A Place For Us

[Pedaling Prince]

I actually cut the treble with a high shelf on the master bus :S because it was a little grating for me...

Hm... well, that explains the lack of high end definition here; I was wondering about that.

Would you mind simply re-exporting this mix as it is without that high shelf filter so I can have a listen?

Outside of that, this I really enjoyed this! Love the nice thump you got out of the kick! One thing I didn't like that surprised me, though: the vocals have almost no reverb on them, and that makes them sound pretty lifeless to my ears. That surprises me because aren't you the reverb guy?! This is not the kind of issue I'd expect to hear with one of your mixes... I also feel the vocals could be spread out wider stereo-wise; the stereo image feels a little constrained on the music, too (though this could be the result of that high shelf filter you mentioned; loss of high frequency, where the directionality is, can also narrow stereo image).

One other thing. I love the way you brought out the hammond a bit during the quiet interlude when the strings come in. However, the strings themselves I felt were way too low; I think they're part of the dramatic flow of the song at that point and need to be pushed a lot further to the front.

Sounds like a great work-in-progress, though! I'm looking forward to hear your first round of tweaks!