"It Must Be Nice" - Remix

This is a remix of a song I first uploaded a little while ago. In this remix i have tried have taken on board all the advice and learning i have got from you guys so hopefully this is now improved.
 
Comments welcome as usual
 
http://soundcloud.com/stuartbroughton/it-must-be-nice-remix

Stuart, I've heard this song 3 times, now, and the mix is getting better each time.  But, as the mix improves, it brings out the nuances of the elements more clearly.  It has a very loose feel, kinda like an after hours club setting.  What it lacks in polish is made up with elan.  At this point, I can hear the female lead doubling her vocal here and there, or a simple harmony on the non verse parts.  But, if a live feel is what you're after, then this is as close as it gets.  Nice job.

Thanks as always for your comments

Shad
Interesting your comment re high end sparkle to the vocals. I had in fact cut the vocal track by 4dB at around 10k to try and get rid of a brittleness i am getting on all the songs. I have now reduced the cut by half. And yes, i hadn't paid enough attention to the perc.

Lynn
Yes we wanted a light hearted, informal feel to this song. It was written by Chris and Laurette while on holiday in Spain and we wanted to keep the holiday feel.

James
Glad you like it. Yes i am pleased with the bass on the last edit i cut the lower frequencies on the bass track which allowed me to raise the level so as to hear it better. It is an upright acoustic bass and i wanted its tone and playing style to add to the charm.
The lead acoustic is mic'd and not DI'd, but i can hear what you are saying. I always struggle to decide how far forward or back to place lead instruments or vocals.

I have just updated the track mainly because i have just realised that i had missed off two guitar parts at the end. I have also tweaked the vocals and perc a bit based on the comments above.

http://soundcloud.com/stuartbroughton/it-must-be-nice-remix

foxwolfen


..... I would like to hear a version with a bit of reverb on the vox (but I would experiment with a lot of different types) next to this version to see if what I feel is "missing" is that.
 

I am using some reverb on the vox. It's the 'Ambiance' plug-in by Magnus on a plate setting. I have kept the vox track and reverb separate from the reverb on the rest of the tracks which run through sends to an aux reverb bus. I have tried mixing with more vox reverb at but i dont think I like it so much. Maybe i should just do it and listen a few times to allow my ear to get used to it rather than just A-B'ing it. Same goes for the perc.
I think some homework on reverb is my next task. So far i have just been "adding a bit.." rather than having any science or understanding behind it. I think i also need to spend some time listening to various plug-ins/settings to gain a knowledge of how they sound so in future i can pick one with more purpose.

Hey Stuart, I've listened to both versions of this track.  I don't know I liked version 1 of this track.  The verb sounds less real on the perc instruments now.

Perhaps back the top-end off slighty on the percussion  if you are going to leave them so prominently.  Also on the verb, use the EQ to change the sound of the verb, try rolling of the hi frequencies to around 4khz and try between 80hz and  400hz in the lower range.  Just use your ears and you will hear what I mean.  This is how a real rooms reverb is suppose to behave.

Also the vocals on the fisrt link, was the best Laurette has sounded in terms of that brittleness, we've been talking about.  This is because she is singing in a lower registar.

But I really like this song, in particular the end, realyl cool.

Peace Ben

Stuart, I like this new track a lot. I would now bring the bottom end up a just a tad more and I think you are there. Really enjoying this tune. The perc makes me smile too. It makes the song IMO.