welcome....very nice tune....you did great. I think i'd take a bit of high-end off your vox but other than that.....great tune.
 
good job!
 

Sounds great. Nice job.
 
The vocal needs some more eqing, and a really good multiband compressor to take the edge off a hair.

Gavin, this is a beautiful mix of a lovely song.  I can't believe you waited this long to post.  You've got my attention!

I once engineered and mixed a Greek band. The best thing about that experience is I was never distracted by lyrics, since I speak not one word of Greek.
 
Seems like a nice balanced mix overall.
 
Footnote: The bass player in the Greek band was a friend. I once asked him what they say in Greece on how we say here in America "It's all Greek to me", he replied "It's all Chinese to me".
 

Just to "+1" the comments above, I don't think you have anything to be concerned with in regards to your mixing skills.   Sure, the song, and particularly the singer, certainly make a difference in a song like this.  But I think you've gotten everything across nicely. 

Don't do much else to that vocal, it's really present, clear, and captivating!
 
My tiny brain was confused for a while but I started counting, I think most of your song is in 6? as in 4/6 time?
 
That's very cool, but I wonder if you have enough in the percussion bed to really sell people on what the timing is.
 
Sometimes it sounds like the time is flipping, 5 beats in one measure, 6 beats in the next. I'll give it another listen. I'm not bothered as much as intrigued.
 
very nice song and mix!
 
cheers,
-Tom
 
 
 
 
 

Lynn
Gavin, this is a beautiful mix of a lovely song.  I can't believe you waited this long to post.  You've got my attention!

:-) Thank you Lynn. Very encouraging.

bapu
 
Footnote: The bass player in the Greek band was a friend. I once asked him what they say in Greece on how we say here in America "It's all Greek to me", he replied "It's all Chinese to me".
 

It's all scales to me!! ;-)

stevec
Just to "+1" the comments above, I don't think you have anything to be concerned with in regards to your mixing skills.   Sure, the song, and particularly the singer, certainly make a difference in a song like this.  But I think you've gotten everything across nicely. 

Wow. Thank you. Seriously.

emeraldsoul
Don't do much else to that vocal, it's really present, clear, and captivating!
 
My tiny brain was confused for a while but I started counting, I think most of your song is in 6? as in 4/6 time?
 
That's very cool, but I wonder if you have enough in the percussion bed to really sell people on what the timing is.
 
Sometimes it sounds like the time is flipping, 5 beats in one measure, 6 beats in the next. I'll give it another listen. I'm not bothered as much as intrigued.
 
very nice song and mix!
 
cheers,
-Tom

You hear like I do Tom. One of the things that attracted me to the song was the apparent moving downbeat. I love music that can do that. A great example is the drum intro to "Rock and Roll" by Zeppelin. It starts on the AND of 3 - yet it's heard as starting on one, and having a small 3/8 bar at the end right before the guitars come in.
 
This wasn't on purpose. It was meant to start on the and of 3. It's just the intro to "Johnny B. Goode" played on the drums.
 
I love plays on timing... even when they're accidental. Get it??? ACCIDENTAL?? ACCENT? 
 
I'm going back to sleep. ;-)