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My mix - akor - 02-11-2012
how do you like my mix?
RE: My mix - Mike Senior - 14-11-2012
Your vocals are getting seriously lost here. There's very little doubt in my mind that she's the star here, and will be 80% responsible for selling this song, as far as the mix is concerned, so you really need to get things out of her way and let us really connect with her as listeners. It's not just a question of level either, because she's being heavily masked by the guitars and drums, which means you won't ever get her sounding clear enough unless you're willing to be ruthless about using EQ cuts on other instruments.
It also sounds to me as if you've mixed this song in the order drums-bass-guitars-vocals, whereas I'd almost certainly start with the vocal. It's worth experimenting with that if you've not tried it before.
RE: My mix - akor - 15-11-2012
Ok, thank you!