Hi, Ron.

Originally Posted by DC Ron
David, great to see/hear you back.
It's good to be back. I've been working on a non-music project for a couple of months, and it's going to continue eating up my time. I finally had to stop and make myself work on music before another month went by.

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It's certainly an ambitious composition, and very well crafted, and it sounds GREAT with a lot of interesting movement and clarity. (Did I use the word "and" enough in the previous sentence? Yes, I think I did.) I still found it a challenging listen for some of the reasons you list in your post, but am sure it would sound better with repeat listens. Will do that for sure.
One of the problems is trying to figure out if "fixing" the quirkiness of the song will destroy the best part of it. It's a bit of a mess, what with all these vocals vying for attention, and trying to make everyone heard. The underlying progression is actually quite lovely, but you've never know that from the melody. wink

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I'm with you on the struggle between making a song "better" and moving on. Sometimes you just have to stick a fork in it. Sometimes...over and over again. smile

Thanks! I think I'll let this one sit for a while. The right thing to do is probably to remove most of the vocals and trust that the melody can carry the song. That means getting rid of most of the harmonies, and using them sparingly where I do keep them.

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

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