This is very Middle Earth in its feel, I love the free-flowing aspect of it. In fact, this loose rhythm might be better served if your vocals were more random, as opposed to the meter you maintain throughout the piece. It sounds like your vocals are clipping a bit, like you've run the sound too hot, I don't know if that's in the recording or just the mixing. You've got a nice, clear voice, so you should leave yourself plenty of headroom (LED clearance, into the yellow only slightly) and stay on the microphone so as not to strain your voice. A couple of times, you sounded a little off-key, maybe for not being familiar with the melody or not having enough breath support (I could hear a couple of places where you seemed to run out of air), but your voice is so very capable of sustaining rich and flowing melodies. Like with any singer, familiarity of the path is the best way to avoid missteps. Overall, I liked this - some production work and rehearsals with this will really bring it forward in a bold and dynamic light. The words are quite beautiful and the mood, positively ethereal!

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Thanks, Dredmon! That's very helpful, I'll definately take that into account with the next one I do. I think someof the problem with the clipping that you mentioned on the vocal part,was that I think I recorded it at too low a volume - I had to raise the volume up after I'd recorded. That might have had something to do with it - I'll try recording at a higher volume next time,see if that helps.

Angain, thank you - a very useful review, with some good tips.

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I am on my work speakers, so I can't comment on
production, but this has a mystical feel.... an age gone
by. Lovely vocal.

Jack

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I liked it but I think it seems muddied on your voice drowning out the low sounds or rahter merging them alltogether.

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