The Long Wait: 'Lookout Mountain' (critiques plz)

[FytaKyte]

Hey guys,

this is my newest mix, I am aware that I lost the toms a bit, the cymbals are pretty splashy and the vocal might be a touch loud.
I am hovever quite happy with the low-end on this mix, please let me know what I can improve.

Cheers,
Lukas

Hey Lukas,

This sounds very good. Nice low end and clarity in general. Here are a couple of areas I think could be improved:
- the sidestick has a real sharp peak that sounds rather strange and abrasive. Maybe multing the snare mic so that you can eq the sidestick portion of the mix separate to the snare would do the trick. If that is not useable, I would consider replacing the organic sidestick with a sample, because the snare sound is good.

- the vocal is quite prominent in the midrange - almost a slightly nasally overtone. It sounds to me like the reverb you have used on the vocal is accentuating this slightly unflattering aspect of the vocal. Try soloing the reverb send and eq'ing it to reduce some of that nasality.

Nice mix!