Living In Purgatory - Mix Feedback Please

[t4mh]

Casey

Good track! I could almost hear this one become a rock ballad but you could also do it a lot of different ways. This is at least one mark of a well written piece of music and I'll bet you considered several other presentations. My personal taste in acoustic guitars, I would add some mids and lows, delicately to add some warmth but not so much that you muddy it up. It works very well the way it is.

Good Luck!
Keith

[ottlukk]

Casey:
This was really well done. I liked the purgatory, waiting on grace lines. And I'm not religious, much less Catholic.
p.s. speaking of purgatory, is it possible that everyone on this board has passed on, only they don't know it? That if they can manage to get one song past a Taxi screener (actually, St. Peter in various disguises), they will enter a heaven where all the streets are paved with gold, and various angels (famous rock stars) record their efforts and make their music (and their bank accounts) soar?
I read too much philosophy. Liked your tune a lot.
Ott

[Kolstad]

Now I got around to it.. Nice one, Casey!

No, I thought the orchestral drums were cool in this kinda song even if it initially sounded to me like it's mishmashing genre elements , but they made me expect some 'big bang' towards the end. Kinda dissapointed that didn't come, considering the lyrics, allthough I get the arrangement interpretation of the lyric, being 'in between', too.

I think it's about done, Casey (yes, I read the review - thanks for posting it btw - very interesting!). It's a very expressive song, maybe not too commercial due to the emotional impact, but it should find a spot on the screen somewhere IMO.

[Casey H]

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2473168

I put up the final mix (for now). The only real change right now is more orchestration in the final chorus to give a touch more build. Depending on what reaction I get over the coming weeks and months, I may do some re-work.

The feedback from you and the taxi screener will go a long way if I re-work this one as well as for future ones. Thanks!

Casey

[2lane]

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2473168

I put up the final mix (for now). The only real change right now is more orchestration in the final chorus to give a touch more build. Depending on what reaction I get over the coming weeks and months, I may do some re-work.

The feedback from you and the taxi screener will go a long way if I re-work this one as well as for future ones. Thanks!

Casey

Hey Casey, how you been? This song is cool. Dig the vocalist and the acoustic sounds real good. Did the screener say anything
about the chorus needing lift? I hear he goes higher at the end lines, but the front of it sounds about the same as the
verse. Not the worst thing, just wondering? Good work all around though, I liked it.
Care to go give a thought on mine in peer to peer? You can slam me if it warrants, I'm cool with that.
Oh yea, you still up for a co-write? Just asking.
Take care now
Steve

[Casey H]

Hey Steve
Nice to hear from you and thanks for the listen & feedback.

I'd be the first to admit that from a songwriting perspective there is some lack of chorus differentiation. For example, maybe more of an issue than lift is the phrasing in the chorus is similar to the verses- not the ideal way to go. It's a very valid criticism, one I'd point out in anybody's song.

I'm hoping that the dark moodiness for film/TV will override that. I can't say I know-- maybe, maybe not. Dark ballads are much harder to place to start with so it may be tough if it doesn't totally kick butt.

And definitely open to co-write! It's just time, time, time!

Best
Casey