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Okay did a lot of work on this today. The following changes: 1. Lowered the right guitar a lot. For some reason it was way out of balance with the acoustic on the left. This gave the vocal way more space. 2. Lowered the organ a few DB and cut the piercing resonance frequency in the highs. This...

I love old shure 545s. Maybe trade that mic for a good ribbon like an aea. Super smooth. And You can get super aggressive with eq without weirdness.

What's wrong with using a dynamic on vocals? I find they work well. I use a ribbon, and I love it because you can cut the lows aggressively and boost the highs aggressively to really pin point a sound. But dynamics are pretty awesome on vocals IME.

IMO the track already sounds like it has a ton of processing on it, so I wouldn't do that with the snare. The snare sounds fine the way it is. People can leave a comment based on their preference and that can get in your head. You clearly liked the snare because you used it. To me it sounds like...

Great advice I always play my mix while in a different room doing something else and that’s when I hear any problems best.

Thanks that’s how I hear it, too, and was thinking maybe slower? Any thoughts on that? Do you think the panned guitars add anything or should I strip it down to bass/keys?

Interesting I’ll look into that.

Thanks, all. I think I will start from scratch tomorrow. There's something in the groove bothering me.

Thanks. I was wondering if the organ was a bit loud.

A fantastic genre. Take it as a compliment.

I redid some stuff this morning. Here's a version with the "snaps" added in at various points in the song (i.e. the quieter middle part and ending) for arrangement interest, the solo redone/tighter, acoustic guitar moved to the center during the quiet middle section with shaker added there...

Here's a mix a lot more filled in. What do you guys think? Should I redo the vocal or tune it or is it good enough? Anything too muddy? Any L/R issues? Should I bring the snaps back in at the 1:15 mark for arrangement "interest"? I redid the guitar solo in this one - it should be better...

I did some more recordings on it today so I'm deeper in. Haha. Maybe I will just roll with this. It was about the fastest I could go where the bassline still felt "vibin'" as the kids say.

Thanks. It's weird because the tempo is pretty slow, yet the bassline in isolation, which is the foundation of this particular song, sounds better to my ear when I play it slower. It has more mojo slower. Yet, the song overall feels better faster.

Very cool!

Edit: this is the updated mix.

That is wild. Haha.

These things are all subjective, but I'm a sucker for like flats and a deep bass sound. Even if it doesn't fit on a song like this, I still think you can raise the bass you do have by like 2db. I'd rather hear the bass than the kick. I'd rather hear the kick just behind the bass. But again, this...

Personally I'd like more bass. The kick is much louder than the bass.

It sounds good but there's a little harshness in the mix (sax specifically). I'd probably try to find what that is and just cut there a bit. I might try to vary the velocity on the drum hits, too. Maybe up the bass a hair, too.