Back From The Start - Olli H mix

[Olli H]

I like the sound you gave to the drums. Quite interesting.

I'm glad you like them. Distant drums combined with intimate and close vocals were the foundation of this sonic experiment.

By the way, I like the second version better!

I'm even happier. I changed only the vocal sound to make them more focused. (+ small change with hi-hats). So, now I have a feeling that I moved to right direction.

I can't give you any suggestions because I'm new to mixing

When it comes to mixing, I think the technical details and comments are not the most important thing. Sometimes, many times, most of the time mixing is creative artistic work where the main thing should be vision and feeling and emotion. And that aspect is damn easy to forget during technical details of mixing.

I think the most interesting comments are those where one describes one's non-analytical initial feelings after 5-10 seconds of listening: "boring", "wow", "annoying vocals", "whatever"… Those comments can really guide mix to new direction. You're listening with fresh ears, and mixer don't have and can't have them anymore.

So, when listening others mixes, just say what comes to your mind, and don't think too much if there's mud in the mid range. You helped me a lot.

Cheers,
Olli