First song in Sonar. Please critique the mix.

Great Song!

i'm a beginner in all this stuff and wanna ask you...

how did you get that guitar sound?
what did you use for drums? are they real?

nice work..

Sonico,

Very nice and simple song, I like it. But there are some mixing issues though.

Reduce the guitars at 3-4kHz and boost the vocals at 3-4kHz to make the vocals stand out more in the mix. This also reduces the harshness of the guitars and the ear fatigue, wich is a typical problem with this kind of music. And it gives presence to the vocals, that sound a bit boxed.

Maybe this also helps the bassdrum to get a bit more definition. If not, boost it a bit at 3-5kHz. It has a very nice low punch, but the attack is burried when the guitars start.

A (very) little overall boost at 10kHz would also match my taste.

Is there any reverb? A (also very little) short reverb could help to a get better spacial placement.

Greets
Melf

Thanks Don,
Glad you liked.

The title's translation is If you're not here. It's a song about a broken hearted man who relates his life's changes without his girl.

Sonico:

I too liked this song, a lot. I know only a bit about the term ear fatigue, but I seemed to experience in my right headphone, mainly from the gtr track. So maybe search the forum for that term or look at some of the posts about specific eq. I think member Chaz posted a list of links that included that topic.

Mr. Melf has given me some good advice recently, so take his words to heart.

Good tune.

Jeff.