Trad Pop/Big Band

That sounds good, it should work well for what you need it for.
 
maybe after the gig you could record the lead and vocal parts and create a produced and studio finished version..  It would be a breath of fresh air for the Songs forum.

Youtube: http://youtu.be/mMjikHgwOIE
 
Thanks for the tips, Karyn! I'm actually really happy with how it came out, and I'm pretty sure I would have had a much harder time without your guidance. We'll definitely be doing a vocal version in the coming weeks.
 

evadianepug
I'm with Tom, I want to listen but I don't do the download thing just to listen.  I am kind of excited to hear it so do a Soundclick or Soundcloud, Box or any of the others.  I know you've done that before cause I have listened to your music. 

 
evadianepug- youtube link is here
http://youtu.be/mMjikHgwOIE

yea...loved it!!!....great stuff!!

I would not add much reverb either if any. What I would do is give more space to the instruments by panning them more around the center. A little offset from center for piano, and mixing the horns (saxes then) like an orchestra would be live or at least off of the center until spread to the left and right, different parts in different pans.
Imagine placing the instruments on the sound stage and adding the amount of reverb (or echo) that makes it a 3D stage perhaps.
L and R speakers are suppose to be a 3D sound stage with some sounds a little more distanced from the single point say of the conductor than others with a bit more reverb and perhaps a bit less volume. Well, the imagining of such an environment, including it in the place perhaps if you can where it will happen - to listen to it there also.
 
Right now to me it sounds too left and too right with a hole in the middle. The voice to me just can not be the only thing there even if it is a bit more reverb or what I would do with some of the parts pan it more towards the middle like 50 left - 20 right for a part or 50 right - 20 left for another part and so on.
The stage is what you make it.
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Yes, I always add questions marks, because the end result is up to you, not me.
 
And it all has been done before, but perhaps a video more in the center of the sound stage would help, but again, here's something different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukRwWSXYXw
 

It sounds very nice. I prefer not to make changes in mix when the whole track is not ready. But if I'd imagined that vocal is already there, I'd tried to add little bit of ambience (short reverb) on all winds and place it on a second line on the stage (more distance) and make it a little bit smaller.
Waiting for vocals :-)

Thanks for the knowledge, guys! I'm glad you enjoy the track, it was a pleasure to record :)
I definitely agree myself on that I could separate the individual instruments a bit more. I ran with the suggestion to carve out a space in the middle, but I don't think I went WIDE enough, nor central enough. I'll work on that.
Wookie, when you say it's 'right-heavy', you're saying the entire mix is weight towards the right? I (think) the rhythm section and the saxes were all panned right, so I can see why that'd be. I'll try to balance that out to be a bit more central.