Here is Mix 2.
 
I'm going to pull back on this recording and rerecord it.
Any other Advice would be great! As I step back into studio mode... tomorrow.
Many of you here will appreciate that.
 
*A note to…  Maybe you want to do the bass and help out?
 
Peace to all…
Dave

Good little rocker, but at the moment it sounds very demo-ish. My comments are more about the arrangement than the mix. The chorus/hook needs backing vocals. 'Up, up on the wheel' is a good hook, but it's lost in the overall sound.
 
Drums need to change from verse to chorus to provide dynamics. That lead guitar warbling away in the left channel sounds like someone in the next room - pull it in nearer the centre and use it more sparingly, or have it do some counter-melody riffs, it's a bit too noodly. If it's going to do a solo, put that on a seperate track front and centre.
 
Definitely need some BASS!
 

jamesg1213
Good little rocker, but at the moment it sounds very demo-ish. My comments are more about the arrangement than the mix. The chorus/hook needs backing vocals. 'Up, up on the wheel' is a good hook, but it's lost in the overall sound.
 
Drums need to change from verse to chorus to provide dynamics. That lead guitar warbling away in the left channel sounds like someone in the next room - pull it in nearer the centre and use it more sparingly, or have it do some counter-melody riffs, it's a bit too noodly. If it's going to do a solo, put that on a seperate track front and centre.
 
Definitely need some BASS!
 

 
Thank you, all good points and Advice :)
I was trying an EQ spread on the gtr, it didn’t work... ha!
 
Peace!
Dave
 

Yeah, Dave, this is a rockin' tune! Sure it's a bit raw yet, but this has the core of a great punkish surfer thing. Don't give up on it! Here's my feedback:
 
Vocals are pushed kind of far back. I get this, because my first couple of mixes for a song are always like that and everybody here says, "need more lead vocals." Ha. 
 
I agree with the comment on dynamics in everything, not just specific instruments, but in the song structure itself. Find places to let it breathe some. Find a place for a cool break, write a nice bridge for the song, find a way to make the chorus more obvious. Put a solo in there, which is a great excuse to move that constant guitar to a specific spot in the song where it can stand out and say something in its own right.
 
As for plugs, I'd rip 'em all out and try to get things sounding happening without them (except for amp sims and such.) Then when you add one you'll really hear it work and you won't bury this little jewel in mud.
 
Great start, I like it!

Nice propulsion, appropriate for the song.   As a vocalist, you might try getting your voice out of second gear ... experiment with lower notes, higher notes, a little variety.   Just a thought. 

Thanks Kevin and William.
On the last version I used vocal rider and the vocals where on top better. This time I was just trying to work on everything else. I know the vocals are a bit week here and there… It was really hard to find a place to take a breath of air. I’m starting over in the morning with it… All advice was/is really helpful!
Can’t wait to get on it… :)
^ Thanks to all who posted ^
   Dave

oh yea...
Hello to all, just had a question...
I kind of think that this is a rock song.
But people keep telling me its a punkish type song.
Not that it's a problem at all, it's not :)
But what makes it a punk song?

Normally I would say this is a bad mix. Nothing is distinct, the vocals are lost in the mess, and there seems to be an insane guitar solo going on all the way through the whole thing,  panned to one channel only. But then I catch a few words, "rocket in my pocket," "speedway junkie," "lead in my heel," and I start to get a picture of the inside of a NASCAR racer: sweaty, loud, on the knife edge of spinning out, the wall speeding by outside the window, the engines of other cars screaming as you get around them, a huge crowd cheering, complete freakin' chaos coming from all sides, and I think "Yeah, this track puts me right there!" It won't get on the radio, but you've achieved something here, and I mean that in a good way.

TBH: Mix 2 sounds not that much diff than Mix 1 to me.

Larry Jones
Normally I would say this is a bad mix. Nothing is distinct, the vocals are lost in the mess, and there seems to be an insane guitar solo going on all the way through the whole thing,  panned to one channel only. But then I catch a few words, "rocket in my pocket," "speedway junkie," "lead in my heel," and I start to get a picture of the inside of a NASCAR racer: sweaty, loud, on the knife edge of spinning out, the wall speeding by outside the window, the engines of other cars screaming as you get around them, a huge crowd cheering, complete freakin' chaos coming from all sides, and I think "Yeah, this track puts me right there!" It won't get on the radio, but you've achieved something here, and I mean that in a good way.

WOW! Thank you!
To be honest, when it’s done it’s going to be Marketed to 4.5 million Nascar fans on facebook…
This has always been the plan since before I wrote it… I tried to sell the song but got no bites so I’m doing it myself.
 
Thanks again!