Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon#
Robertkc & Scott.
Excellent collaboration. Very musical piece. Smooth vocals. Scott's guitar worked very well! I like everything about it, but one item. To my taste drums are a little busy. Otherwise, CONGRATULATIONS on this unusual and beautiful tune! Enjoyed it a lot.

Misha.


Thanks for listening...and especially for noticing the tune is unusual, Misha!
I`m sure there are lots of songs in Spanish which take on the thorny migrant subject with more realism... I have a long distance and view that makes it easier to add the romance.
p.s.drums not so dominant now.




Originally Posted By: rayc
Shoot me if you will but the vocals aren't loud'n'clear enough given the percussion and delayed guitar surrounding it.
It may be a simple matter of EQing a little presence to lift it above.
I found I was distracted by the stuff happening around the vocal and couldn't focus on it easily.
If I weren't interested in hearing the narrative, and let's face it the preamble made the narrative unmissable, I'd not have had a problem though.


No shots fired...you are out of range over in Oz!
Being a new genre for me I processed the vocals very differently than usual- trying for smooth I may have ended up with fuzzy.
There`s a revamped vocal on the take now-I think its easier to hear the lyrics.
Glad you were interested in where the story went.


Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
Excellent song to end the year!

I love the latin groove, I used to do a lot of latin instrumentals back in the day.

I agree with Ray, the vocal is hard to hear in places. Might be too much competition with Scott's (excellent) guitar, not sure.
Ray mentioned EQing to lift the vocal, another technique is to EQ the lead guitar, you could have a dynamic EQ that cuts the frequencies in the guitar that conflict with the vocal, and side chain it with the vocal so the EQ cut only happens when the vocal is active.

But, great song guys, enjoyed!


Dave,

Both Scott and I wanted his guitar to be heard on the verses ( glad you think its some fine work), but yes, there`s some conflict with that guy singing!
As mentioned to RayC I`ve reworked the vocal - gone back to my regular chain- it seems improved,though I didn`t change anything else in the mix.
That idea to filter out EQ clashes with the guitar sounds good; I`m not at that skill level yet.
I`m pleased you liked the song and appreciate your comments.

Robert