Let Your Garden Grow

You know how much I love your singing. And Harvest Moon is one of my favorites forever.
I actually have a vocal note. This is an AMAZING call . The instrumental melody created by voice is always one of my favorite things artists do. I think atmosphere is always awesome. I wonder if having each “oooh” start small and grow . Small crescendo on each ooh. Could compliment the lyrics. Let your garden grow. I think it can also provide some nice texture variation.

so like “ooOOH” instead of “OOOOOH”

does that make sense?

Hey Mateus, I really like the line “the night will wash away the weeds”. And I didn’t even register that it was a cappella until I read your description. I don’t really have the knowledge to answer your mix question, but I enjoyed this, and I could also imagine enjoying a version that has this as an overture, followed by a variation that expands and details the space with other sounds, vocal or otherwise. Not that this feels incomplete in any way – I just think it has the emotional momentum to continue, if you wanted that.

Incredible lyrics, and incredible melody matching. Perfect combination of clever and sweet. I agree that the lead vocal could use some more presence. To me, the lead vocal sounds very live and a little distant, while the background vocals sound more studio edited/super up-close, so maybe working to align their space could help the whole thing feel more ‘single room’.

I love the overall sentiment of this song; it’s very sweet. The “Harvest Moon”/garden theme is clever. (Also, I always forget that song came out in the 90s! Neil is so timeless. Ugh, I love him.) Agree w/ Ryan that the lead line could be a bit louder in the mix. The sung chords were a nice choice, though–very soothing and lighthearted.

This reminds me of when a band of relatively heavy-set gentlemen ghouls used to ghost in through the walls of my childhood bedroom (nightly) and sing me a barbershop-esque hymn about agriculture. Hauntingly similar, honestly.

Re: your mix Q — I think you did a great job shaping the room. I wouldn’t mind that lead vocal poking out more. But you’ve certainly got a good room built. Also an excellent job on sneaking in the ‘harvest moon’ melody—love the way that gels seamlessly with the rest of the tune. Great title, too. Well done, mate.

DUDE I am LOVING the fact that you did the chords vocally instead of instrumentally!! it really accomplishes bringing a lot of emotion to such a short piece, very cool vibes. The lyrics being nature-based feel very atmospheric as well making this a pretty visceral listening experience, well done