Passenger Side

[JDH_73]

I think the biggest issue is the vocal effect. It's a bit distracting. It might work if it were lower and just on the second part of the verse for some variety. The overall mix feels pretty 'processed'. A bit distorted and could have a little more lows. But it kinda works. It sounds like a record. Nothing jumps out or songs bad except for some guitar lines that can feel a bit harsh. I think it sounds cool. Different, but cool.

The vocal effect is just a stereo delay. In general, my method with adding fx like delay, chorus, reverb, etc. is to bring it up just until I can hear it, then back off a hair. I may be desensitized to it at this point, tho

Of course it's processed-- that's the point of mixing. Not sure if that's supposed to be a positive note?

The distortion comment doesn't surprise me too much. Been playing around with some saturation techniques. I probably went too far.

Thanks for the feedback.

One thing I notice now that I've listened to some other mixes, is that I kept the stereo field quite a bit narrower, especially in regard to the guitars. That was mostly intentional. It's kind of a knee-jerk reaction sometimes to see that there are multiple guitar tracks and just start panning. Personally, I felt that got a little distracting in this song. I'm mixing in headphones, so maybe a little more panning won't hurt once I hear it in the car or on some other speakers.