Hi Les,
That is one of the best recordings of this song that I have heard! Your selection of voices and how you have brought them in at different points along the way was just perfect to my mind. And you kept the song 'moving'. This is a song that can 'drag' very easily, but it didn't do that in
your version.
As for the drummer ... well, if you have ever played in a band as I have, you will realise that a drummer makes a major contribution to any song played and if you try to make him play too quietly you lose the dynamics of the song. Next time you listen to some pop music on the radio, have a critical listen to what contribution the drummer makes to the piece.
With my AR organ I can
change the volume of any instrument playing
after I have recorded it, play it back with the changes I have made and listen to whether or not the 'balance' is any better. I did this with my recording of
These Foolish Things after Ron said, " I found the repetitive drum beat spoiled it for me as it took over from the melody". Click on this DEMO below and listen to how the difference in rhythm volume affects the overall sound of the piece.
Press the 'Back button' top left of screen after listening to get back to this topicThese Foolish Things - DEMO - first with full drums; then followed by rhythm with reduced volumeRemembering what I said about losing the 'dynamics' of the piece when you do something like this, I know which version
I prefer. The original!
Going back to your "Walking In The Air", the drummer sounds fine!
Hugh
PS. If this is what you play when you press the RECORD button, could you press that 'record' button a bit more often please!