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[Musiciansoham]

So while mixing i just listen what that song need and mix according to that.
hope i could learn something new from you guys.

[Mixinthecloud]

Can you explain your approach? All of the melodic elements are highly muffled. Guitars are barely audible and the lead vocal, while understandable, sounds like he is singing into a heavy blanket. Almost sounds like you did mid-side and all we are hearing are the sides.

[jeffd42]

A couple of aspects that may be helpful:

The lead vocal should be centered. I hear it as offset with an opposition panned reverb. That's good technique for guitars sometimes: not so much for the lead vocal. The reverb choice also muffles the vocal (as does the EQ).

The balance between the various instruments is off. I'd suggest talking everything back to mono (centered), then get the balance, EQ and compression dialed-in before moving things around in the stereo field and adding FX. Could be a personal thing for me there, but I find that workflow often tends to result in better mix decisions.

Hope that's helpful. Cheers, Jeff.