new song mix . advice and comments please!

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I would much appreciate advice and comments on the mix of a new song of mine especially with regards to EQ settings and general balance. It seems to be fine on some systems and not on others. Anyway your observations would be most welcome. View attachment One More Night 301214.mp3
 
There are some nice elements here. For some reason it reminds me a little of Bob Dylan (Planet Waves era). I would probably cut some low end from the vocals. There are also pitch issues with the vocal, especially on the last word of lines ("... you know it by *heart*") - it would help to fix those. Nice playing on the lead guitar. Overall I wish the rhythm were more "free" - the drum, piano seem locked into the same 6/8 beat, which makes it a bit plodding after a while. Hope that helps :)
 
I'm not crazy about that clean lead tone. It's like it can't decide whether to be an acoustic or an electric. I say pick one and run with it :) Nice playing and touch though.

Lead vocal could definitely use some low freqency cuts, they get boomy. I like the vocals though, very Dylanesque. I could use more bass and kick, but just a little. The mix doesn't have much low end. But given the genre, it doesn't need a ton. Just a hint more thump in the kick and a touch more of the bass guitar to help the rhythm along would be nice.

Overall, nice job man. It's a good clean mix.
 
This was just the thing I needed to hear after being immersed in evil the last hour or two. Fair warning that the "system" I listened to it on was a laptop and $40 computer speakers.

Agreed that the vocal has too much bottom end, and also, to my taste, is a bit loud for the mix. Very nice singing, though. I would say a louder kick drum but I'm not sure how it would sound in this type of song. Great playing. Nice song.
 
Yup . . . a vaguely Dylanesque vocal style.

My thoughts:

1 Lead vocal is very dry and up close in the mix. This separates from the music. Cutting some of bottom end off it and adding some reverb would bring it closer to the 'band'.

2 I wasn't too fussed about pitchiness, but I was concerned about the lack of energy in the vocals. The vocal is very intimate (which was probably the intention), but it would benefit from some changes in dynamics.

3 Like the vocals, there is not a lot of dynamic variation in the instrumentation . . . it kind of starts, then goes, then stops. Maybe you could consider being a little more adventurous in the arrangement . . . maybe cut some instruments out totally in places; like what you've done at around 3:30. I can hear drum fills and stuff . . . but because of the overall uniformity of the backing, they don't herald much of a dramatic change.

4 I am not sure that it needs as much instrumental bits as it does.

5 I agree with what Tadpui said about the lead guitar . . . it's kind of in a halfway house.

But it is a cool song; well put together and enjoyable to listen to.



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I am new to this forum but I want to say a huge THANK YOU for the trouble you guys take in giving comments and advice. It is impressive. And in my case I shall take on board all the advice given in this thread. The comments clarify and confirm many of my own feelings ... so, great, and once again your input is very much appreciated.
 
I would just echo gecko's comments. In my own words, vocals were too upfront (and could use some feeling). But everything else sounded well played, well mixed. Nice sax playing. Nice to hear different instruments.

Good tune.
 
I think adding a little gain to the lead guitar part would get the tone in the good range. The drums need to come up overall in the mix. Like the others I think the lead vocal is too up front.
 
Not sure I can add too much to what's been said...

I thought the singing was good.

I didn't like the lead guitar sound. Sounded really tin-y. Well played. But not a nice sound.

The rhythm guitars are all kind of a muffled mash without definition.

Agree that the vocal was super dry and everything else was kind of wet.

Sax sounded out of place. Didn't blend in with the feel of the song.
 
Yeah - the sax is out of place for this kind of Dylanesque song. In the first part when it comes in it sounds almost fake - keyboard/MIDI, but then when it comes in again, it has a ton of reverb/room on it - might have been how it was recorded?
 
Well there seems to be a lot of agreement about what needs to be done with this song...which is a good sign... and I'll rework it and repost. Again thanks for your valuable help and input.
 
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