Dead Enemies

[Franz]

"Dead Enemies": maybe or not! It's your choice. This is my first mix. I hope that as a friend you enjoy. Say it to me.

[Blitzzz]

Very interesting choices, but you should pay more attention to the basics before you add all the bells and whistles. The kick is quite overdriven and sounds like a howitzer shooting in my backyard I can't deny that this sounds interesting, but overall this is a poor choice for this song.

Also, your mix is not very balanced and quickly sounds washy, the more elements come into play. Sometimes I couldn't even hear the drums anymore. In most cases, less (i.e. less processing) is simply more. I would advise you to just mix with the volume knob, panning and automation and use EQ, compression and other fancy stuff sparingly. However, this song is definitely not suitable for this approach - the Burning Bridges is a good start for this.

What I would also like to recommend to you as inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7bUCCQUBeA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2McSHYZHXB4
The song Nolly's mixing in the video can be downloaded here:
http://bit.ly/GGDSmilespt1

Other very good videos from Nolly (with lots of explanation):
https://youtu.be/cgfBcFTbir4
https://youtu.be/aeMXWCINc3Y

Plus here is a video with stock plugins (WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE - DON'T GET FOOLED BY MARKETING)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI2LagJzmkQ

I hope you find some help and inspiration in those videos and have some fun while mixing the Periphery song, too.

[Franz]

Hi Blitzzz!
Really very nice of you for taking the time to answer me.
Your remarks are really very interesting and useful. The videos you refer to are really great, so I'm going to watch it all and I'm sure to learn a lot.
Thank you and see you soon maybe!
Franz