Desperately need your advice...

[octoruss]

Hola amigos,

Yer friendly octoruss here, looking for a little constructive criticism on a new song. For the first time in my musical career, I really like the way the song itself turned out. But I'm quite dissatisfied with the mix, and know if the mixing was better it would make the song shine.

Can you please take a listen and let me know what you think needs fixing or tweaking, what you'd like to hear more of, or less of. I'd be much obliged!

The link is here and the song is "Nobody Is Home"
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/212/t_russell.html

 

[frank_1]

In 10,000 miles the bass guitar need to be a little more clearer. The drums sound too soft. Generally the mix is very good. The song is also good.

 

[tubedude]

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Too much verb on the opening melody/lead guitar, in my opinion Ummm, the vocals need to be thickened a little... duplicate it to a seperate track and compress and EQ the shit out of it and blend the 2 together, see if that helps.
Good backing vox...
get the bass punchier and the kick a tad more up front and I think I'd be happy...
I'm used to rock mixes, too, so... take it or leave it... I like a good poweful bottom end, and think this song would sound good with some thump.


I'm tired of wasting days away too... I feel ya...

 

[David]

Listened to 1,000 Miles first, and agree with frank_1 about the bass and drums..listening on headphones but still sounded like they could use some tweaking..very good song though.

I thought the mix on "No body is home" was a lot closer to the mark. I added a touch of verb on the whole mix while listening to it thru my headphones, really opened it up...remember there's no rules. I really like the mood of both songs I listened too, had a 70ish feel to me, and don't take that the wrong way..just the vibe I got out of it. Four going on five decade's of music, hell I love it all...no closed minds here...good job.