Thank you much for that. here goes...
untreated bedroom. mixing with Sennheiser headphones (yikes). they give terrible low-end representation and I usually have to go back into the DAW and change things around after I listen on different systems (headphones, car, phone, etc...).
Nothing is preset in the processing. There are 2 main G's and 2 lead G's, routed through a Bus which has further EQ and tiny compression. This is an electric G plugged directly into a USB interface with the Ampire amp simulator. Every piece of equipment, besides the DAW itself, is budget-friendly.
The drums are Superior Drummer 2 with 2.2 compression and minimal EQ and reverb.
Vocals with a Sterling ST51 in the bedroom. They are very difficult to get sounding full or with body. Going to start adding 3db or so around 200-300 and see if that helps. It has a bit of verb on it, but it is apparently not coming off too well. Funny because three friends thought the vocal sounded great...of course, they don't have the experience most people here do.
What area seems "scooped"? I definitely scooped the low-mids on the guitar tracks, guitar bus, and master EQ a bit. Otherwise, not much scooping or boosting anywhere.
I want people to be able listen to the tracks and come back for more. I know the songs are catchy, but I really need to have them come off the way I'm hearing them in my head. I'm hoping that the mix isn't so terrible that the average listener wouldn't give the songs more listens.
I appreciate the help I get here, when responses actually come through
thanks man
-- I had this tune in the MP3 clinic a week or so ago, but it looked like certain people frequented certain sub-forums, so I was looking to reach out to new folks. No worries, thanks for trying to help. I'm not sure if I had comp on the master bus... I believe comp was placed on the guitar tracks individually, tiny comp on the guitar bus, 8:1 on the bass, three compressors (2:1 on track, 4:1 on bus, and a de-esser) on the vocals, 2.2:1 on drums, and none on bus, i think.