Leading Me On - first mix

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The intro sounded a bit distant & the snare a fair way upfront.
the snare issue isn't as obvious once you start singing.
I think the intro needs a lick or two to give it focus.
Vox sound good - melody & delivery are class acts.
Really solid sounding guitars too.
Nice dirty solo though I'd have liked the fade out to be a little louder.
the punctuation parts in the drum track work when there's something to punctuate but I think you may have over done it around 2.54.
Cool song Gerry I look forward to hearing it againesp when you;ve sorted out the monitoring.
 
I think the vocal reverb is a bit on the wet side. The bass is a bit lacking in clarity. I can hear it, but it doesn't punch through the mix.

Great song, though, ido. As usual! :D
 
I really like this, first chords are very "Rockin in the Free World". Agree with RayC on the snare, it's very snappy. I think the vox could be a tiny bit lower or as was said, dry them up a bit - one or the other. Nice vocals though. Maybe take the solo down a smidgeon.
 
Another good song Gerry, guitar sounds good though I would like to hear another guitar added in there with a little more high end (Strat, Tele, or guitar with P-90's maybe:D) to fill it in. But I like to layer stuff a lot, too.
The bass is buried, I hear the kick much stronger and I'd like more hi-hats and cymbals in there. I agree with Ray that a very short intro solo would be a nice touch for it as well.
 
Ido,

Very cool. Very nice song. The melody work is different, I notice. Good different. :)

The intro snare could definitely come down a little. Or maybe overall.

Also the intro guitar lick could be doubled an octave higher for backup. Or you could leave it as is. :)

At 1:05 when it goes from Chorus-Verse, sounds like it could a small lick lead in (or lead out). Just throwing out ideas.

One thing I wanted to mention was the distortion on the rhythms. Sounded like a little might work too. Sorry, this is a point where I'm really confused lately. I've been trying to get so many tone our of my pedal and amp and less sounds good, then more sounds good, then less with mids turned up sounds, then more with high cranked sounds good. So it's just my opinion. It's really sounds good as is. I just thought I'd mention since it was something I noticed.

Very good song. Already listened twice. Pressing play again. :)
 
Thanks Ray, Tony, BigBubba, Telepaul and Rokket...

Sorry I've been super busy with work...

After reading the comments, I posted a remix Sunday afternoon, dropping the lead, drums and vocals and added an intro solo.

I've been listening in my truck and I still think the drums could come down more. I'd also like to work on the leads a bit - just clean them up and maybe envelope the tail a bit louder...

Thanks a million for the listens/comments and I will let you know when I get a new mix up....

Take Care!

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Good revamp Gerry. This is going to be killer when it's all tied up right.
I assume we're waiting for Mike to add the Ricky runs.
you're right the drums will need to come down some more - the snare cymbals combos are a lead instrument at present.
Nice crunchy sound.
 
bigbubba said:
One thing I wanted to mention was the distortion on the rhythms. Sounded like a little might work too. Sorry, this is a point where I'm really confused lately. I've been trying to get so many tone our of my pedal and amp and less sounds good, then more sounds good, then less with mids turned up sounds, then more with high cranked sounds good. So it's just my opinion. It's really sounds good as is. I just thought I'd mention since it was something I noticed.

Very good song. Already listened twice. Pressing play again. :)
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That paragraph seems like it was written with feet. All typos and missing words. :)

I meant it sounded like it could work with little _less_ distortion also.
 
Nice to hear you stepping up the rock a bit. Love the punchy arrangement. I agree with most of the mix comments already posted. It could use more "stuff". More licks, maybe crunchier guitars. Is there a bass in this mix? I'm not really hearing any. Some powerful bass would help it a bunch. The vox sound good, but you're using your more mellow Ido voice. Get raunchy with it. :D
 
I like the drums out front like that... Go figure... ;)

First time I listened it was on some Edirol 10D's connected to my laptop that I use for A/B'ing mixes... As Greg said, the bass wasn't really there and it seemed to be pretty mid-range-ish (900-1200?).

I wasn't sure if it was the Edirols causing this so I piped my laptop into my normal studio monitors... Still kind of mid-dy... Not as a whole, vox have a great sonic space :) but I think it's more like the guitars and snare are in the same space...?

Not a bad thing, but would like to hear some more low end fattness to really fill it out :)

Excellent song!!!!
 
What a nice rockin' tune Gerry, really like it!
Has kind of a ZZ Top feel to it :):)
It does sound like a work in progress still, but very promising indeed. I like the guitar tone very much, but like the guys said, you have to work on giving it a pumping bass. The drums sound a bit plastic to me, the song could do with more natural sounding ones. Your voice sounds great, but I would take Greg's advice and sound angrier :D
Look forward to hearing it ready!

Joe :):):)
 
rayc said:
I assume we're waiting for Mike to add the Ricky runs.
you're right the drums will need to come down some more - the snare cymbals combos are a lead instrument at present.
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Yes - sent Mike a copy to listen to/work with. He's busy preparing for a trip so might be a bit.

bigbubba said:
I meant it sounded like it could work with little _less_ distortion also.
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The leads are pretty distorted - EC Strat with tone boost cranked into my high gain channel. I'm still working on those....

Greg_L said:
Nice to hear you stepping up the rock a bit. The vox sound good, but you're using your more mellow Ido voice. Get raunchy with it. :D
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What you hear is about as raunchy as I get lol.... I actually stepped back about a foot from the mic and gave it a good blast for this one...

BentRabbit said:
I like the drums out front like that...
would like to hear some more low end fattness to really fill it out :)
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Yep - still needs some work on the bass.... I think I will probably take the drums down a few more notches...

joeym said:
Your voice sounds great, but I would take Greg's advice and sound angrier
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If only I had your voice...oh well I can dream....:D

Thanks guys!
 
Hey ido...seems like it's been a while since I caught a new track of yours...

I like the arrangement on this. There are more abrupt and rocked-out changes on this than I expected. Some nice riffage and approaching a slightly raunchier territory for you. Still kind of funny to think of this as being as raunchy as you get...you are a balladeer at heart, no :)?

As for the mix...hard to say without bass, but I'd venture to agree with those who ask for less drum...more guitar and vox for me please. Would also love to hear some additional elements added, but it is fairly substantial as is. Nice tune :D!
 
heatmiser said:
I like the arrangement on this. There are more abrupt and rocked-out changes on this than I expected. Some nice riffage and approaching a slightly raunchier territory for you.
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I agree. This is new territory for you Gerry, its your most rockin sound yet. I like the riffs, and these are the best drums you have ever had.:cool:

Vocals may be a tad buried or muddy, other than that its sounds great on my system.:cool:
 
heatmiser said:
I'd venture to agree with those who ask for less drum...more guitar and vox for me please.
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Thanks heatmiser - I'm thinking when I tone down the drums that vocals and guitars might come up.

DavidK said:
I agree. This is new territory for you Gerry, its your most rockin sound yet. I like the riffs, and these are the best drums you have ever had.:cool:

Vocals may be a tad buried or muddy, other than that its sounds great on my system.:cool:
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Thanks David - drums were definitely a challenge but I'm happy with how they turned out.

I've written quite a few ballads. I'm going to try and write some up tempo stuff to balance it out a bit...
 
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