What a nice song and relaxed playing! And especially I liked the singing. I think I must study irish music more.
When I begin with this song, I thought it would be quick job, but it ended up to be very difficult for me to mix. So, at least to me it was very good practice.
Main difficulties to me were:
- I had no idea what to do with that drum. When I brought the drum in, it somehow fooled me to think that the bass sound is compressed.
- I wanted to bring up those nice bass fills, but they also brought some nervousness. For some reason it was very difficult to preserve the acoustic sound of the bass and at the same time make it audible.
- to establish the right kind of groove I would have wanted to use more compression with guitar and mandoline, but they were probably over compressed already.
I didn't quite reach the sound the song would have deserved.
EDIT
New version with:
- de-esser
- some automation
When I begin with this song, I thought it would be quick job, but it ended up to be very difficult for me to mix. So, at least to me it was very good practice.
Main difficulties to me were:
- I had no idea what to do with that drum. When I brought the drum in, it somehow fooled me to think that the bass sound is compressed.
- I wanted to bring up those nice bass fills, but they also brought some nervousness. For some reason it was very difficult to preserve the acoustic sound of the bass and at the same time make it audible.
- to establish the right kind of groove I would have wanted to use more compression with guitar and mandoline, but they were probably over compressed already.
I didn't quite reach the sound the song would have deserved.
EDIT
New version with:
- de-esser
- some automation