Good vox mix, then get's buried
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Ok, I love the intro drums on this. The bass is mixed way to low in the very, very beginning ?
Vocals are mixed nice and hot, on top of the mix and WAY out front ... good job.
I understand ALL the lyrics without struggling, the first listen.
At the first change, at 1:23, there are a lot more effects on the voice, and this limits the amount of clarity of the voice. The drums are a little loud here, they are stepping on the 'lyric hook' here.
At 2:07, that nice sweet hook ... is still a little stepped on by the instruments.
Now at 2:30, the vocals are mixed GREAT again.
At 2:48, these vocals get buried a little bit, because you've added lots of effects and I like the contrast between the two vocal sections.
At 3:13, the vocals are really becoming almost garbled, because the keyboard is really stepping on the frequency range at which we need to listen most to hear the vocals. CONSULT your meters please.
If the elements of the mix are louder than the vocal track on the meters ... well ... then they need to come down. Don't be tempted to keep pushing the vocal up, bring the instruments down around the vocal.
This is a good song, just remember what the lead instrument is at all times, you and your vocal.
Good song, good performance, take the instruments down in the sections where you put a lot of effects on the vocal, because we lose the impact of the vocal there, it gets mushy in the mids and upper mids sometimes.