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Hey all, I'm looking for a Kooks-esque lead electric guitar sound like on their song "She Moves In Her Own Way", but for an original song of mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pquhYpGHrlw If you want to take a crack at it I've uploaded the song with a scratch vocal at...

Lots of solid advice. I didn't want to pay more than a grand for mastering, but I will and I was just going to mix it myself (still might) and spend probably another few grand on promotion. If I have to I can invest time instead of money and pay for one song to be mixed at a time while the money...

If so - how did you find him or her and how did it go? I'm thinking about paying someone to mix my new record and while I know the end result will be worth it I don't know if I'd rather spend the money on promotion (this being my first solo effort) or the mix. I suspect the answer is the mix. I...

I second mjbphotos - you should really post the track in MP3 Mixing clinic. But just to give you some ideas to start off and without hearing it I would say try panning the doubled acoustic guitar tracks. Pan one about 50% left and one about 50% right. Then make sure you set the volume for all...

Listening on multiple speakers is never a bad idea. Make sure you do everything you can to help the sound in your room - put up cheap moving blankets if you have to and make sure your speakers are positioned correctly. The positioning of your monitors - from the angle they are facing your ears...

All of the advice here is decent. First of all I would get another set of ears on the track because the kick you're using may not actually be what the song calls for, but if you have a vision and you know what you want this is what I would do. Without hearing the track the order of operations...

I'm looking for a banjo player that can record a rhythm track like on The Avett Brothers' "Live and Die", except on an original song. I'm willing to compensate you for it.

Probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. Alright I rolled off the bottom end on the bass until I couldn't take it, so there's still a substantial amount of bottom end (probably more than was recommended, but I love it). I lowered the pitch, volume and changed the attack on the...

Drums are definitely supposed to sound stilted to let the anticipation build for the drums to come back in - very much influenced by hip hop... it should feel off, like you're walking and then you're abruptly stopped for a second before you can walk again. I think I like your line better...

I wrote this song and aside from a few percussive instruments I think I'm done recording it. I just need some ears on it to let me know if the vocals are balanced. I am pushing it as far as the bottom end is concerned, but it's where I want it to be. Any other thoughts would be very welcome. I'm...

I've been searching far and wide for a pedal steel guitarist to add a solo to a song - it's the last bit of the song that's missing.

If you have to do it like this instead of rehearsing before hand and recording until you get 1 to 3 near-perfect takes, then I suggest doing at least eight hyper-focused takes all the way through (focus on timing and timbre or tone), then going through and selecting the best-performed phrases...

Best is relative to the genre, the song, the mics and the performance. It's really tough to say, but I'm sure there are a ton of free VST plug ins that would get you close to the sound you're looking for. If it was me I would just experiment with the settings on the reverb plug ins I already have.

mixsit and jimmys69 are correct, but the best thing you can do is train your ears more, especially to your particular setup/monitors. If it sounds right it is right. If it sounds wrong... what's wrong? Then it's a matter of knowing the proper tools to fix it, but ultimately if you're the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02qpJt0hsL0 Watch some of these videos for a basic set up. Since you already have software (a DAW) and a sound card/preamp you need to get decent mics (the SM57 is a great one to start with) and good studio monitors. If you do the research you can make good...

And if the bass is getting too quiet on the kick hits I will add an extremely short delay on the kick... a la: Mix a pop song - 3 - Starting the real mix | AudioMelody "Another bass drum trick worth playing with, is to mix the sound of a bass drum with a short delay. And I mean REAL short here...

Honestly the best thing you can do is mix other people's music... all different types... you will get better at mixing. You should also do some old fashioned research and experiment. Listen to your favorite records and try to copy those sounds. You can't fix a problem if you can't identify what...

Check this out... Taming Vocals: Compressors In Series | BenVesco.com Depending on the song I sometimes like to send the vocals to a bus that's hard limited and bring the volume up slowly until I can just hear it affecting the mix and then bring it back down a little so it's subtle, but...

Try sidechain compression I love problems like this... this is a more advanced technique, but you could use sidechain compression so every time the kick is hit it brings down the volume of the bass and if you adjust the threshold properly you won't even really notice the bass is quieter, but...

Took a top 40 dance pop song... made it country. Probably gonna add drums and electric slide. Need harsh criticism.