Im Alright First Mix

[moshermax9]

I want feedback if anything can be improved

[azwayne]

Hey!

Welcome, welcome!

First impressions... You seem to have a little bass buildup. Try reducing ~300-350hz by about 6dB especially in the drums and bass guitar. The bass also needs some compression on it, although there is a slide or two that would be nice to bring out if you can manage it after the fact. Insert a compressor and start with around a 10-15ms attack time and a fairly long release (100+ms) and fiddle a while taking things to one extreme and then the other, doing your best to try to hear the effect. (It isn't easy until you know what to listen for!) Once you figure it out, try to pick a value that lets the initial attack through but the squeezes the sustain down a bit to make room for other things to come through.

The pick on the acoustic guitar strum is also a little prevelant. Try putting a little compression on it too. Something like 8ms attack and 35ms release and like 4:1.

Also, try this... mute the vocals and drums and listen to the rest of the parts as a group and on their own, trying to really focus on the musical content. When you hear something that is different than the rest of the part, such as a moving line in the piano vs the normal chords, that bit probably wants to come forward in the mix, whether by nudging that fader up or bringing one or more others down 2 or 3 dB through automation. There are excellent parts in this tune where such things happen (sometimes just for 2 or 3 seconds but it is enough) and helping the listener become aware of them makes the whole cake taste better.

It's a good first try, though. Nothing to scoff at, certainly.

Have fun learning!