@Jambrains .....I appreciate that about the "naked" quality of the track, and about the meshing of the vocals and the guitar. The guitar came first......
@man made material ......thanks for that about the instrumentation. Yeah.....that ending.......
Ok, phew....I realise that’s some pretty brutal feedback
I LOVE it!
I tend to shoot from the hip with my writing and then work up some sort of cohesion as the process goes on. I truly appreciate the kind words from folks about what I end up with but I always see the flaws...always. For instance.....when I first started to really mix this one I did a little trick that I like. I let it play on my headphones but kept the headphones hanging from the desk in front of me. Anything untoward will always stand out.
That guitar was like a sore thumb. I spent hours carefully massaging it.....clip gain automation, compression tweakage, you name it....I always ended back on that guitar track. In the end I knew it was a flaw in the way I played it but there it was. I was happy with the capture so I didn't want to hide it.
And, yeah...I tend to be pretty dry and I do get all disjointed with my arrangements at times.
Thanks for that critical and detailed listen
@LostBoy ....and for your appreciation. That's what this is really all about. We can make each other better.