Hahaha no problem at all mate, long comments are better than a generic 2-sentence response any day, and thanks for the specifics. This forum is for sharing and I honestly wish I saw a little more of it.
I have Sennheiser HD 650 headphones and Yamahas HS8's w/ Sonarworks. My room is far from perfect but in the headphones it's about as flat as it can get, but like I said before I also know my tendencies to exaggerate the high end (years of listening to non-vocal EDM) which I've been fighting back slowly but vocals are still a "?" to me in terms of a mental mixing roadmap.
Had to go back and that "come to me" was damn loud, I don't think it was as loud in the mix (ignoring the other issues you mentioned) but mastering made it excruciating!
EDIT: I forgot to mention about references, I totally agree but the issue I have is finding similar or comparable tracks when working in a genre like this for the first time. Maybe you have tips on that.
I have Sennheiser HD 650 headphones and Yamahas HS8's w/ Sonarworks. My room is far from perfect but in the headphones it's about as flat as it can get, but like I said before I also know my tendencies to exaggerate the high end (years of listening to non-vocal EDM) which I've been fighting back slowly but vocals are still a "?" to me in terms of a mental mixing roadmap.
Had to go back and that "come to me" was damn loud, I don't think it was as loud in the mix (ignoring the other issues you mentioned) but mastering made it excruciating!
EDIT: I forgot to mention about references, I totally agree but the issue I have is finding similar or comparable tracks when working in a genre like this for the first time. Maybe you have tips on that.