Couldn't get my head past the rough mix stage until I found a decent reference track and there was something so familiar about some of the instrumentation and vocal phrasing it was driving me crazy! Finally figured it out..."Sonnet" by The Verve....Classic 90's British Rock/Pop
Be fierce in your encouragement, kind in your criticism and try and remember that the art of a good critique is not to make someone else's mix sound like yours...but to help the mixer realize their own vision.
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