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An online friend, John Vaughan sent me a lyric.
I looked at it for a few days not knowing what to do.
A few days later I chopped it up into small parts, added a few more parts and came up with this.

Is the vocal clear enough?

Can't recall the original tracks as I swapped them over many times but there are two drum tracks:
Nashville Even 8 and Pop Promise Even 16. Two bass tracks: Electric Pop Power 4s and Electric Pop Shining Held.
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https://soundcloud.com/vic-arnold/dont-worry-bout-me?si=15aba0341d1042e2b60881fd507852c6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME 2022 Vaughan & Arnold

v1
I got Facebook, Facetime,
stack of books online.
More than I could ever read.
A thousand channel TV.
... So don't worry 'bout me.
Don't worry 'bout me.
v2
Short drive. Long beach.
Let the dog off the leash.
Meet my friends at the bar.
Never worry where you are.
... So don't worry 'bout me.
Don't worry 'bout me.
Br.
I can stay up all night .. counting stars
Play a lotta tunes .. on my guitar.
Write about a love .. gone down the road
Cry about a bride .. that never showed
... so don't worry 'bout me
Inst.
Br.2
Found a new girl, lives across the street .
Looks good.. and she sure tastes sweet
v3
I got a Golf course nearby
iphone and Spotify
Fingerlickin' chicken fried
Happiness certified
... So don't worry 'bout me.
Repeat v1

So don't worry about me

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Great write, good song. It seems like your vocals could use just a little less lows, it almost sounds muffled, but just a little!!

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Really nice song, great lyrics, good singing. Yes, the vocals sound a little muffled. Might be worth looking into. Again, the song is great!


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Cool use of guitars.

I can make out the vocal, but there's something going on that's messing with the clarity.

I enjoyed the song.


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Cool song and narrative. Not sure the aggressive electric works.


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Thanks Ronnie.
I think you're right.

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Hi Tunemonger.
Hopefully I've sorted the muffled problem now.
Thanks for your input.
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Don't need to worry about you, Vic No need to beat you up on the muffled vox. Still, I can hear all of the words, and those lyrics are really cool. What a good group of players you've selected. I really like those quick changes. The mix otherwise is perfect. Everything is clear.


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I found the boom-i-ness of the mix difficult to listen to. The vocals are (still) muddy. The bass is overly dominant. There seems to be a phasing problem of some kind - the boom-i-ness fluctuates ( like a sign wave). Could be some kind of plugin that you have on the entire mix???

It all clears up some during the bridge. The boom-y bass goes away at that point and the vocal are much more clear there. Comparing that difference might help lead you to the problem.

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Thank you David,
I'm trying to sort that mud out.

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Thanks Ray.
Appreciate it.

Vic

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Thanks Marty.
Still trying to improve it.

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Vic, great start. I liked the backing tracks, instrumentation, and mix. The vocal good but as mentioned it could be cleaned up, however I understood each word.

With a little polish on the vocal this will be a gem!


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Vic,
Good colab. Came together well. Solid arrangement and vocals. Mix is a little lower end rich, especially vocals even for very neutral AKG headphones that I have.. Some EQ will easily fix it. Still, will echo Mario: "I understood each word." Thank you for sharing.

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Hi Floyd.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Last night I looked into my DAW and found that for some reason all the individual tracks were somehow combined with each other to varying extents, i.e. the vocals had certain amounts of the bass, drums and other instruments on them.
This was obviously muddying the mix. No idea how it happened.
Anyway I took away all the sends and started again. Seems to have resolved the issue. I hope.

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Mario.
Thanks for your comments. I found last night that the mix was contaminated somehow with bleed from every track.
I hope I have now solved the problem.

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Misha.
Thank you for your input.
I think I've solved the problem now and I refer you to the reply to Floyd, above.
Cheers.

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Cool tune Vic. Excellent vocal and lyric. Really like the instrumentation selection. Well done


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Cool lyric!! And your music is exactly what they needed to make them shine......cool rhythmic thing you got going!! Always like the way you sing......honest, natural!! Take care. Greg

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Thanks Scott.
It took a while to get there.

Vic

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