This is excellent work. If you do nothing at all to it at this point, you still have a winner. Is this country gospel though? I admit that even though I'm well versed with country, I'm not so with country gospel. This might fit the mold perfectly, so excuse my ignorance if it does. It hit me as a country ballad and then the spiritual lyrics reminded me it's a spiritual song. If you're putting together a cd of this type of music in a serious way, just be certain of it's classification. Counrty spiritual maybe? Like I said, what do I know. The vocal is very well done. I like the presence of it, but if I were twisting the dials I might see how it sits pulled back just a little bit. It's a really close call, but often times I mix vocal to be present but not too much so because it automatically makes the music bed seem too background. I try for a tighter marriage of the two, if you will. This gives the music weight, as well as the vocal. If that balance isn't just so, the music can start to sound like an incidental. This teeters ever so slightly in that direction for me, which is why I suggest at least trying the vocal pulled back a bit. About the comment on the intro- same approach applies. Give the fiddle as much weight as the dobro and it won't seem like a background part as much.

But like I said, if you do nothing at all to it at this point, you still have a winner. This track is standing tall for you. No real need to adjust anything. Nice job!

Dan

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