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I always was very impressed with Neil Finn (Crowded House)
His work always has a very cohesive glued sound, warm and punchy.
It's very tempting these days with digital to keep all that top end clarity, but i really wanted to understand that NEVE desk sound and this mix was an experiment in getting that classic sound in a DAW (S14), I'm pleased with the result ( I think)

I felt this song would work sounding less modern. Good production and arrangement I thought. Really nice work! Well done, and good to see the song arranged on youtube,

As much I liked what I had done I felt the master compression wasn't right, I tried a new method (parallel compression) and also sent all channels to bus's....vox, guitar, bass, drums etc.. I'm using the PreSonus ctc-1 pro console shaper set to Neve, no drive, just colouring the mix, I feel the result is glued and has musical energy, very pleased with this mix,

Hi Aaron

Really Enjoyable listen. Sounds like you achieved your goal
Job well done!!

Cheers
K

Sounds modern, clear and in your face but not bloated or overhyped, me likes!

In the verses, the snare might do with a little less snap, though it's hardly an issue thru the choruses, with the extra guitars and backing vocals.
Dropping the middle eight guitar is a nice out-of-the-box choice, though personally I'd like a drier solo guitar, a little louder.

Really good mix, serves the tune well.