Done! Very happy with this now, and looking forward to getting the album itself done sometime soon. I went through quite a few changes to get here, though, and I admit it took a bit longer than I wanted. First I redid the vocal tracks entirely, nailing the main part in a few tries, and then endlessly recording and rerecording the backup voices. I also chopped out the lines “I’m outside, I see the stars” from the end, on Nastja’s recommendation, who found it incongruous with the rest of the song.

Next I added just a few more guitar licks, but still something seemed missing to me. Can’t bring back the synthesizer, so on a whim I whipped out a harmonica and threw that on. I am certain that real harmonica players will frown on my performance, but all the same I’m pretty happy with it. Never tried that before, and the song seemed to need it.

Finally, mixing and effects. I shoved various elements around in the stereo field until they started fitting where I wanted them, and then I dabbed some reverb here and there. I had to compress the bass to keep it from getting lost in the mix, and I lowered the volume of most of the guitar fills, to keep them from distracting attention from the lyrics. In the end I’m still not quite sure if there’s something left to do, but I’m calling this one done for now and am starting on the next song hasta pronto.

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