Original - Help Me

NICE TUNE! Well written. IMO, the Vox could come up more. The bass is overpowering the mix a bit too. EQing the guitars will help clarity overall sound. Great song! Thanks for posting it!

I think this song rocks.  I don't hear the bass issue on my system.  I think it's well balanced, and has a live feel.  The vocal levels were about right to my ears.  I guess it all depends on how you listen.  If it turns out that you decide to tweek the mix, you don't have far to go.  Listen to the mix on as many systems as you can, and step out of the room and listen away from your monitors.  You're on the right track.

Cool, I'll try listing to it on a couple other speaker set ups. I did some minor tweaks in the 150k range (dropped it .5 db)and 500k range (spiked it .5 db). Nothing too noticeable but it did sound a bit better. Thanks for your input and your comments

Here's the remix version, thanks for you input. http://soundcloud.com/mtg...g-studio/help-me-remix

I mostly removed unnecessary tracks which fixed the dynamics it was lacking. I seem to forget about dynamics when I'm playing and tracking all the music, it's easier when you're in a band because band mates can help carry the load. It also allows you to focus on making your part sound great. When you're recording all your tracks, you all most have to have multiple personalities. Singer, guitars, basses, drummer, then producing, tracking, mixing and mastering. That's 8 different split personalities in each song, all of them equally as important as the other and all of them fighting for their spot light. I'm a bass player at heart, been playing for over 20yrs, but in this song I had to remove bass parts that were clouding up the song. The producer side of me won that battle, while the bass player side of me stormed out of the studio and slammed the door on his way out. The other 7 personalities laughed and talked behind his back while giving the producer a high five. OK I'm technically losing it. Oh did I mention I added a keyboard sound effect in there, don't know where that guy came from. I think he was lost and wondered into the studio. It was most def after the bass player walked out.

Awesome rock performances and lyrics (for my soul)!!!

The following is just my personal dribble:

this has a vintage feel ... which you may have aimed at (except for the overheads)

Mix sounds like it needs some widening (by today's paradigms) ... not just the overhead drums.

Some vocal and guitar transients sound a bit squashed or something, thus losing some of their bite.  Perhaps, I'd back off the attack parameter on their compressors by a 10+ milliseconds (or such) to allow more energy peaks.

Also vocals and guitars beg some tape saturation and EQ tricks, to bring their dominance forward.

Message is totally awesome!!!

I think you're at that point where you need to step away from this song.  My previous comments still apply, this is a good production.  Carry on.

Thanks everyone for you input it helped a lot, I'll be posting a new song for review towards the end of January.