'Roddy Frame'. He's one of my favourite songwriters and certainly my all-time favourite guitarist.
Shadowfax, thank you so much. I'm so pleased that you enjoyed the chorus. :-)
thank you so much suzy :-)