Who I am. My mix

[Pedaling Prince]

Ok, I've tried to improve the song:

- The vocals are too loud in comparison to the rest of the track in the verses: I've tried to use a trick mentioned in Mike's book that said that turn the fader all the way down and little by little turn it up until you think that it's got a good level. Then just the opposite, by turning it up and going down. Then somewhere between those "good" points, will be the right level. Well, let's see if it has worked out or not!

- A little less reverb on the vocals: You got it!
- Sidestick (snare) is buried: you were absolutely right and I noticed that it couldn't be heard. Now at least I can
- Ac guitar is too loud in the verses: not anymore!
- Some panning of the violin and banjo would make your mix wider, that goes for ac guitar too.: granted!

The only thing I haven't done is trying to approach a more 'country style' sound because I believe that I have to listen to than kind of music for a few days in order to pay attention to how instruments sound. I don't think that listening a couple of songs will do the trick.

That's one of the most amazing things you find when you start mixing: before I was paying attention to the overall sound of a song, but I didn't care much about individual sounds in a song; and now I do! So little by little I'm learning about it; and the more I learn, the more I like it!!

OK. Maybe I was wrong on the whole "page one rewrite" thing in my last post. I have to admit, this is quite an improvement! Doesn't surprise me much, though; like I said, your previous mix showed lack of experience but a lot of potential.

Still, you might try the "page one rewrite" approach I suggested as an educational exercise. See what comes out of it.

That being said, here's what I'd do to improve THIS mix:

Vocals are still a tad high; I'd pull them down about 2 dB. BACKING vocals are fine where they are level-wise but I'd dial that reverb back quite a bit.

Snare's a little too "snappy;" felt like a tiny guy with a sledgehammer was smacking me over the bridge of my nose...

Might spread the instruments a LITTLE wider in the stereo image; sounded a little collapsed and boxy towards the end, at least to my ears.

Still, I must say a considerable improvement over your first attempt; I really enjoyed this.