spearcarrier

Vintage is absolutely right! I absolutely agree with him.

Your Voice & Story together with a ukulele is enough to get the good vibes out. The basics are done and everything else comes with practice. I love it.

nice track very sweet too, you voice is nice but as mentioned needs fx to give it depth and warmth it also adds character.
to get the best results set yourself a processing chain and use bus channels, for vocals, reverbs, delays do everything on a separate channel and route each channel to its bus not the master, the buses are routed to the master.
if your unsure about bus channels YouTube it you'll be amazed how important it is, you have more control and your vocal sound will improve spearcarrier, try some EQ too cutting everything below 60hz and low end and dipping the high ends as it leaves.
it really is a case of practising and improving your engineering

Well I think that a ukulele obviously doesn't have the sound range of a guitar. It may be that the ukulele suits your voice better. That's up to you to decide and it's purely a matter of taste.
Nevertheless, it seems to me that the microphone you used for recording is at least not in the correct position (height, distance, inclination...) to the sound body of the ukulele?
Well I think to really show off your voice, you'll probably have to experiment with effect chains. You have to find out what suits you for yourself. Like I said, I would start with echo and reverb.

Hello, Michael is right. The song itself is good in terms of composition and structure! But there is a lot to be done about the sound.
1. I don't know how you record the guitar. Do you just put a microphone in front of it? What kind of microphone? The guitar sounds a little harsh and harsh, either because the microphone is misplaced or the microphone can't handle the guitar's frequencies.
2. When you sang, you didn't hit the notes correctly at first. You're a little off the chords there. Later you sang well and steadily.
3. The whole song is too midrange-heavy in the mix, which is mainly due to point 1. Your voice is very beautiful, but a bit thin. I would try a "double" and a mix of light reverb and echo. This makes the expression a little stronger. But beware! Proceed very carefully, otherwise you will achieve exactly the opposite of what you want.
4. The guitar needs the same thing. The guitar can also use some reverb and echo.
All I can tell you is that everything is very simple in theory, but in practice it is completely different. You'll probably have to experiment. Instructions don't help. You have to find your own way!
Kind regards and happy Easter days
Manuela

Beautiful song but I think your voice needs to be reworked a little, the tone seems right to me, maybe add a little effect to your voice, good job!
Michael

very sweet and lovely, good job spearcarrier!
Jonathan

This has that 60's folk feel to it. Coffee house, sure that works for me.

Updating and getting decent gear certainly makes things a bit easier but so many people have recorded great tracks with minimal and less than perfect gear.

What you are trying to do comes thru clearly, nice job!

Wayne

Hello,
So I have absolutely no idea what you mean? For me it is a very soulful, beautiful song! You have a great charisma in your voice, emphasize the lyrics very well and the almost minimalist guitar work supports your singing excellently. The song has a good live character. Contrary to your song explanation, I don't get the impression that you don't like this song. I think you really like the song too. With so much emotion!
Good, beautiful work, which unfortunately you don't often find here!
Kind regards, Manuela

what a beautiful song!!! yeah the sound doesn't help but if you do this properly could be very emotional... your voice doesnt need much is very angelic..
Take care
Peace

hi i listened to this last week, something must of distracted me because i never commented. your voice is really sweet and sits side by side with the uke (love the sound of that instrument) i agree in principal with most what is said, you state your trying to improve your engineering and mastering skills aren't we all :)
Manuela hits the nail on the head. if you make it studio or too studio it will take all away from the original and unique sound its almost live like raw and gritty. being a songwriter myself im impressed with your story telling, good content, well written lady.
i have learnt most of what i do now practising and being daring, loads of help feedback and critique too from our colleagues here in featured.
the second vocal doing a chorus would be good, maybe a male add a deeper accent or have a couple of lines repeated your voice just EQ different. just dont over engineer it as it will take away the charm spearcarrier. keep writing comics but keep writing songs too

Hello, this is the first time I have the pleasure of hearing you! it's really a pleasure! The freshness that you convey with your singing, plus the live ukelele and the added tamborine are simply fun to listen to. I agree with Danke too. An additional supporting background voice, perhaps deviating in the third, in a few places would also be good for the song. But before you change anything, think about what you want to achieve. Do you want to leave this kind of unplugged character or the refreshing live character and move more into the studio world? If you don't want that, then I wish you would leave this song as it is now. Because he is good the way he is, apart from a few little things. Maybe, as already mentioned, a second voice in the background and maybe a few gentle reverb effects that broaden the song's sound a bit. If you want to move into studio production, then you have to structure the song completely differently.
I definitely like the song a lot!
Kind regards, Manuela

Lack of software u don't need u still displaying skill that I don't have lol good work

I've listened to your music before and enjoyed it, as I did this one. Too bad you can't really edit or play with this some more. But it is very good as it is. Natural and real and you spin a good tale. I'd agree with Danke in that some additional vocal would sound good and fill it out a little.

You know that the first time I listen to it, I already have ideas about how I could expand on it. But as it is, it's a wonderful original ... an organic, natural song with a story... something I could never do. I wish I was blessed with poetic talent too... well, yeah, I'll have to live with just being a dance band musician. I love the sound of your voice and look forward to every opportunity to play with it... ;o)

Hey, a good vibe song! I love it. Easy to put this master into a decent DAW and finish it nicely. Cheers...

I like the song very much, I don't mind the tambourine in it but it needs to be consistent. Second Vocal, hmmn, maybe listen to some old Ten thousand Maniacs for some references. I'll get back to yah! Well Done

There is a 'chorus' part of the song ... you should get the background vocal on yourself, but in a different tone ...
hope, I'm clear ... :-)
Danke

Heeeey!
This one is really fun!!!
Your voice and that ukulule play are fantastic but on my humble opinion, you should delete that tambourine ... instead of that you better use a second vocal (background) ...
The song is too good and very uplifting which is rare nowadays ...
thanx for the upload,
greetings,
Dank

What a wonderful voice! :o)

Progressive would probably work, but you can't select that, so maybe cinematic?

All the best music is difficult to pin down.

The mix is great. The music is well written and arranged. It kinda reminds me of Avatar (band), less the death metal.

Nice work.

Wow, thanks for sharing spear, I'm a big fan of Micky, he knows, he's got funk and rythme, like me, he's just a better producer I'm a dancer first so it's instinctive, was introduced to your voice earlier on Stevens, it's great. I to have been working on my Halloween piece, it's been ready for a fortnight I was waiting for the beginning of Oct, I've gone totally different to this stunning piece,

great to hear this again, this time round I paid more attention to the lyrics (and googled the poem). Had to laugh that it was her dear, true hearted pooch in the end burying a bone!

Hola spearcarrier no he podido evitar comentar otra vez tu pista, y resaltar la calidad de las voces y de la meloda. Es especial, muy agradable. Enorme tema. Salud y paz.

Really lovely track - the duet reminds me of the nick cave and pj harvey henry lee track (though that's quite different). Great stuff.