New Tune recorded/mixed in x1 pro

Ya know, its hard to judge this song. On the one hand, every part is richly detailed and warm. Each instrument is clearly defined and present. But as a whole, its too much. This might be a matter of philosophy... when I listen to music, I often picture being there.. and the music provides me with an idea of where each instrument is in the room, and what the room itself is like. I ask myself things like, what would the piano sound like in relation to the other instruments in the arrangement and placement on this song. I get none of that with this song. It is just "there" in my head. The thing is, I cannot place my head into the piano tone box, and into the bass cab, and into the drum kit center all at once in the real world. It cannot actually sound like this in real life. I have no idea if the above makes sense to you, but if not, let me know and I will try to clarify.

Philip, I love songs like this and separate them from productions that are meant to emulate a live performance.  I thought the production sounded huge, due to the f/x, but I liked it.  Radiohead came to mind because they produce recordings that one might not think could be done live, but they manage to play their music live, and they get away with it quite well.  Regardless, I like the song and the one that came after it.  If I haven't done so, yet, welcome to the forum.

Purely the mix man. I tend to try not to comment too much (though I do on occasion) on the composition or performance unless there are glaring errors that almost anybody would note. Lynn is right that it sounds huge. That is part of the problem (for me). Its *too* huge. There is a near total lack of dynamic contrast between the instruments. Even Radiohead preserves that. This is why the piano might need to be ... err... ensmallened and so on.