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My wife said the whole song was too choppy,



She is saying the same thing that I said.

Reread what I said up there, pay attention to the idea of replacing the choppy piano with a PAD instead.

PAD instruments are the sustained sound instruments like the Organ, Strings, Synthesizer, Horns, etc. Of course, the genre here rules out many of these, I doubt if Strings would be appropriate, for instance.

But when we have two or more "choppy" sounding instruments in the bed tracks, it is verly likely going to be the case that one or more of them is not needed, let alone desirable. Unless they are all playing the same chop in unison, which might make it for an R&B track but again wouldn't really suit the genre here.

Think of the Pads like "sonic glue" -- that can bind the other rhythmic parts together as the song unfolds.

BTW there are ways to play the Piano part more like a Pad, or at least not get in the way of the other instruments. Use of a MIDI piano track from style or a RealTrack piano that wasn't really made for a fit in your particular song is something we must always be on guard against.

And never forget the ultimate song producers mantra -- "Less is more".

Sometimes just altogether removing a track that is taking up too much sonic space is the ultimate answer. Try muting a track and listening to the song, but only after you've let your ears and your built in memory for the thing relax a few days at least, then go back with fresh ears and relisten with all this in mind.


--Mac

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