Back In My Arms - new drum mix

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As always, I really enjoy your songs and your voice. You always remind of Steve Winwood in style and tone.

The drums make a great addition, but there's still work to be done to fully integrate them. The snare seems dark, especially during the intro sidestick thiing. It took a second listen to tell it was a sidestcik. I'm not good enough to tell you what freq to boost, but maybe around 2k.

The bass and the kick need separation. I think the bass is overpowering the whole bottom end, so a revisit there to make them play nicely together.

Cool man!!!

Oh btw: there was no link, so I found the song on your soundclick page from you sig. Hope that's the one you meant... :)
 
Thanks Chili.... I added the link which I missed the first time. :D

I think the bass might be making the drums sound dark - they're not dark at all when I solo them and the kick is nicely audible. I'll look at mixing a little less bottom in the bass.

I tried to mix it like a three piece so I intentionally mix the bass as sort of a second "lead" instrument.

When we play "live" he cooks.....
 
I think I've said it before ido, you have a very pleasing voice and this kind of music suits it. Yeah, the Steve Winwood comparison is a good one. Not necessarily the same, just the same kind of vibe. Mix sounds well balanced to me. I bet you guys do cook live:).
 
The drumming suits the song well & the mix is pretty good. The bass lines a really good.
Now that the song has real drums I've noticed that the intro 2 bars could use a little something - the simple chugging guitar needs a lick or a sustained power chord over it.
An excellent song, terrific performances and a good mix.
Well done Ido.
 
Thanks Ray ! I'll try and think of something to insert in the intro...

:):D:):D
 
I'm trying to decide if I would have had any objection to the drums had you not mentioned it. The snare seems very polite almost if being played with a mallet or something. We've all been conditioned to expect a crack even out of a "darkish" snare drum so that sound may be just fine. I like a crack though. The kick pushes enough but could use a little click I think. Perhaps as mentioned a little bump in the 2-3k range might be something to be tried. However if you've just got a stereo mix to work with that eq will pop the crash cymbals too much. Hopefully you've got separated tracks.
Cool tune and I dig the vocals.
ac
 
I think the song is good. I really like the vox. The only thing I hear with this mix is on my speakers it sounds real dry as far as no highs. The cymbals sound bright enough tho.
 
I'm listening on a stereo with desktop speakers and I'm having trouble discerning the kick. Perhaps some EQ (boost) in the 2k-ish range is the ticket?

The vocal performance is very cool and the melody is catchy, but I would have liked a brighter sound to make it shine more. In my admittedly limited experience I don't think EQ will help much, you would need to track a brighter vocal. Are you using a condenser mic? Maybe it's just the MP3 effect...

Anyway, that's my $.02, cool song dude.

Cheers
MattD
 
Always liked this song, Gerry. Sounds good with the real drums, they're recorded very well.Your voice seems to lack a few highs in the mix, but great singing.

Joey :):):):)
 
Thanks acattoir, dodgeaspen, mattdee, joeym! These are my first attempts mixing this type of thing so I appreciate your advice. I'm going to let this sit for a few days and then come back to it.
 
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