HI quality MP3's to Bash Away at. really wanna know!

[Thyrdeye]

A very kind person posted these for me. I really need to know what you think about the mixes

here are the links. One song more classic PoP, The other song more modern/garage/punk etc. etc......compression, Eq...what do I do!


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[brandondrury]

I'd probably back off just a tad on the vocal reverb during the intro but I'd probably use a little more reverb when the band is kicking.

The bass gets a little boomy on my stereo. I really can't hear a kick drum either. You may come from a different genre where kick drum isn't as "defined" as it is in the rock music world I come from.

The guitar lead @ 3:00 is pretty loud. I'd pull it down.

Overall, the mix is solid.

Brandon
Brandon

[richiebee]

MarsS - I really like the vocal mix, and the drum sound... the guitar sounds okay too. The piano sounds terrible, and I agree with Brandon - can only barely hear the kick (and it doesn't seem to be in the right place when I do hear it). The song itself has some performance issues. The piano part isn't particularly well played, and some minor timing problems elsewhere too. Is the string sound supposed to be "synth strings"? The bass doesn't seem to have much in the way of definition. Nice song.

membersonly - Again, nice drum sound, nice vocal sound (that seems to get a little lost sometimes). The low end sounds too round. It's there, but has no definition. Need to watch the overall limiting/compression... the whole level gets taken out from time to time, particularly with the crash cymbals, and on at least one occasion from the toms.

The overall feeling I get that it has the vibe its going for - I don't know what that is - Beattles-ish? Its really out of my genre-comfort-zone... but its convincing to my ears. So overall, I think the low end needs to be punchier, the compression/limiting needs to be revisited (probably means the mix is wrong to start with), and I'd get better sounds for piano and strings. Also those couple of performance issues (kick and piano mostly)...