BradoSanz

LOL. This song is funny. Even though there is a cuss word in the chorus part, I still think it's a pretty entertaining song to listen to!

Ahh okay, that makes sense! Don't get me wrong - the piano was played most beautifully! I apologize if I came across with a "better than thou" attitude as that was not my intention by any means :) I look forward to hearing the upright with this one!

Powerful. Touching. In-your-face. Well-mixed. What else shall I say? Truly, awesome. I feel that maybe the drums could've been slightly louder on some small parts but it's great stuff. The music change at 1:23 is awesome! So much energy, though it gets busy to a point of being "too-much." The transition at 1:53 is a little rough. Feels too much of a sudden change. Maybe something like a cymbal effect to blend the two parts. Overall, beautiful work.

Those vocals are really touching. Sure, maybe the vocals could be adjusted a bit. I know it would sound awesome if mixed correctly! I like your and your daughters voice. Lots of emotion.

Cheers!

ER

PS - Your voice reminds me of an 80s singer :P Thats a good thing!

Great song, but a little too overcompressed in my opinion. You lose the power of the song because everything is being pushed to the limit and is causing the song as a whole to lose the in-your-face powerful feeling you get with this type of song; everything is already being driven to the max and is having to be pulled down by the limiter in a not-so-attractive way. I think its this compression that seems to have made the drums and music in general lose its "umph" and the vocals are kinda sitting a little far upfront (the music is a hair too soft). I think maybe dropping them back a bit and maybe increasing the power of your de-esser by a little will help with the sibilances. Despite these mixing issues, it's still a cool song to listen to, even if it's not exactly my cup o' tea :P

ER

Yeah, I agree with EB. The vocals were lovely. With a little more mixing work, they could be taken to high levels of awesomeness!

ER

I think this song might be helped a little by panning out the electric guitar more to the left or right, give the song some air. The sibilances are really quite strong on the vocals. Might wanna consider putting some de-essers on them to reduce it!

I like song structure though. Beautiful work.

ER

my acapella is at 1:40, transposed up an octave. LOL that made my evening! Thanks!

It sounds like tHere are 3 different keys being played simultaneously by the different instruments. Kinda hard to listen to for me for that reason, but if that issue gets fixed, this would be a fun one to jam to. Cheers,

ER

LOL And I hear my acapella :D HAHA I was not expecting that one :)

I like the chords on the acoustic :P The vocal is beautiful! The piano is too close in. Needs to be pulled back to make a much more blended sound. Right now, it sticks out too far out and makes for a slightly uncomfortable listening experience :P

Kudos,

ER

The arrangement is beautiful. I definitely love that intro. The bass seems a little odd; the whole song sounds a little odd in my opinion. I actually like the emotion it evokes; mysterious and interesting. Good work on this one!

ER

I'd suggest getting a free limiter here:

http://www.masseyplugins.com/

Click "try em'" and download to your computer. The demo version mastering limiter (along with some other plugins) is free to use and will keep your music from clipping in the future. It's a quite effective and easy tool to use and can be very beneficial to any mix. I'd suggest giving it a try!

I actually like the mix on this one. Sure there is what to my ear sound like some lossiness on some of the sounds used, and the drums could be a tad louder in my humble opinion, but the whole structure is great. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Beautiful piece.

ER

Still listening to this one. Really a lovely piece. Thanks for this from the bottom of my heart.

ER

The piano loops is definitely beautiful. Same for the synth pads that fill the space behind it. However, the synth arpeggiator(is that the right term?) that comes in at the :30 mark is in the wrong key! :( Shifting it down half a note will fix this problem. There are some clashing notes, yes, but it's not something that can't be fixed!

Cheers,

ER

I'd have to disagree with crucethus on this one. I actually enjoyed the hesitant feel of the piano. It's different. All too often we hear songs that are so structured. This one is not, and I like that difference. The storm sounds were very relaxing. It's been a rough day for me today and this helped to wind me down. Lovely work for your first track, ama. I look forward to hearing more work. If theres one critique I can offer, I'd look more at playing with the delay on your system and try making it stereo to fill the space. Maybe adding a touch of stereo reverb will help silken up the piano as well. Anyhoo, great job on this. Much better than my first attempt! :)

ER

I like the idea a lot! But in my personal opinion I feel that the wind FX are a little tacky. The vocal solo was pretty awesome though. I liked how it added an extra flavor of epicness to the mix. And the strings are lovely. I think the drums could use a little more variation on velocity; they come across as too midi-fied for me. Great starting point, I look forward to hearing the finished product! If you're willing - when you're done I'd like to try my hand at mixing/mastering this one! I love the song. I really do. Like skwish said, it could definitely be behind some intense game industry for COD or Battlefield!

Lovely job,

ER

I like that breakdown at the 1:00 minute mark by the way! Simple and sweet, just like I like it!

This was a beautiful song. Made my head groove back and forth. Great work on this one, man. Keep em' coming!

This really groovy! I love it. Maybe there could be a little less reverb on the drums, but overall, the construction of the song itself is beautiful. Great work on this one.

I could swear that the intro ambient noise is the "Traffic" audio clip from iMovie :P

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the fat bass at 1:27

That fat bass is too overdriven. It's overpowering everything else and you're starting to lose clarity. Might wanna take another look at it. Cheers!

I like the drums, but the snare feels a little panned to the left. I think centering might help the overall sound. Great stuff. And is that a click track blip I hear at 1:04? :P I like the idea very much though! Lovely work Elena!

ER

Woah, just looked up some images of the Danube River. Absolutely beautiful! I'd go with the river view any day haha. I'm a nature guy at heart :P