Pain remains

[motomojo]

Thanks for the listen. Cheers!

A nice safe mix sounds almost identical to several others. 
Everything sounds nice but this is a song about pain and i aint feeling any in this mix.

Thanks for leaving a comment. I'll take the first but reject the latter since expressing pain is not remotely my intention. I don't even know what to do to achieve that. You expected too much of me, man. I've heard that that kind of expectation can damage a man for life, you know, just a little too much.  Sure, I mean it is the ultimate goal, right? but that's far in the future. So far away I don't even bother to think about it. I can barely get the instruments together let alone make them...emotional. But it'll come soon enough. One must learn to crawl before one can walk is the conventional wisdom, isn't it? You want me to run while all I can do is crawl, man, and that ain't kind (just thinking aloud). But I am curious as to how would you do that, make the listeners feel the pain of this song as a mixer? One would think that's the job of the performers and producers not the mixers. But I have been known to be wrong before. Am I on the verge of great harvesting here? I hope so and will be greatly disappointed if not. And yeah, thanks for taking the time, really, to leave a comment.

Sorry if i was a bit forward. No way to know what experince level folks are at here.
You're doing fine where you're at it will come to ya in time.
You're mixing with your ears at this point however in time you will realize that the ears are just a delivery system to your heart where your creativity and personallty start to enter your workflow and you will tap into the emotion
That is there to be used to make an impact on the listener.
One example of pain in this track.
Open hat the drummer is wailing away providing enhanced emotion to the vocal.
You may not understand at this point but you will.
Don't be afraid to go way out of the box and make sure you are having fun.

I've had a wonderful 30 year career mixing live touring with awesome artist but i'm still and always learning.
Wrapping my old brain around this digital
Stuff has been a challenge but i still mix from the heart.