Tears in the Rain

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LOVE the nylon guitar....tone and fx...perfect (to my ears)!

Thank you I mixed the nylon first in my initial balance because I felt it was the "lead vocal" and deserved the red carpet treatment for this song. It also has the best tonal qualities in raw form, which was one of my few boons here...

I'd add to that note that Dave (the metallurgist) mentioned that I may be mixing the guitar tones from the perspective of the performer and not the audience, who would presumably be in front of the guitar and thus would hear different tonal qualities.. which I think is a perfectly valid subjective opinion, I just don't always prefer to mix with 100% spacial realism at the top of my priorities list for some songs... for this one I was going for "vivid" more than realistic... and realism didn't seem very pragmatic for me given some of this mix's challenges.

cymbals at 0.20 gave me a surprise (lol) i'm definitely a bury the cymbals sort of guy.

I don't like to bury them, but you're right, it jumps in front of the entire mix. Objectivity is an important thing... I don't take enough breaks when I mix. Good observation!

maybe consider riding the fx fader on ElecGtr in outro as they start sounding a bit washed out/distant near the end - but that's maybe your intention as it is the end of the song after all - but that's only a taste thing

Yeah, that was intentional... I was trying to maintain the nylon as the focal point of the tune, so I put the electrics off to the side and eased up on some of the highs and lows to push them back a bit... maybe I overdid it?

Thanks for comments, good points my friend