Hi, Dan.

My notes look la lot like Jim's:
  • I like the intro - it hints at a jazzy song. But it ends up not going there, so it seems out of place
  • There is too much slapback on the vocal.
  • The "oohs" fight against the vocals, but sounds fine when there's no vocal.
  • When the violin comes in, it starts feeling awfully close to another song. At 1:59, things click for me, and... yes, it sounds too close to the inspiration
  • The piano parts feel disconnected from the feel of song.

I don't think it's copyright infringing, but I find it distracting whenever I'm listening to a song and it reminds me of another song. On that basis, I'd try to remove the similarity.


-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

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