"Vote Them Out"

[MisterE]

Genre

Rock

Instruments

Lots of guitars acoustic and electric, bass, drums, lots of vocals, various percussion, piano, celli.

For reasons that will instantly become evident, the time has come to unleash this modern-day protest song recorded, arranged, and produced entirely in Studio One 6. I'm the writer, words and music, and I'm playing and singing all the parts with the exception of the drums and a guest vocalist.

Other humans mixed this in Cubase and mastered it with old-school hardware.

Those basics aside, the tune speaks for itself.

 

[Craig Anderton]

Putting my production hat on ... I would recommend a few changes:

• Push the vocals more, like what started kicking in around 2:30.
• For the rhythm section, more drums, and add saturation to the bass so it can punch through at a lower level.
• Have the drums hit harder by compressing them with an 1176-type fast FET compressor.
• Speed up the stereo master by 1 or 2 per cent.
• Given the subject matter, the music seems kind of polite. Rough it up a bit Throw in a couple unexpected arrangement surprises.

Please understand none of this is to say there's anything "wrong" with the music! I just want to help you make your point more effectively.

 

[Stuart Welwood]

Love the energy! It's interesting to contrast this version with the one in your blog:
https://themilkmen.space/blog/blog/mm-dig-deep-to-save-the-free-world-drop-vote-them-out