Hi All,
Well, this was way out of my comfort zone. Despite the number of layers and not being very familiar with the genre, I found this song quite easy to mix. I love the positive vibe and the quirky ideas and the "beatlesque" vocal harmonies. Also the pre-breakdown instrumental section, which completely changes the mood of the song for a moment, is great.
The only real trouble during the mix was blending the acoustic and electric guitars. In the end I decided to hide the electric guitars until the very last chorus, where they appear to make the song sound a bit bigger. The closing vocal was chopped in the source files, so I have replaced with a tuned version of the "radio" vocal from middle of the song, which works fine for me. Comparing to the original mix, I would say mine is much darker, but I guess that is just my style!
Thanks to the song provider for the opportunity to mix this, I'd be curious to hear any feedback!
Stepan
Well, this was way out of my comfort zone. Despite the number of layers and not being very familiar with the genre, I found this song quite easy to mix. I love the positive vibe and the quirky ideas and the "beatlesque" vocal harmonies. Also the pre-breakdown instrumental section, which completely changes the mood of the song for a moment, is great.
The only real trouble during the mix was blending the acoustic and electric guitars. In the end I decided to hide the electric guitars until the very last chorus, where they appear to make the song sound a bit bigger. The closing vocal was chopped in the source files, so I have replaced with a tuned version of the "radio" vocal from middle of the song, which works fine for me. Comparing to the original mix, I would say mine is much darker, but I guess that is just my style!
Thanks to the song provider for the opportunity to mix this, I'd be curious to hear any feedback!
Stepan