Q: Loving the new song. Probably one of my favorite songs of yours. I love the fact that you completed it in just two weeks and there's nothing I would change about the song, but what about you? If you had just a few days more to work on it, what would you have added/improved?
A: the mix didn't get the same level of attention as it did in the previous songs. there's probably too much of a general bulge around 200hz. to fix that you just have to crawl thru every instrument and figure out what to cut, and when. actually on the last 2 songs i went through the vocal and made very specific eq cuts custom to each word. it made a big difference especially for the car, because the car system is very volatile and sensitive. i didn't have time to do any of that. but, i did do what's absolutely necessary. in fact, when you have limited time, sometimes you resort to arrangement changes if something is not working. for example, the "not gonna happen" section was muddy and lumpy as hell, and normally i probably would have gone crazy cutting frequencies from vocals, background vocals, instruments, really just slaved over it. but instead i went back in and just added some drums, made some quicker fixes which might have had more impact. the important thing is, if you stay working on it too long, self doubt starts to set in