Hey astrovader (that's a cool name!),
thank you for mixing our song!
Bass is too loud in the 1st and 2nd verse and almost rivals the vocals when it comes down to listener attention. The snare has some kind of high end fizziness/distortion too it that I don't really like and lacks the punch it needs. I think all the shells should be louder. The Background vocals are too loud throughout the whole song - their quality is just not good enough to be in the spotlight. We only recorded them to give the main vocals more beef, but they shouldn't be used as a "hey, listen to me, I´m interesting"-spotlight for the listener. Rule of thumb: as soon as you can clearly hear them, they are too loud.
I like that the verses sound quieter compared with the chorus. You are also one of the few guys who got the solo right (I can hear the hihat, the doublebass isn't killing the balance and sits nicely within the mix) and you also made the main guitar melody at the last part of the solo loud enough to get some back & forth thing going on with the solo guitar.
So it's mostly small stuff that could/should be fixed very easily. Hope that helps - have a great day and keep up the good work
Dirk
thank you for mixing our song!
Bass is too loud in the 1st and 2nd verse and almost rivals the vocals when it comes down to listener attention. The snare has some kind of high end fizziness/distortion too it that I don't really like and lacks the punch it needs. I think all the shells should be louder. The Background vocals are too loud throughout the whole song - their quality is just not good enough to be in the spotlight. We only recorded them to give the main vocals more beef, but they shouldn't be used as a "hey, listen to me, I´m interesting"-spotlight for the listener. Rule of thumb: as soon as you can clearly hear them, they are too loud.
I like that the verses sound quieter compared with the chorus. You are also one of the few guys who got the solo right (I can hear the hihat, the doublebass isn't killing the balance and sits nicely within the mix) and you also made the main guitar melody at the last part of the solo loud enough to get some back & forth thing going on with the solo guitar.
So it's mostly small stuff that could/should be fixed very easily. Hope that helps - have a great day and keep up the good work
Dirk