This is interesting! Good song!

I like the cool combination youve got between guitar and
those low strings.

Would have been interesting to be able to read the lyrics,
especially for a non native english speaker who have some
difficulties hearing all the words ...

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Thanks. I will try to get the lyrics up soon. Just didn't have time to type them
in this morning.

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I like it. Cool, dark lyrics. Nice mix of guitar with those bass
strings. I dig the simple but cool guitar solo. The treament
of the lead vocals didn't sound too good to me. I'd either go
for a more full sound or the opposite and go for an even
thinner upper mid sound with maybe some light echo. The
harmony vocals really need to come up; they're just barely
audible enough to even know they're there. From what I can
hear of them they sound like they would be good at the same
level as the leads. Sort of a Timbuk Three harmony sound.

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Thanks for the comments. "The treament of the lead vocals didn't sound too
good to me." You know that thing producers say about how certain singers
sound really good on the cheapest microphones? I'm not one of them. Gotta
get me a decent microphone. Since this recording, I've gotten a lot better at
using EQ to get a better sound out of our voices with the crappy mics we
have. The barely audible backing vocals were a conscious choice--we
normally do go for a more "Timbuk 3" mix. Eshinee was trying to do a thing
were she kind of whispered behind me (sometimes saying different things
than what I was saying). Then she has the monologue in the first instrumental
break which you have to listen really, really close to in order to make out
what she's saying. It's more of a vibe thing. Perhaps a bad idea, in retrospect.

I appreciate your comments.

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...most of all. The lyrical content of the song is very
strong.

The vocals seemed distant and muffled to me, especially
the harmony vocals, and the whole mix is a little dark for
me...Love the last whispered 'black wings'...those are
cool...

I think that overall I wish the vocals sounded a little more
relaxed, confident and conversational...

I like the tone you used on the electric guitar...

Ed

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The electric is just an ancient Ibanez something-or-other I bought off
another student when I was in college ($90) run through a Line6 Pod (the
Mesa Boogie simulator I think). I've really become a Pod fan for guitar
processing. Even use it on my acoustic sometimes to get a clean, jazzy
hollowbody sound.

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The electric is just an ancient Ibanez something-or-other I bought off
another student when I was in college ($90) run through a Line6 Pod (the
Mesa Boogie simulator I think). I've really become a Pod fan for guitar
processing. Even use it on my acoustic sometimes to get a clean, jazzy
hollowbody sound.

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This is a real interesting, intense performance...great
mysterious lyrics. I think that there is a slightly disjointed
feel in places but it is a very compelling track overall.
Good stuff!!
Steve

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At first, I felt that the drum loop did not fit but that was
quickly allayed when things came together. Some of the
phrasing, like "on-ee-yon" is a bit over the top and should
have been handled with only two notes. Great
instrumental and the verses seem to hold up with this
treatment. Also, the additional harmonization was lovely.
There is certainly a seemingly dynamically flat guitar
which could use a bit of treble. In the mix, the
instruments are a bit louder and it seems that the voice
and music are competing. While you have done so here, it
seems to be quite common to me in some songs that I
have reviewed and I don't know if this is a matter of
production or "ear." Keep it going!

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"Five for silver, si/ex for gold%u2026" Love it.

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