Colour Me Red @ The Wild-Eyed Sinner's Ball

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So,
Listening to the posted mix of this it was apparent the thickness of the voicings for the guitars and backng vocals were going to be a challenge. Many reviewed these parts as having a nasty resonance. What I heard was the throbbing and pumping of the inventive and original ensemble character of this piece. The trick for me was to find the right panning and voicings of the multiple guitars, (acoustic and electric) without dashing the throbbing cadence of the work.

Surprisingly I did very little in the way of EQ and compression on these tracks. For the most part everything was left flat beyond some minor tweaks of kick, bass and electric guitar buss. Most of the work I did was in the editing of the arrangement. The intro is a case and point as is the fade at the end.

The tracks of this piece were very well recorded which made this much easier to mix. The amount of individual tracks made for a lot of subbing for control during the mix. I hope you like the result. Whatever the outcome, it was a lot of fun to do.

The track just below was recently re-uploaded to echo the proper artist name (Oops). This original mix was basically unmastered, so please turn it up on playback to get the full impact of it.
There is a new mix below which was a remaster of the original mix but scrunched for loudness. Please listen to that mix at normal playback levels.

Thanks, and Enjoy!

Version 2
Scrunched Colour Me Red

Version 3
Unleashed Colour Me Red
(Associated mix file removed due to system limits)

Version 4
Unleashed Again - Colour Me Red (Contest submission)
This version was adjusted for lead guitar riff content and mastering was altered to ensure least pumping with volume.

Version 5 (Post Submission)
With kudos to Mike Senior and so many other great voices who have made suggestions, I am offering up this post contest submission version where I hope I have addressed the common threads heard from most listeners. All great advice. Thank you so much. This has been a great learning and listening experience. Looking forward to the contest results. I do not envy poor Mike on that score.

Version 6 - Final
OK. This is it. The final mix. I mean it this time. What? You don't believe me? Did you hear? The last, terminal and definitive mix (until next time) of this song.

Thanks ALL for a great time with it.