Etonia

Gorgeous arrangement, it has a whole lot of character and mystery. Love that dreamy piano part, shades of Yorke and Philip Glass. Maybe the kick could be a little less punchy, and I wouldn’t mind hearing that sax louder in the end as well. I want those sax noodles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All in all, damn. Great stuff!

You know where I stand on you incorporating sax into your work (and for those who don’t know where I stand – I am for it). Since you’re the weirdest most unique sax player I know, it once again seems effortless for you to add sax into non-saxy music. You also don’t get caught up in licks, jazzisms, or even the cute harmonies that I often hear when people “incorporate saxophone into indie rock.” Great sax texture, as always.

Great swirly piano, great vocals. Sort of a stylistic sequel to Rotor. Shades of Tawk Tomahawk-era Hiatus Kaiyote and some Radiohead.

My mix criticism would be the drums: I actually really like the composition of it, and I’ve seen you play drum kit and clearly you know what you’re doing, but I think it could build differently and sit in the mix better. It comes in with some complexities/fills/syncopation fairly early in the song, and I think they’d hit harder if that waited and built. Mixwise, I think they stand out a little too much. They sort of live in uncanny valley. They’re realistic sounding, but clearly not acoustic. Which is actually fine, and not even my main point. Mostly they could tie together a little better with the rest of the song. Reverb and EQ are probably the way to go for this.

Coming back to mention that I think this is up there for my favorite Alec track ever. Big dig on this one, my man.

alec- this is awesome! kinda dark grizzly bear, radiohead. the drums are so cool (drums on all the tracks you’ve posted have been very cool).. i assume they are programmed- are you finding a beat and cutting it up? echoing @@daeclan but i’d love to know your process here! vox are also 🔥

love to see those lyrics too!

a big swirling pool with some unknown darkness dancing beneath the surface.

my ears loved the drums, curious if this was programmed or if it is recorded. it’s how i hope my drums sound some day, alive, varied & participatory.

the mixing felt right in that it played into the swirling/cacophonous vibe i was getting from the elements playing together, but i don’t actually know how to make a good mix so idk how to tell you to improve this haha. keep up the magic 🙂

killer track, probably my fav so far. captivating piano right off the bat. and the vocal arrangement is excellent. cheers to etoniah.

pianos. wow hi. beautiful track. I love your voice always alec!!! Also what a great word to sing “Etonia”

mixing: I’m hearing a bit too much stereo right. I’m hearing your lead doubled stereo left and then most of the rest of the track coming through the right.

I would center. Otherwise dude you’re a pro- your mixing is really solid.

Really cool vocal performance on this one, Alec. And a super interesting harmonic space. Love how you manage to straddle the line of feeling light and dark the whole time—that piano part is dope as hell. Re: mix — I’m new to the game myself. But I think you could definitely push the drums towards a roomier sound that matches the space that the vocal and sax exist in. Otherwise, I found the balance nice.