Hi, Brad.

I enjoyed the song - nice write, engaging arrangement.

Some random observations...

Overall, I think it's a great arrangement. But - to my ears - it sounds uneven, and there are places where it loses energy.

At 0:26, it feels like the drums are playing counter to the song, as if they are holding onto the fill a bit too long and not noticed they should be prepping for the chorus.

At 1:10, instead the energy going up a notch at the chorus, it feels like the song loses energy and the volume gets turned down.

I like the fake echo on "shout", but wish you'd also ping-ponged it a bit wider.

At 1:52 under the word "love", the bass sounds like it loses the timing.

I'd drop the final note the slide plays at 3:03... it doesn't sound connected to the rest of the solo, and sort of sticks out.

At 3:23, the chorus again ducks down in volume, and that again kills the energy.

Finally, I'd drop the "Aaahs" that you've got at the end. Sure, you've used them prominently in other parts of the song, but I think they just stick out here.

As I said, I think the arrangement is great - it's just not quite balanced.

Wow... I guess I had a lot more thoughts about this than I expected. Feel free to ignore them all! wink

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?