[Nathaniel Earl]

updated mix, applying most of the notes y’all recommended. Thanks for your insight and enthusiasm. Means the world!

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[Nathaniel Earl]

I tucked the drums back into the soundstage, and brought out the choir. I’m vibing with it! Also added some high frequency back into the mix @-PT

Would love to hear yall’s thoughts!

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Thank you @dana !

All the love

[Nathaniel Earl]

Roy! Thank you for the feedback my friend. I’ve tamed the wow synth and the ending piano a tad, and adjusted a few other things (vocals, dynamics between sections) a bit. Appreciate you taking the time to listen 🙂

[Nathaniel Earl]

Dana! Thank you so much for your kind words. Half of the joy I get from completing music these days comes with getting to share it with this wonderful community you’ve gathered here. So grateful for the words of encouragement.

2:34 dropout idea is great!
I definitely agree that the wow synth is a bit forward. I’m gonna soften it a bit
Great call on the breath suggestion too. I toyed with removing them, but that didn’t feel right as I wanted the “choir about to start” vibe to hit strong. But you are on the money with the clip gain suggestion.
And I agree piano on outro is loud. It’s a super low quality living room recording with people talking outside and stuff, but something about it felt like a keeper. Will toy around with softening the mechanism vibe

Thank you so much for the kind words and suggestions. Honored ❤

[Nathaniel Earl]

Jesse! Thank you my friend. You humble me!
I very much appreciate that constructive feedback. I definitely went back and forth on the beat on the verses…I ended up sticking with it this way cause it just made the fall into the choruses that much more of a landing pad, but you make a really good observation.
And I hear you about the chime guitar at the end. I think there are still a few panning related things I’m going to adjust on the choruses that should provide a more balanced overall image, Thanks for pointing that out specifically though, as my ears had grown so accustomed to it that I didn’t even notice they were panned left haha.
Again man, so grateful for your kind words and suggestions. Honored 🙂

[Nathaniel Earl]

Damn you nailed it bro. My favorite part is when the Zucker-worm is singing “Bigger man”

[Nathaniel Earl]

Thanks Charissa!!! I’d LOVE to collaborate on something. This choir is actually from an iphone recording of a school in South Africa singing in a courtyard. I pulled a couple clips from different parts of that recording and built a new choir from it. But maybe next time there will be a budget for a custom choir!

[Nathaniel Earl]

HA this is amazing. We just gotta superimpose your face now.

[Nathaniel Earl]

Can’t get enough of the image of you sprinting through the woods to battle a sandworm. Gotta get some photoshop guru to create that (or midjourney?)

And thank you for the kind words! Appreciated the adjustments you recommended, they added some extra intention which really propelled the final moment. Those glissando things are a bunch of slide guitars and some Oberheim.🤘

[Nathaniel Earl]

nitrous-oxide…..love it. Thanks for the kind words man! I love getting these narrative replies from you, they are a film-like journey in and of themselves! Very much appreciate your feedback and encouragement. I think giving the vocals a bit more sparkle could be a great idea. 🙂

[Nathaniel Earl]

🤣

[Nathaniel Earl]

ooo I like the decapitator suggestion. gonna roll with that

[Nathaniel Earl]

haha I already do that point at the screen and say “I know him” thing every time you pop up.

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement! After sharing this with some other mix folk, everyone seems to agree that the drums are poking out a bit on the dry side. I definitely wanted them to hit you in the face, but I like the suggestion of trying to fit them a bit more into the overall soundstage. Will experiment with approach on this and report back.

And heard on the choir! I’ll get them to stand out a bit more. 🙂

Thanks again for taking the time to listen and provide such great feedback.encouragement!

[Nathaniel Earl]

Hey @-PT thank for this feedback, and charming narrative! haha. Not pompous at all! I hear you on it may be leaning a bit to the darker side of things – will see what can be done to bring a bit of air back into the fold.