The KMN Mix

[Mike Senior]

...the craft is only a tool to the art, an in art, you can do pretty much nothing that is wrong per se.

What he said.

But about the mix... It's a bold move to include both lead vocal takes, because it's not the kind of song I'd normally want a double-track on. If you've used it just because the track's there, then try it with only one and ask yourself if that gets the lyrical message across better. My view on it's pretty clear (I prefer the solo vocals) but I'm not wanting to dictate that to you -- I just want to make sure you've thought it through whichever choice you make.

I like what you've done with the piano here, which fills out the texture nicely in a way that some other mixes haven't. The acoustic guitars are kept fairly subtle, which is OK, but I can't help feeling that there's a better sound to be had from them subjectively, if only by readjusting the balance/phase-relationships in the multi-mic rigs. At the moment it sounds like you're relying rather heavily on the DI feed, which seems like a shame given the wealth of ridiculously expensive mics on that session, and also brings problems of blend and picknoise with it.

The drums are nicely in the background here, as I instinctively feel they should be. The toms do seem way out of balance, though, at moments (such as 3:02), so you might still want to rebalance/automate a bit to catch those.

Hope some of that helps!