All I Know: 80s Mix

[jeffd42]

Mastering: I have this session set up with reference tracks so I can A/B/C switch, and use that to lock in the appropriate tonality, brightness and stereo image...............

I just level match by ear. The references are not there for loudness, rather for tonality: how prominent the various instruments are in mixes from that genre/period.

On the Piano/Synth combo: The piano is dry, the synth pad had some sort of stereo chorus or reverb treatment. Couldn't separate the two! Didn't want a mono pad in the center, behind the vocal. That was the problem!

For fun: Uploaded a version with slightly more modern mixing tastes ... take your pick of lots'a-reverb (80s style), or with less reverb (90s onwards)