My mix

[Cloneboy Studio]

Guitars slightly mistrack at the beginning. Guitar melody line under the vocals too strident and pokes out of the mix. The 'bongo' percussion in the background needs more emphasis and definition, as it is it sits in the background. Overall I'd like to hear more 'bite' and definition to the guitars; right now they seem a little too washed out.

All in all it's pretty decent but minimal compositions like this should make the most of the few sounds available.

Outro is too long by a few bars.

 

[brummygit]

i didnt use a pick either


Jake

ok, well my point is whatever youre using to strum the acoustic, there's a sliding across the strings that stands out too much in comparison to the acoustic guitar sound itself. i used to have this problem alot when being 'too careful' on the strings with a pick, or like i assume now you did, used fingers (fingernails cause same problem). maybe its against your style of play, but try getting a pick and giving the strings a bit more welly, so to bring out the acoustic sound but to keep the 'sliding' noise away (sorry about my terminology, but im not an expert... )

seriously tho, its a nice tune

 

[JohnnyMan]

"Depth" is achieved several ways. Thinks about how sound changes in regards to distance and simulate this in the mixing environment. One thing that sound does over distance is to decrease in intensity, so lowering the volume is one part. The other thing that sound does is lose higher frequencies, so rolling off top end makes it seem more distant. Another thing that is the amount of delay/reverb and type of delay/reverb. Just 3 components that come to mind ...

Masteringhouse, I don't know if jakenauta got anything our of your analysis but I shure did. Thanks for that.

jakenauta: I enjoyed your song.

 

[masteringhouse]

Masteringhouse, I don't know if jakenauta got anything our of your analysis but I shure did. Thanks for that.

jakenauta: I enjoyed your song.

Thanks!

At last my 2 cents actually made sense ...

 

[Raw-Tracks]

im only 17 using plain old n-tracks!!!

That would explain your refusal to follow convention and post this in the MP3 Clinic.

At any rate. I think the rhythm acoustics need a little more high end sparkle to them, just a little. Part of this could be achieved by rolling off some of the low end, also adding a touch of 12kHz, or so. The Bass guitar is quite non-existent, it could also use a bit more attack. I think by bringing out the Bass Guitar, you would really fill out the arrangement a little more.

I think the vocal is way on top of everything else in the first verse. It seems to find it's place later in the song. Also, try to ride the gain a bit more on the vocal. Vocal could use a touch of "air" to it. 12kHz again.

I'd bring out that string arrangement a little more too.

Overall, not too shabby.

 

[Sonixx]

jakenauta,

hey, I just took a listen and that's pretty good... any suggestions are preference.

doubling the acoustic guitars produced a nice thick sound... maybe a bit thick... but still nice. the vocal was right up front... maybe add a bit of reverb to soften it only. the backing vocal was too up front... consider more layering and compressing of the backing vocals and spread it out, but watch out for the guitars... they already cover a lot of sonic territory.

as for all the adolescent grief you received... just ignore it. if this same song had been posted by some of the "experts" around, they would have been going ga-ga to say good things. notice the change once masteringhouse posted. take most things here with a grain of salt and keep in mind 99% of the advice is worth what you paid for it. I think you already know this... no issues here with your post, but maybe a small snippet would have been better received... if that even matters.

i enjoyed the tune...

-keith-