Too Bright - DWM Mixdown & Master

[davidwmontgomery]

Here is my go at the song "Too Bright". I was looking for a song that was different and this one definitely was. Love the indie guitars and then the gritty synth chorus.

ANyways, I took some liberties on this track, so forgive me if you don't like it.

- I took Drums 1 &2 and made them both mono tracks and panned them hard opposite, so in the softer parts, your hearing two drums panned hard, but then I made a Comp Buss and smashed them (independently stereo) and then made that mono, so its a bit more of a LCR drum part. I tried to smash the hell out of the 3rd drum part, without overbearing the mix. i like it.

The song is not nice and neat, so i tried to make the mix resemble that, lots of vocal effects, since the vocals were not tracked very cleanly either. But i think i like it better this way than any clean vocal take would have happened.

Anyways, none of my mixes have gotten any replies yet, so please post your thoughts!

[Johan Meylemans [TweakR]]

Great job! Tad to much distortion on some vocal hits... Drums could benefit from some extra highs?

[ridcullylives]

Hey man, I really like your mix. It's warm and the feeling of the song is definitely there. I like the sound of the vocals in the verse a lot. I would second what the guy above me saying about too much distortion on the shouts in the chorus--it's also a particularly nasty-sounding distortion, and the fact that it cuts out suddenly is noticeable.

Sounds like the drums in the verse are louder in the L ear than the right ear? Also agree that there could be more highs--they sound kinda "flat".

The music in the chorus sounds great. Maybe try some sidechain compression from the kick to the other tracks to give it a bit more "pump"? I tried it and it worked out really well for me.

I just posted my version of this; would love to hear your comments.