8x10

[rockerdude]

Great job! What a huge improvement. The song is loud now with all the original dynamics and not squashed to shit. It sounds way more polished and big now.You da man! Thanks!

[garageband]

Superlatives fail me. Do that thing he did. Awesome job, Paul.

Like any mastering pass, it always points out little weaknesses in the mix. The 1st overtone of the bass part is too strong (120-180) and sometimes collides with other parts is uncomfortable ways, like at 2:38-40.

As these songs go, pretty damn good.

[paul999]

Wow thanks guys. That is some set of ears GB I'm not hearing it. That doesn't mean it's not there. Can you be a bit more descriptive.

[TonyB]

Originally Posted by garageband

Superlatives fail me. Do that thing he did. Awesome job, Paul.

Like any mastering pass, it always points out little weaknesses in the mix. The 1st overtone of the bass part is too strong (120-180) and sometimes collides with other parts is uncomfortable ways, like at 2:38-40.

As these songs go, pretty damn good.

I'm currently listening on earbuds and not hearing those overtones, but I know what you mean. It happens when the bass rings out like that at 2:38. I'll have to re-listen when I'm back on my system.

[garageband]

On repeated listenings, it's not the worse thing. On the first listening, it really caught my ear. Also, on said listenings, I noticed these little collisions also happen with some tom fills.

If I had one word (complimentary) for the current state of Nashville production, it would be "tidy".

[TonyB]

Originally Posted by garageband

On repeated listenings, it's not the worse thing. On the first listening, it really caught my ear. Also, on said listenings, I noticed these little collisions also happen with some tom fills.

If I had one word (complimentary) for the current state of Nashville production, it would be "tidy".

Sometimes too tidy in Nashville

[jasonp128]

I'm sorry if anything I say is a repeat of the others before me. Overall your mix is really nice, but just a couple of nit picky things that jumped out to me. These may just be personal taste things...

1) The piano (keyboard I'm thinking based on the tonality) needs to better EQ'd if possible. The upper frequencies are much heaver than the lower frequencies. You can't do a ton to this after it's recorded, but you may be able to add a little body to the Piano in the low mid's, but be careful not to muddy the overall sound -- This may actually have fallen victim during the mastering process mentioned earlier by Paul999 if you cut a bunch out around 260Hz.

2) Verb is necessary. Not just on the vocals. The drums need more of it, particularly the Snare... Too much verb is definitely a bad thing, but I don't know, something about the song seems to lend a little more verb on the snare.

3) Overall I think that the piano overpowers all the other melodic instruments in the mix (the rhythm section sounds good) and maybe could afford to come down in a mix a little bit.

[roysboy]

this mix and the eq's sound pretty darned good to my ear ...real clean vocal , I like the drums ...good job