Hey out there in Linux land, I hope all is well within the group.
It was a hard winter for me, but have gotten through to the very next spring, where flowers shall be blooming soon, yet again.
I finished a new recording last week, my first that includes my playing banjo. It has been a fun road learning to play the 5 string, finally! I've had the thing for over 30 years but that drone string kept knocking me out, as in "that string is crazy," stopping me every time I tried. About a year ago, I found a great tutorial series on YouTube, that put the needed light upon my former inability to understand that, allowing me to overcome. I wrote this song in 2017, I think. It's folk on the verge of bluegrass I suppose. Thanks to some constructive criticism here, I changed my approach in mixing, and pushed the instruments back allowing the vocal to be more up front.
The banjo is nicely played, and well recorded, reminds me of a laid-back Alison Krauss vibe. (been listening to her concerts this week, what a band she drags around with her!) The thing that is disconcerting to me, is that it seems like the melody is missing. It sounded like the harmony parts keep wafting around and avoiding a single strong thematic melody. I think by doing it solo a bunch of times, that the melody you're after will emerge. Don't worry at all about harmonies until that strong central theme is carved in stone, and then let the harmonies fall in place, in the classic parts of the song.