LEAD Inc_Way Of Life_mix Tommy Marcinek

[tjmtruth]

Hi Tom,
thanks for posting this with a good description of your approach and your idea behind it. I think that, excluding choices that are a matter of taste I have good and less good feedback to give.

The good part
You got an amazing drum sound from the original tracks. I like it very much!
Same for the vox tones, the bass tone as well, including the distorted bass that was/is sort of a problem for me.

Less good part
- Levels Balance - there is quite a prominence of the kick and especially of the vox that drowns the nuisances of the guitars. Except from the opening, once the (double) vox is in, the guitars seem too much in the back throughout the song.
- Guitars tone - Can't really get it since, as just said, guitars are kind of buried. The instrumental bridge is gone with your cut so even less chances to get the guits in full power.
- Openness - the feeling I have is that lots happening close to mono with very rare excursions on few over accentuated L-R delays, that since rare, are coming out "strange" or "casual". The wide panned OH and toms are maybe compressed or not levelled up enough to keep the wideness of the mix enough to compete with the center, especially at low auditioning volume.

If you really went through 8 hours straight or near straight of this, well some ear rest and audition of alternate versions in the forum will make you the best judge of your own work (as it usually happens to me).
Hope this helps!
thanks for reading.
cheers

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Lammy,

Thanks for your detailed analysis and suggestions. I really would like to go back into this mix and try a bit different approach. The "artist" basically said what you did. They wanted more prominence in the guitars and thought the vocals were too loud in the mix. With fresh ears I will revisit this one.....thanks again.

Tom