Progressive/ambient pop song

[rdwbasser]

Hey. This song is going on my bands ep so any mixing advice is appreciated. No vocals yet. Haven't had the time. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
-Jack

[garagesailor2]

I think the kick could use some more low end. I like the punch that it has, but it doesn't have very much body. The snare gets lost within the hi-hat a little bit in some sections, like around 4:30. It's a totally rockin' section, so I would make sure I had that backbeat in there nice and clear to emphasize the groovin. I dig the song, man, nice job.

[fHumble fHingaz]

Musically, this is different, quite adventurous stuff!.. I agree, the snare is getting lost - A victim of too much reverb & not enough attack. Get that top snare mic jumping out more - maybe use a little assistance from a "transient designer" type plugin. The drums in general are a bit muddy, & perhaps over-compressed, so when the drums get busy everything kinda blurs together with no real definition (& do I hear some distortion as well?). Perhaps paying more attention to hp filtering the individual kit pieces would help (the toms have a heap of low end happening), & backing off the compression a bit. Overall, a quite accomplished sounding piece, but lots could change when you add vocals...

[ssdolbey]

I would really like to here this with vox. I dig your sound (a lot).

I agree with the folks that there is some definite muddiness happening with the drums. FQ fighting.

[rdwbasser]

thanks for the feedback. i gave a bit more low end to the kick and tried to bring out the snare a bit... i have the drums in one track though so its not as easy as just turning the snare up... its still a little buried around 4:30. also it was hard to take the mud out of the drums because they're in one track... i tried taking a little low mids off of the guitars to clear that up a bit though. here it is the new version with vocals.