I like the smooth guitar riff and jazzy drums at the beginning. At :18, the drums could’ve been a bit more prominent in the mix, and ditto for the vocals at :35. Your voice is really soothing, and I also really like the furtive-sounding solo at 1:27. The entire piece has a real ‘70s vibe, to be honest - mild-mannered and down-to-earth. The second half of the piece gets a bit repetitive, though, and at some point some more variety in the energy level and instrumental hierarchy in particular would’ve been nice. Still, you put together an engrossing atmosphere and successfully showed off your stellar sense of harmony and progression here. Keep it up, Spoonman! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.5/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
2/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
1/1
Composite score
8.5/10

Fantastic performances, mix, and writing. All I could ask is that vocals come up in the mix by a dB or perhaps a bit more, give a bit more space to them, perhaps a chorus or widener -- and take rhythm guitars down a tad. As it stands the rhythm guitar is more present than the most interesting part of the mix, your lyrics! Snare might also come up a tad for clarity.

Although I wonder if all that may happen just by bringing the guitars down a bit and then compressing. Worth experimenting with.

Well deserved front page. Thanks for coming out to the NGADM!

Damn very good stuff