Who I Am First try at mixing

[Pedaling Prince]

Your mix appears to be pretty much flat-topped dynamically, despite being 4dB off 0dBFS. Not sure what the thinking is there, but I wouldn't personally put any dynamics processor that heavy-duty over my master buss while mixing. As a result of this there's some rather unnatural gain-pumping going on -- 0:53-0:58 is particularly lumpy for example. Fundamentally it feels to me that you're trying to get the buss processing to handle some of the balancing for you, and while it doesn't work too badly on this occasion, it's not something I'd really recommend. You'll get something with more life in it if you get the balance more consistent before it hits the buss processing.

That aside, I do like a lot of the sounds you've got going here, and the lead vocal has a nice grainy quality that really suits the song, I think. The blend and spaciousness are both great too. Are the drums maybe a bit too understated? I reckon you could get away with more in that department, myself.

That 75Hz bass resonance is really taking off, so I imagine you'd not seen my notes about this multitrack beforehand. The line's very uneven as a result, and I wonder whether your bass EQ might actually have exacerbated it. Whatever, I'd suggest revisiting that if you can.

Thanks for posting, though, because this is a rewarding listen on the whole!

Thank You Mike for listening to my first mix. I am 62 years old and feel that I have missed alot with this type of mixing. I am trying to learn a lot more so that maybe I can help some young musicmakers to get a little further with their music.
Thank you for your honest answer to what I have done. I am going to revisit the song to see if I can find the mistakes I made and correct them. I think I tried to put too much of everything into it. I have to learn that less is more so to speak.
Again thank You

Danny

"Less is more." You might call that one of the guiding principles of my own work. It's what I call the "principle of least treatment:" the less processing you do, the better and more natural the sound most of the time.