Dodging Concrete

Sounding great. Mix is balanced and no real nits for me. The guitars and arrangement on this song reminds me of Spoon....which is a good thing.
 
About fucking time we had a Monkey Allen tune! Really good mix through earbuds, although boosting earbud frequency in the bass a touch wouldn't be amiss, especially during the instrumental portion and the segment at 1.25 - 1.35 - sounds like just a touch too much dynamic distance between bass and that upfront guitar. I'll listen later through monitors for a more complete picture, but good work.
 
Thanks everyone. So, it's basically ok...vocals could be doubled (I think they are doubled for real) and add excitement...so maybe a bit more high end on the vocals. Drop the kick and bring up the bass a bit. I can do those things pretty much no worries I think. Thanks for all the advice. (By the way, Human Planet, I know you listened to this song a bit ago...since then I made some changes to the mix and put a new version up)
 
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Yeah, just great, mix sounds great, I would maybe like to hear the vocals just a little louder, they are really good! I like that bit of guitar solo near the end!
 
Sounds amazing. Great tune. Love the tremolo fade at the end. I got nothing that hasn't been said, so I'll leave it at that.
 
Manslick said:
I think the vocal can come up. Double track it and add some excitement to raise it higher. It's soo good it deserves that.
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Or at least turn it up a bit. I listened through monitors tonight. Never caught the 2 dB opportunity through earbuds.

It's all I can do to listen through studio monitors, headphones and a cube - and now earbud listens are mandatory as well. Where does it all end?

Do you listen to your mixes through earbuds?

Anyway, MA - really good track. And why did it take so long for me to give it a listen on the speakers? No, no - that's not the right question. The right question is why I came back at all and offered another feedback. See, that's gold, right there.
 
Haven't read the other comments yet.
It is a great odd song.
Now it could just be my tinny laptop speakers, but it sounded a bit thin.
No complaints about the general mix of instruments. It was very well done.
Wish I'd thought of it.
 
Slouching Raymond said:
Haven't read the other comments yet.
It is a great odd song.
Now it could just be my tinny laptop speakers, but it sounded a bit thin.
No complaints about the general mix of instruments. It was very well done.
Wish I'd thought of it.
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Whenever somebody says I wish I'd done it, that's praise.
"It sounded a bit thin" - I'm curious about something here - if you wanted to add some heft to this mix, what would you add it to? The vocal? Everything? He's got a really clear mix here - at the risk of asking an indelicate question, might it be a taste too clear? Is there such a thing?
 
Monkey Allen said:
Hey, please let me know how this mix sounds if you listen.



Thanks for listening
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Sounds amazing on my laptop speakers! Great composition and unique voice. Love the instrumentation as well. BTW, followed you on Soundcloud !
 
Has kind of a 60s vibe to me, Summer in the City kind of thing. Great track, great vocal and arrangement, compelling groove. Really good outcome here. Nice job
 
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