Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome

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Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome

Third Song "GOODBYE" This is a co-written song with Vocalist Aaron Paul. Recorded at home with Sonar 8.5PE, Mastered in Sonar. Gateway Quad Core, Music Man Guitars, Line-6 & Marshall Amp. esp bass,Music is one man band ala yours truely. Vocals Aaron Paul. Comment on Mix, Production, song, mastering are welcome, thank you, :-) http://www.reverbnation.com/lawrenceellington
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    lellington954
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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/05 13:02:11 (permalink)
    hmmm, ok, Some opinions or advice from experienced users would be great. The song kicks in at about 35 sec. Thanks!!!!
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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/05 13:25:21 (permalink)
    It's a good tune, and generally quite well performed and sung.  I personally didn't care so much for the really high vocals, as they just sounded a bit too strained to me, but that may be a matter of taste.

    It's hard for me to comment in detail on the mix, as I was listening on my pc speakers.  With that as a caveat, it did seem a bit mid-heavy.
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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/05 13:57:53 (permalink)
    I would pan the acoustic and electric guitars. They seem to be stumbling over each other.

    The bass guitar could use a little more definition. Try a 2-3db boost around 2.5K for a little crispness/clack.

    Other than above, very nice mix. Good song.
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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/05 14:25:14 (permalink)
    I would pan the acoustic and electric guitars. They seem to be stumbling over each other.



    Great singing and convincing performances all around, but I agree with Bapu here, some more panning on the instrumentation would help, the acoustic is a little too 'bloomy' and it's getting in the way, needs a bit more tweaking on the eq. 


    I don't know if it's a reverbnation thing but the overall stereo image feels is quite narrow, you have to pay attention to really notice the difference if you flip it in to mono. I think you could take it a fair bit wider and it would allow more room for those giant vocals!


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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/08 20:46:58 (permalink)
    Great Recording !  I would recommend a De esser on the main Vocal to take out small hisses . Other than that great recording !
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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/08 20:50:36 (permalink)
    Maybe spread stuff out a bit. Mix sounds mono. Vocals feel a tad over the top in areas. Definitely some talent going in this though.

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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/10 05:55:58 (permalink)
    As usual I loved the Song as well as the others!!!  Nice,  Cant comment on the mix, on my cheap headphones.  I did notice the ending faded out kinda funny though, not sure.   Well done


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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/10 18:37:45 (permalink)
    I would echo most of the comments here about stereo width.

    That being said, overall, this is a pretty good song, with some moments that really shine. 

    Question, what do you use for mastering?   Ozone can help add a bit of stereo width.  


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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/11 23:03:34 (permalink)
    Nice job on the performance for sure.. great vocals. I agree with the comments about mix width. If you multi tracked the drums, make sure your overheads are hard panned. I would double track the acoustic and hard pan it left and right to carve out some space. You might spread out your vocal tracks also.. 10% left and 10% right..etc. good job! BD

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    Re:Song Called "Goodbye" Mastered Mix, Comments on Production, Mix, Song welcome 2011/09/12 05:24:34 (permalink)
    you have had some great mix advice above. just to say, this is a very good vocal performance, and a great song, which deserves a top mix! there is something nicely retro about the tune, certainly in the UK we don't really hear this kinda rock song anymore.

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