Thank you quite a lot for the con-crit, I think that upon listening to it again you are absolutely correct (especially on the shaker oO) and fortunately that should be an easy fix. :)

I also love dirty textures (Tom Waits’s Bone Machine is one of my favorite albums of all time) and coming from you this is high praise indeed. Your loop was an awesome base to work from.

Now it’s even better with the vocals - shame I can’t give you another recommend!

Thanks times a million rt. :D
It helps that I had great recordings to work off of. Oddly, as fussy as putting this together it’s one of the more fun experiments I have done in a bit.

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you quite a lot. It was fun making this.

Also, don’t sweat the recommend button. Getting a nice review is quite a good substitute I think. :)

Have just heard this on the Cool Music Show and hadn’t realised before you’d added more. It’s even better! Your singing is always a pleasure and the words, as usual, are so, so good. A fantastic mix.

Thanks a bajillion, you’re too kind. I guess that this was more a fun experiment than anything else but it’s good to get positive feedback. :D

Thank you Spin, I appreciate the input. I don’t know if I really have a natural producer’s ear so sharing stuff that I’ve mixed here tends to be extraordinarily helpful for me. Also, I work exclusively in garageband and audacity, so finding out how to do quite simple things can be somewhat of an adventure in itself. I think I will do as you suggest and upload the rhythm separately, as someone who is petrified of programming drums I think it might help some people out there after all… :D

If you can use the recorder I will be both shocked and impressed. In moving, I found some strange instruments that belonged to various members of my family not the least of which being this cheapo plastic recorder. Considering that I’ve made sounds on other songs out of banging on pans and pitch shifting the sound of birds singing outside of my window, it seemed a crime to not use something that is an actual instrument.

Thanks for your kind words, and I think I kind of see what you mean about the vintage/not vintage sound. My friend called it renaissance blues. I found that description amusing.