another song in a slightly different style

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I'm trying to make this track 'fit' on a record with a lot of power pop / some punk / and some synth rock tracks, overall mostly a keyboard heavy power pop record. This is the only song without live drums, and not really a style that I'm used to mixing... so any comments would be greatly appreciated.

 
anybody? I'm looking for tips from anyone who has mixed a lot of 'electronic' sounding stuff.
 
TaylorEGO said:
I'm trying to make this track 'fit' on a record with a lot of power pop / some punk / and some synth rock tracks, overall mostly a keyboard heavy power pop record. This is the only song without live drums, and not really a style that I'm used to mixing... so any comments would be greatly appreciated.

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I haven't mixed too much electronic, not in this vein anyway, but your other piece caught my ear so here I am. Would this fit in a CD with Power Pop and Punk? No way, Jose. Is it good? Absolutely. My big nit is that BIG patina difference between the stadium-verb drums and the relatively dry vocals. Way too much implied space. Get a little slapback echo going on the vox, and moisten them up a bit, since I know you can't dry out that drum sample.
2nd Nit: You seem to like dense things, as I do. However, this piece is not served well by that density, IMHO. I'd judiciously pull some stuff out in the chorus section, it got overbearing and busy, lost all the ethereal effect of the verses.

Beyond that, it's a very nice tune, I like the singer a lot. As said before, keep it off the same CD as that other one you posted. They don't fit at all with each other; two different worlds.
 
Nice song, pretty good mix. I think you should add a short colourful reverb to the vocals, i like the different vocal lines in the chorus :)
 
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