Hallo, welcome here, I knew you and your guitar from the Calendar Girl website. This is a beautiful and originalsong, the tech-ethnic percussion is very interesting throughout the piece, while i think there’s something odd in the vocal reverb, perhaps too overdone (or was it intentional??). The most beautiful part is the long vocal harmonization and the echoed synth that goes like waves on the percussion.

I’ve listened to a lot of your mixes and most of them have a great choice of sounds that fit together really well.

However like this one they are let down by the final mixing. You seem to lay everything on one plain so it all sits uneasily together. The mix needs more variation on the EQ’levels and the various sounds need to be made to fit the mix more naturally.

The vox does sound unnatural and I have taken a listen to the sample. It needs DSP’ing to get it to sound right before putting it into the mix. It’s a great vocal even though not very well recorded but let’s hope Valerie uploads some more music as she has a beautiful sounding voice.

Sorry if you think I am being too harsh with my words but I only bother to say them as I really enjoy your work and would enjoy it more if the final mix down was better.

I like the airy, open yet intimate feel you’ve given this- there’s a tenderness which complements Valerie’s upload wonderfully.

To second RT, your mix could have some eq balancing etc. but despite of this it has very nice feel and floating atmosphere.

Oh, yeah. The more I listen, the more I hear this a Nu-jazz. Get in touch with me via email @ the IMA submissions. We can both share in the exposure. Hope all is well. Val