two "singer/songwritery" type songs - thoughts?

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Hi all. I'm throwing my name in the hat, and hoping that I can get some opinions on what I've been working on. Song-wise, I'm very happy, but I'm looking for some thoughts on the mixes.

These both were recorded with one of two mics - an MXL V67 and/or a Studio Projects B3. I have no real preamps or compressors - everything was tracked through a Yamaha MG12/4 mixer, straight to a practically non-existant sound card (this is the kicker - an ancient CREATIVE SBlive). Lord knows this is by far my weakest signal link, and I've put off buying a proper card for so long (but M Audio Delta 1010 is on my list).

Anyway, here they are:

what you owe to the dead - myself on vocals, my wife singing harmony
await the light - my wife on vocals, myself singing harmony

Both songs are drumless at this point, but otherwise they're mixed pretty much as well as I can get them sounding (for the time being). Thanks for listening.

[Antero]

Those are very cool songs. Don't bother adding drums, I'd say - it wouldn't contribute anything to the sound.

On a technical level, it seems like your wife's vocal on the second song is a little... hazy, might be the right word, when she's singing alone.

Rock on.
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