Forkupines - 'Sleep By The Fire, Bloom In Water' - mixed by mick2015

[mick2015]

Cool song and fun to mix. Feedback and comments appreciated as always, cheers guys.

Mick

[wurstdrummer]

Wow, that's a bright and crisp mix, love it! The presence of the main vocals is awesome. They sound warm and defined, kick and snare are great! Cheers

[mick2015]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a pleasure to mix, the dynamics and the way it was recorded certainly makes the process much smoother and I really wanted to bring out these great qualities of the song!

Cheers,
Mick

[Ak3r]

Hey there Nice work. I really like ur kick and snare sound, thought the toms could have had a little more work hehe. It's interesting what u did with the guitars...u put all the guitars in the middle, right? how so? why? and then the synth on the sides...weird choice but it's not bad . Interesting mix!!

Cheers

Ak3r

[mick2015]

Thanks Ak3r. The guitars are panned about halfway left and right, just not hard panned. The idea was to provide some contrast with the chorus mostly and create more central energy. I found it wasn't interfering with the lead vocal and sort of sat nicely so chose to leave it that way. I duplicated the synth and modulated one side to get some width also.

[Ak3r]

Thanks Ak3r. The guitars are panned about halfway left and right, just not hard panned. The idea was to provide some contrast with the chorus mostly and create more central energy. I found it wasn't interfering with the lead vocal and sort of sat nicely so chose to leave it that way. I duplicated the synth and modulated one side to get some width also.

An interesting approach as i said . To me they sound quite in the middle, as both are almost the same...i guess u can still keep that idea but widen a bith the whole stereo. But is a nice work

Cheers

Ak3r

[Spede]

There is some kind of issue with your monitoring; the rhythm guitar are definitely panned dead center (the extra lead guitars are slightly off center). You can hear this by listening to the side channel of the mix.

I know it's a matter of opinion but this is rock music; you definitely want those guitars to sides especially for the anthemic chorus. The synth sounds really really cool here, but unfortunately the overall direction is ill for this kind of song. If you're really interested in working with creative solutions, I suggest you start mixing electronic music; that genre is much more forgiving in terms of oddball solutions.

[mick2015]

There is some kind of issue with your monitoring; the rhythm guitar are definitely panned dead center (the extra lead guitars are slightly off center). You can hear this by listening to the side channel of the mix.

I know it's a matter of opinion but this is rock music; you definitely want those guitars to sides especially for the anthemic chorus. The synth sounds really really cool here, but unfortunately the overall direction is ill for this kind of song. If you're really interested in working with creative solutions, I suggest you start mixing electronic music; that genre is much more forgiving in terms of oddball solutions.

Thanks spede. Some good points there. All genres can benefit from oddball solutions in the creative world
I have another mixing going up shortly. Cheers.

[mick2015]

Version 2.0

Appreciate any new comments, thanks guys.

[wurstdrummer]

Amazing.


Now try to use the tom sample at the beginning of the first chorus as a kind of bass impulse. That was what it was recorded for, but most people don't seem to have noticed. I should have given it a different name

Seriously, this is one of my fav mixes so far!