Kingdom of the Sun mix/critique

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New unfinished tune. 2 and 3rd chorus vocals not in. All thoughts welcome

 
I like the overall feel and sound. The guitar on the left is a little out of tune or its intonation is off - I noticed it in the early part of the song and the final chord, not so much in the rest of the song. At 1:05-6 there's something off with the kick - like a double hit, same thing at 1:23 when it slows down - might be a bad segment-edit.
 
Surprised there are not more comments on this so far. Agree on that chord in the intro, sounds a little off.....however rest of song I think sounds really good. Love the dirty smooth vocals. Great sounding song.
 
Sounds good so far. It has sort of a 70s vibe which I'm fond of. I really don't have a problem with the guitar being a little off as it fits the song just fine. The extra chorus vocal parts will help quite a bit.
 
I really like that tremolo synth. I think it could be louder, but that's just preference. This is great!
 
Thx. mjb I'll look into that kick today Thx for that. Yah guitar is slightly off on that d stop. Still debating on fixing as I like take

The mix I feel is its a bit harsh sounding overall and gives listening fatigue
 
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I liked the guitar on the left. Real good clarity and cool attack.

It was kind of messy where things kicked in at :17.

Telephone voice sounded OK. In general I get sick of it. But for some reason I thought it worked well here.

Listening further, all the guitars sounded good. Bass sounded good too. Bass is sitting at a perfect level to me.

Drums were so-so.

I'd back off the reverb a little. The reverb type you used worked well. In general I'd shorten your decay(s), and dry it up a bit.

The piano on the right was a but dull sounding.

Why the crackles at :35? Seemed unnecessary.
 
I thought you put this together pretty well. Really cool arrangement.
Everything sounds good, but with the drums as the weakest element.
Not they they sound bad, just not up there with the rest of the instruments.
Love how the vocals sit.
 
Thx for all the comments I have a lot to fix and think about. What was it you didn't like about the drums?
 
Just listened again on monitors and actually they sound better than I first thought.
 
Yeah sorry, I just said, "Drums were so-so" and went on to something else.

Listening again today, I'm not sure what I was talking about. They have a nice tone to them. Snare might be slightly thuddy, but that's a minor thing. They sound like samples and the performance is a little mechanical and lifeless. But really, it's not bad. Certainly a passable drum track.
 
shortened the first chorus and tightened up the song quite a bit all that's left now is sing 2nd and 3rd choruses. Which I'll do tomm
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Awesome song. Great structure, and a great arrangement. Excellent harmony and melody throughout. I find this very memorable and catchy. I like it a lot.

The vocals can come up pretty much from start to finish, and they could use some additional body to them. It was generally hard to make out what you were singing and there was lots of competition from the music. Your vocals should be up front and present, especially in this song and especially because they are very good.

This has a great, great vibe to it. The mix really has a personality.

During the chorus, I think the guitar on the left is a bit fizzy and indistinct. Other than that, I think all the guitar tones you chose are working well.

At the very end, you could extend out your render a little bit so that it doesn't cut off. Either that, or fade it out a tiny bit faster so that it doesn't drop so abruptly. Sorry, OCD pet peeve there.
 
kindafishy said:
Awesome song. Great structure, and a great arrangement. Excellent harmony and melody throughout. I find this very memorable and catchy. I like it a lot.

The vocals can come up pretty much from start to finish, and they could use some additional body to them. It was generally hard to make out what you were singing and there was lots of competition from the music. Your vocals should be up front and present, especially in this song and especially because they are very good.

This has a great, great vibe to it. The mix really has a personality.

During the chorus, I think the guitar on the left is a bit fizzy and indistinct. Other than that, I think all the guitar tones you chose are working well.

At the very end, you could extend out your render a little bit so that it doesn't cut off. Either that, or fade it out a tiny bit faster so that it doesn't drop so abruptly. Sorry, OCD pet peeve there.
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thx for the advice. yah didn't notice that cut off at end that's an easy fix thx. I will experiment with raising the vocals a bit. it's an issue I always have with my own mixes. I never like my vocal hi in the mix and have to force myself to were it's uncomfortable.
 
This was really nice. Cool tune, and I really dig your voice. It reminds me of U2 a good bit ; are they an influence at all?

Listening on ear buds, nothing stuck out too much to me regarding the mix. Nice job with this one; thanks for sharing!
 
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