Save Me - Ian McGregor

Hi Ian,
the overall volume of this is a little low, I'd consider compressing/limiting the master bus and bring the overall RMS up a little.

this is quite nice!  very nice song.  vox are great in places, I like the harmonies.  the synth is a little overpowering for the rest of the mix, it drowns out the guitars and drums.  the drums are way low in the mix.  the bass isn't bad, but if you bring the guitars up be careful not to overpower the bass when you do.

great job tho, I really like the song!

Like the song

drums way too low in mix
bass recorded well, I like that tone.
pad (organesque) synth way way too LOUD

I didn't hear the first one. I was thinking this one sounds overly compressed. Perhaps you went to far in the other direction with the compressor.

The main thing I'm noticing is the words are hard to hear. I think that is due to the heavy midrange frequencies. Lots of things happening in the midrange with the vocals..... lots of instruments in the midrange band,  and it sounds like everything plays all the time, which contributes to the "congestion" of sound.

One temptation is to have everything in the mix all the time because it sounds so good... and it's there, so it needs to be in the mix..... WRONG.  It's not about the tracks, it's about the song.

I use envelopes to bring instruments in and out as I need. The only thing that is a given to play MOST of the time in a mix is drums, bass, and acoustic guitar (AG very lightly)

EQ: you need to carve the mids and lows out of most of the instruments....piano, guitars, synth pads, B3, and even the bass should be rolled off. When you have all those midrange instruments in the mix at the same time, they will all be fighting for sonic space and the result is a really muddy, congested, midrange heavy mix.

I like the song a lot. The mix is not really too far off. I think if you look at the EQ and use a few envelopes, that will go a long ways toward making this mix shine.

The playing is good. I don't have any nits with the writing or the musicianship on the song.

Thanks for all of your input.  This song was remixed and reposted on 4/22.  Much better - in my opinion anyway.  Again, thanks for both the encourgement and criticisms - both are appreciated.