Excellent playing, interesting song! I've heard many of your mixes in the past so i know to expect high quality. The only observations i can add is that i was wanting more guitar and the overall level seems a bit low considering the material, i had to crank it up a good bit past my normal listening level and i still just wanted more everything overall. The bass got a bit indistinct to me once the song got going, but i like more bass than most usually. Really, it's hard to find any fault in the mix without trying, the sounds, separation and performances are all excellent, nice work!
interesting that you think it needs more volume...
i think cranking this tune and matching volume with other discs, sounds way better than boosting this mix with mastering to get level.
i mastered this at 4 different targets (-8LUFS, -9, -10 and -11lufs) and the 11 one by a long shot.
i don't mind if these new mixes i'm doing are not screaming loud, that kind of mix has started to bother me...
if i can hear any artifacts at all (from compression or limiting) i just have to nix it.
but i think you (and papanate) are right to a point, i COULD get the bass better in one section of the song where it just seems to go more background...
and breaking the 2 guitar parts down to just one for most of it, would solidify the rhythm work.
i'm working on that mix now.
but my days of competing with crushed mixes are over.
i'm absolutely convinced of that.
i say just crank that mother up!! and then it's loud, and still has dynamics.
