Cover of "Accidentally In Love" by The Counting Crows. I've loved this song for a while, learned it YEARS ago, and finally put pen-to-paper-to-microphone to get it recorded. It's such an upbeat song to listen to and play, and when you get the strumming JUST RIGHT, it comes together beautifully.

The number one focus I had while mixing was trying to get the mix, and specifically, the vocals, to sound like the songs that I listen to on Spotify. When I first started mixing, I thought that "quality is king", and I should try to get as much detail as possible out of my voice and into the mix. But in each song I've made, I've pulled away more and more detail and it's sounding better and better. At this point though, I've listened to this song too much to try to improve it any more.

This was also my second attempt at mixing a wider song, the first being "House of the Rising Son". I still like that song, but the mixing just doesn't work. Eagle-eared listeners will know that I mostly produce narrower songs, with just vocals and one or two more parts. This song has 5 tracks total, but I like the balance between them a lot more. I tried to give each track its own frequency in order for them to stick out more, and I'm still on the fence about it. I'll come back to this in a few months and see how I still feel.

Anyway, I'm now hitting a turning point in my music journey. I like producing these songs, but I also want to do more. I've always had the philosophy that if I enjoy what I'm doing, good things will come. And while enjoying my music is still the goal, I've realized that if I want to take my music further, I need a more proactive role. I want to start performing in public, either at open-mic nights near me or just busking on the street. It's time to take my goals seriously and to make an attempt at becoming a musician in more than just my Instagram bio.

We'll see how it goes.

Accidentally In Love

Just a place for me to post whatever project I've recently finished. That's usually a cover of whatever I've been learning on the piano, but hey, sometimes it's original.

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