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Thanks flat_feet. I can do something like that with the rhythm guitar in the verses. I think it can stand to come up a bit. Good idea with the hats during drum rolls. So, you're thinking like, when a drummer just plays the hats with his foot? I don't know what this is called, but I think this is...

Getting a disjointed feeling overall. Mix levels seem out (loud piano, low vocals, low kick/snare, loud hats). There is a hefty enough bottom end, but it is very indistinct. I already mentioned the hats, but they are very distracting. They really cut through the mix hard and they seem...

Nice bass tone, but I feel it's very hot in the mix. Very nice sounding guitars. In particular, the one on the right is very sweet. Guitar on the left could potentially come up a lot, unless you really want it taking a back seat in the mix. Drums could potentially be less roomy, but I feel this...

Love this song. I'm feeling like the snare has a bit of a 'dampened' vibe going on. Lots of body, not much crack. I think it would benefit from more top end (and maybe if you have the bottom of the snare mic'd, that can come up a bit as well). Agree that the guitars are a little out of level...

Thanks man. Timing stuff is okay by me as long as it doesn't detract from the song. I don't mind it sounding like a band that is having a great time riffing out. I guess I want a balance between sounding like a "studio mix" and sounding like "seeing a band in a club on a Friday night". Unless...

Whoo... 3 weeks later, but I finally got a chance to make some tweaks based on HR feedback and other thoughts that I had after letting it fester a bit. Hope nobody minds me bringing a thread back after 3 weeks. If so, please PM me. I don't want to be breaking etiquette or anything. Here are...

Total 80's ish. Roth era Van Halen. Bass is really big, fluffy and overpowering. There are spots where there is a bad, warbling sort of distortion happening. An example is at around 2:07. Another bad one at around 2:43, but it happens in different places. The section that starts at 2:14 is...

This is quite a cool piece. I gave up trying to count pretty quickly. I have no idea what the timing is. The production is top notch across the board. Excellent playing, excellent recording and excellent mix. There's nothing in particular I can find to critique. It's all very refined and all...

Picking up what sounds like some unintentional distortion in the first few chords. Sounds like something in the signal chain was clipping (either in hardware, or maybe in the mix). Loved it when the main groove kicked in. The first minute and a half flew by. Good job controlling the mood of the...

Cool intro, but I think it is extremely loud compared to the music. It makes the music seem very small in comparison, which I am guessing is not your intention. I like the vibe to this song a lot. Mike, this style of song is probably the most suited to your voice that I have ever heard you do...

Great vocals. Guitars can go way up (IMO), both rhythm and lead. Really like the overall vibe of the mix though. It sounds like it captures the vibe of the era very well. Part of the vibe seems to be supported by a lot of rolled off highs, but this is contributing to the guitars being pushed...

Checked out mix 2 Good mix overall. Clean low end. Bass has good punch and kick supports it well. The kick is not so much of an audible element on it's own, but I don't think it necessarily should be. It is effective at supporting the low end right now. The overall sense of gel and ambiance...

Brother, you just described my experience exactly. I have been playing for many years, but when I started getting into recording, ampsims were providing what purported to be usable sounds. Right around the time of Amplitube 2, if I recall correctly. Ampsims gave me years of futzing, tweaking...

Second mix... Enjoyed the guitar tone and playing. Big difference in the vocal delivery between this and the last song. Night and day. There is a swagger here that I didn't get in the previous song. You should always do it this way and keep going! I'm not getting a full sense of confidence and...

The intro grabbed me right away. The guitars sound good and the bass tone is great. My immediate reaction was that I was picking up an 80's Police/Dire Straits kind of vibe. From there, I felt like the vocal delivery didn't do the song justice. You have a good voice, but I am sensing that you...

Out of the gate, nice tones, nice general balance and nice sense of openness and clarity to the mix. Very good blend of the different elements of the mix overall. Nothing masking anything else and no muddiness as far as I can discern. Before going any further I will say that I don't think you...

Instead of trying to get a mix that you think will work for your drummer, consider sending him stereo stems set up in such a way that he can set the levels the way he wants them. 01 - Clean Guitars 02 - Heavy Guitars 03 - Bass 04 - Guide Drums ...and so on. As another option: My writing...

You are responsible for kicking off a full hour of old school pumping it in my mix room... Thank you :)

I took a listen yesterday, but I didn't comment because my thoughts echoed other folks' thoughts. What I didn't realize was that you are using a Blackstar, and I must say that for my perspective on 'good tone', this is one of the best sounding examples I have heard from a Blackstar amp. I must...

Whoops! Sorry about that. Well, they should be filling arenas because I absolutely love them. Every album front to back. I am happy for my mistake because I am going to see them in March and I just realized that the venue only holds 2000 people. Stoked.