@Jack Simmons - Thanks for your detailed critique, very welcome and valuable comments Jack, This forum really works for me (@Boydie - a nod to all the Admins efforts)
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If it were me I would have EQd them a little thinner and slapped a bit more reverb on them so they sat back a bit in the mix. But to be fair they are as clean and clear as all the synths and drum sounds." - Interesting observation Jack, If you mean the LVox, then I think that is rather thin as it is, and usually I only put a hair of EchoBoy on it, and sometimes a touch of SmallPlate verb.
Then depending on the overall vibe either pop a Lexicon MPX on the Master buss to wet it all up (really only a touch) a bit so it sounds believable reverb wise, or on the busBVox, it all rather depends how I hear it, and how much verb is on the busInstruments.
"My favourite melody here by far though is the pre-chorus/second half of the verse. "You see I really didn’t care." That lovely falsetto break on 'care'. Sweet!" - I have
@AnitaFox - to thank for that, she is a very skilled wordsmith and melody-finder.
I'll be putting a few more layers of HVox on, as well as BVox. Would you be up for doing them? your idea, Vocal range and timbre is perfect for this song. (I'm not in an hurry if your'e busy.) So much for Gtr Solos, you either love em or loathe em, I think sometimes they are dis'd a little too often, but back then they were really the thing to fill out.
As to the production, a lot of it is down to believing in what I hear, mixing under Cans, listening in various places to the current mix (Car, Speakers, iPhone earbuds, wav, mp3 etc.) and the rather tasty audio engine of Samplitude pro X3 (my DAW).
I would also say that like many others I practise not only my instruments, but the DAW - things like Audio Quantizing, Audio to MIDI, Object level automation, Spectral cleaning and all that kind of stuff that benefits from practise and written 'my own interpretation of the user manual'. I also read and practise the more involved plugins/VST's such as Melodyne Studio... they can all lead one to places that you don't want to go, I'm always in control, and I don't mind waiting years before releasing something, it has to be ready...And as you can see from the above this one can still benefit from some work.
@Wicked Deeds - Hi Knackered Dudes
... Now there's an idea, Cazrolina broke out into
Teardrops by Womack and Womack once rather unexpectedly on some stems she sent me, managed to incorporate it in one of my more weird pieces (
Don't Try this at home).
Thanks for the compliments re: the solo, gratefully received, especially as my arthritis in my fingers gives me jip through the winter, could be worse, (a blister on my/a blister on my thumb...as someone once said)
regards coparsleyman