Hi Nick,

Another winning song. This time I wished that, like Joe Boyd did Nick Drake, you'd close mic your vocals so as to have more control over where you place them in the mix. Boyd actually used two mics, one just few inches from Drake's mouth and another one placed far away, usually near a wall, for natural ambiance. But these days we all have software reverb, so that second mic is not necessary.

You very masterfully add that looming strings/horns drone that is just perfect, but that dangerous sound isn't matched with more vocal intensity, and to me, the song really is begging for that.

It's a beauty of a song, though. I love it anyway, just think the ambient vocal sound doesn't fit as well in this one. At least not all the way through.

Mike


Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 12/24/15 10:02 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)