Workshop #232: Green’s the Color of Winter by Aron Blue
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Workshop #232: Green’s the Color of Winter by Aron Blue

on May 8th 2012 with 1 comment

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Description of the track:

This song is called “Green’s the Color of Winter.” It’s about the place where I was born.

Artist’s website: aronblue.bandcamp.com

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Adrian is writer and editor for Audiotuts+ and Envato Notes. He has been playing keys and acoustic guitar for three decades, and has six kids. Follow him on Twitter at @envatoaudio.  

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  • Son

    Beautiful song, thanks for sharing it!

    I have just minor things in mind listening to it on my DT770s you might want to try out:

    Mix:
    Maybe you’d like to try cutting somewhere around 120-200Hz on the guitar, since it sounds just slightly muddy to me. You might also like to try panning the guitar and some reverb on it in opposite directions while maintaining the balance to widen the sound a bit.
    Also a cautious shelving boost from 12kHz up could add some air.

    Arrangement & Sound:
    It seems you want to keep things quite pure, which I totally like for this song! Maybe adding a double on your vocal track as you progress to the V could be wonderful though (on “Smokin’…”, “Green’s…” etc)!
    What I hear in my head when you get back to the ‘verse’ the first time is some low background harmonies setting in like from a pipe organ or cello, without them getting too much attention of course. They could be a nice backdrop for your chord changes in the verse too.

    Keep it on, great music!