Modern country music has never been my music, although old country is one of my favorites. But this was fun to do.
I decided to try a modern sound for this one. I used as a reference Allison Krauss "Paper Airplane" CD. Maybe for that reason the drums didn't get so prominent role in my mix. I mainly tried to study how the string instruments (dobro, banjo, mandolin, violin, guitars) blend together in her records. So this mix was more like reverb-rehearsal for me. (I only use cheap Valhalla reverbs, but the are very good.)
Otherwise I didn't do that much. Just hi-pass filters, and little EQ. And just 1-3 dB compression in some instruments.
EDIT: new version added after 2 years break
I decided to try a modern sound for this one. I used as a reference Allison Krauss "Paper Airplane" CD. Maybe for that reason the drums didn't get so prominent role in my mix. I mainly tried to study how the string instruments (dobro, banjo, mandolin, violin, guitars) blend together in her records. So this mix was more like reverb-rehearsal for me. (I only use cheap Valhalla reverbs, but the are very good.)
Otherwise I didn't do that much. Just hi-pass filters, and little EQ. And just 1-3 dB compression in some instruments.
EDIT: new version added after 2 years break