Jamie Kent: 'All-American Mutt' kapu mix

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Cool. Good [...]

Well, I had a phase

I found that a -3 dB scoop at 250, -2.5 dB scoop at 400 , and a Pul Tec style cut at 300 was enough to open up those verse sections and keep it clear through out the track.

Parallel compression is a possibility for the drums here but I wouldn't recommend it because of the more sparce nature of these multis, it's super easy to overdo and a lot of times just adds mud to tracks like this (it's an overrated technique because every "Mixing tricks"/"Producer" channel and forum on the internet seems to think its the best thing ever and needs to be done on every mix).

I can't really say much more, overall I like the mix, that acoustic sounds great, it just needs less obvious compression, something just to keep the peaks down rather than add aggression and power.

Cheers and hope this helps,
Doug

I had very similar cuts in the mastering EQ for my clarified submission. Paralleling the drum buss is always a song by song decision just as attack and release are. I do tend to avoid choking an instrument unless it serves a creative function in support of the melody or the groove. I tend to allow the artist to show through more so the mixing engineer. It is my job to get out of the way for the most part. At least in a middle of the road country pop piece like this. Maybe I'm not that creative!