My Hand in Yours remix 3/8--input on vocals?

A couple of young friends are enjoying using my studio to record his original songs.  This is the first one they've completed and the poor things have to depend on me to mix it.  I'm looking for some ears and some help here.  I've rarely mixed vocals and don't really know what I'm doing.  Thanks again, guys!

Song by Josh Greenslade, all performances and lead vocals by him.
BGV by Taylor Turner. 

My Hand in Yours

3/5--I tried to incorporate all of your ideas.  Thank you SO much for the detailed help, everyone.  I appreciate it immensely! 
 
3/7--more compression on vocals and less reverb on keys

They certainly are off to a good start. Nice tune... Piano sounds really good. I think I would boost the main vocals a tad, and maybe eq. it a tad to boost the top end a touch ( more so in the beginning ) but other than that  very nice!

Agreed about bringing the vocals up, also they sound a bit muffled.  Plus, I think they could use a bit of v vocal.   Also maybe just a touch more reverb.

Piano was great.

Finally,

This is the first one they've completed and the poor things have to depend on me to mix i

I haven't heard anything you did that I didn't think was great so far, so I think they are in good hands.    Agreed though, that vocals are a challenge.

Hi Janet, nice song and nicely played and sung. Just t o make your producing job more difficult, you could also use less reverb on the piano and the strings to make it more intimate. Just a thought, hope we're still friends now .


Greetings, Rik

Add some compression on the lead vocal and do a HPF at 180hz. And it might be a bit boxy, so watch for a spike at 400-550hz.

And widen the piano. Insert a send in the piano to a new bus, do a HPF at 250hz and then slap the Channel Tools on it, nice and wide.

Nice song!  Need to add a bit of reverb on the vocals to add space.  And yes some some compression on them too.  Nice intro with the violin, piano and synth. 

Thanks for all your help guys!  I'll try those things you suggested. 

Rik:  of course we're still friends.  :-)  Thanks...that's an easy enough fix. 

Jim:  (JY).  I used the vocal compression setting in Sonar.  Perhaps I need to tweak that further?  The piano is already being sent to its own bus.  I'm guessing I can do what you suggested there? 

Reece:  Yes.  Why?

JC:  Good to see you around again. 

Thanks to each and every one of you.  I will try all those things and I really appreciate it. 

Different than on my pieces? 

Janet your young friends are quite talented

Janet
the piano and the main vox are competing for the same space space....So do what James has suggested....

Pan that female vox to one side say in the 50% to 65% range to add some more seperation.....

but a nice start for them.....

It's kind of funny cause there is a very very very yong band down the block from me....they pratice all the time in the garage.....their parens are out side most of the time giving guidance......I some times wondeer if I should let them do some recording in my studio....

so it is nice to hear you lending a hand to the youngsters.......remember now matter what .....with the amount of time that you have spent here you have improved vastly so I would venture to say you know a thing or two.

Clifford

 
 
  What I hear is the "song"as if there were some good ideas of "backing parts" as well as the song
being somewhat of what the song "would sound like" after there were time and thought spent on
"producing" this. By that I mean the "right parts" (arrangment),  (instruments). (the things you hear
in the song?)
 
  If you think of a song (like this) (say a radio song or some song that you like) and think of the
(instruments used) you might like something similar (and/or) you may like the way "that song" is
mixed or something.
 
   To me this sounds like there is a "really good song" waiting to be done. (And) it sounds like there
is a "really good" performance waiting to be heard "of that performance/song". I hear the male and
female vocs both being very coordenated for lack of better words.
 
   It has a "disconnected" sound at the present which comes acrross as the "song" and the "performing
of it" hasn't been played/polished/worked on etc enough for it to be played with confidence yet relaxed
in doing so. It has "a new" sound, Not yet fully developed.
 
  I like the way that janet is mixing this in it present stage as there is no "fluff". It's somewhat like
"what you see" (in this case Hear) is what you get. Be that the case I would use this mix as a
starting point or reference, focusing on getting the (performers) (tracks) done.
 
       Then:
   Produced
   good performance from the players
   Once those good tracks are laid down you have something good to work with.
 
  I think this "could be" an "awesome" sounding song with some polishing.

Most of my thoughts have already been stated, so I'll just say good stuff.

hang on....as of 5:35 CST it won't upload...

Hi Janet, this sounds very nice, there's some real talent on show here, gut gemacht .


Greetings, Rik

Hi Janet,

Really nice song... your friend has a very good voice...

If you have control over it, I'd use less reverb on the piano.  It's not bad though... It sounds like a real, miked piano?

Re. the vocals, I'd suggest more compression.  It's a trial and error process, but below is a suggestion for a starting point:

Peace,

Ian


Suggested possible vocal settings (apply eq AFTER compression)