Any spare ears for 'Heartbreaking Adult Contemporary' pitch?

[JohnDroese]

Nice Track Mark! My two cents.....
1. The intro is too long
2. Your voice is muddy in the mix especially the first half of the song I understand this may have been done for artistic reasons but I think a much smaller reverb and cutting some low end off the vocals so it sits in the front of the track would be more enjoyable
3.You need to hit the first chorus I understand it's an artistic choice but I would turn that song off right there because it just started feeling long
4. Loved the second half of the song you just need to get there a lot faster or you will lose half your audience
5. cut about 40 seconds off the the song make it a challenge to do a mix between 2:45 and 3:00 then just see how it feels leave them wanting more

Great song, Great hook, very good vocals Nice work

Hope that helps

[mwb2]

A few syllables near the beginning ("my-SELF" "my PAIN") sound pitchy - I'd check those, gently melodyne if needed.

I also do think the track at 1:20 sounds too different from the first part. It's not that musically I don't like that kind of thing sometimes, but especially for sync I think it's a very different feel and the listing makes it sound like that's not what they'd want.

Cheers,
Mike

[markmathewsmusic]

Nice Track Mark! My two cents.....
1. The intro is too long
2. Your voice is muddy in the mix especially the first half of the song I understand this may have been done for artistic reasons but I think a much smaller reverb and cutting some low end off the vocals so it sits in the front of the track would be more enjoyable
3.You need to hit the first chorus I understand it's an artistic choice but I would turn that song off right there because it just started feeling long
4. Loved the second half of the song you just need to get there a lot faster or you will lose half your audience
5. cut about 40 seconds off the the song make it a challenge to do a mix between 2:45 and 3:00 then just see how it feels leave them wanting more

Great song, Great hook, very good vocals Nice work

Hope that helps

Oh that is super, helpful stuff, John! Truly appreciate you taking the time to listen and also get into that for me. I started producing and engineering my own tracks this year, so I've still so much to learn so tips and steers like this is great!

[markmathewsmusic]

A few syllables near the beginning ("my-SELF" "my PAIN") sound pitchy - I'd check those, gently melodyne if needed.

I also do think the track at 1:20 sounds too different from the first part. It's not that musically I don't like that kind of thing sometimes, but especially for sync I think it's a very different feel and the listing makes it sound like that's not what they'd want.

Cheers,
Mike

Nice one, Mike. I appreciate the perspective you give and I'll go back through it and see what can be done. Thanks so much!