Lend me your ears

johnswiss · January 2015

I've been mixing this a bit lately and just wondered if anyone passing would have a little listen and maybe give some feedback. The style will probably not cater to all tastes and this is very much a home studio effort but 2nd..3rd etc opinions all gratefully received!

https://soundcloud.com/parker-somers/hh-1

Cheers

sweepy · January 2015

Might be a good idea to bus the reverb so the guitar sits a little better with the drums, it also would be better lower in the mix, at 2:35 gets a tad messy, but thats so easy to do with the splashy guitar sound , maybe play a straight triad rather than the full chord to tighten it up ?

The song is v good actually

Well done and keep at it

Deijavoo · January 2015

I think you've done a great job with the vocals. It's sat a lot higher than I normally prefer but it sounds really rich to my ears on a phone this morning.

johnswiss · January 2015

Thanks for having a listen guys. It's not been the easiest to mix, the only thing recorded here has been the vocals, the rest done elsewhere on a zoom 16 track recorder and I got those tracks as wavs which ive put into sonar X1, also the drums were all on one track. I think though that the guy who put the music together makes up for not having the best equipment by having a great feel and ideas.

sweepy said:

Might be a good idea to bus the reverb so the guitar sits a little better with the drums, it also would be better lower in the mix, at 2:35 gets a tad messy, but thats so easy to do with the splashy guitar sound , maybe play a straight triad rather than the full chord to tighten it up ?
The song is v good actually
Well done and keep at it

The reverb is already bussed and I agree the ending is a bit messy at the moment and does needs some tweaking.

Cheers

Fretwired · January 2015

Very good song .. I liked it. I think the guitar tones clash - you could maybe use some EQ and compression to create space and separation between tones and I agree with the comment about not playing full chords [these can clash with the bass].

johnswiss · January 2015

Thanks Fretwired that's good advice. Cheers

Branshen · January 2015

I'd work on the levels. The guitar panned hard left is too prominent for my liking. I'd pull the guitars a tad closer to each other but that's a personal taste thing. I'd also EQ the bass to give it a little more punch, it's a good level but perhaps a tad washy.

The drum image doesn't seem to be very wide. so it feels a little clustered. any chance you could pan it more?

I like the song!

johnswiss · February 2015

Thanks Branshen, more good advice there. Cheers

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