Did some significant work last night on this song…added some instruments and remixed it a bit. Still quite a ways off from completion I think but stepping in the right direction. Next up..reworking the vocals. Also thinking of repeating the chorus again before the grand fade out, but that will push the song past the five minute mark. We’ll see if I care to actually do that. ..
Here is version 2b of the song.
[audio:https://hellocomein.com/soundbox/hellomusic_mike/TNT_v2b.mp3]UPDATE 6\27: I retracked my vocals last night…not perfect but better than before…I might give them another go tonight if my roommates arent around. I think the mix still needs some tweaking since thinks sound a bit muddy in the mid range but we’ll see. Here is version 3a.
[audio:https://hellocomein.com/soundbox/hellomusic_mike/TNT_v3a.mp3]
This is coming together nicely.. a few thoughts.. I am craving to hear that tight rhodes counter line in TNT, maybe you purposefully left it out, but I think it might be a nice part to include.
I like how the you include the melody from Shout out Louds on top of the guitar riff from TNT towards the end..
Overall I think this is coming together really nicely… this version cleans up that guitar line quite a bit.( sounds like you moved some things around in the mix) I think once you get those female vocals in there you will be good to go.. (they will help to tenderize the song further.. ) and I like the sonic pads you added to the undercarriage.. Well done.
You know I thought about that counter line from TNT but wasn’t sure where to put it or how to pull it off so I left it out. Any suggestions? Also do you think I should repeat the chorus a third time at the end?
Yeah, I would say play around with adding that line in.. just put it where it is in TNT..
As for a third chorus at the end, I’m not sure it needs it.
Tonight I will probably redo the vocals and add that second verse instead of copy and pasting the first one again. That might help my dilemma of length.