"Thin Line" (Rock)
 
NOTE: Mix #2 Up! 5-6-16
Changes listed in the post below, thanks for all your input and suggestions, truly appreciate all your comments so far!

 
Hi, guys,
 
Woo-Hoo!!! Finally able to get some time to get back to some music after a long, busy 2 1/2 month break, hope everybody is well and doing great!
 
I just uploaded a Test Mix for a song called "Thin Line".
 
If you can spare a few minutes to check it out, as always, any and all helpful comments, suggestions, constructive criticism, input and ideas are very welcome, and also greatly appreciated!

Big thanks in advance for any observations, suggestions, comments and ideas!  You guys are the BEST!
 
Bob
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"Thin Line"
 
This one was a little bit over SoundClick's file size limit, so,
Please Check Out the 320kbps MP3 on the Player at: http://www.boboister.com/test-mixes.html
 
 

Good one Bob, nice to see and hear you back! Not too much to pick on here, sounds fantastic through headphones. Can't discern the bass too well, but that might just be my hearing. Brutal riffage sir!

Interesting mix (in a good way).

The vocal seem pretty small between the panned guitar chords.  But it works really well, the sonic equivalent of standing between two pillars.
 
I don't think i'd change anything.

Hi Bob not finding your new song , glad to hear your still pumping out those cool hard metal rock songs of your !
Did listen to some of your other song samples , your sounding great and those videos are cool too !

Cheers ! J. S .

Hi Bob
I hope you are well sir.
Sounds the biz - great hooky chorus. Guitars rule on this one.

Hi Bob, this sure rocks, great idea to have that same lick running through the whole song.
 
Rik

Man, this really has some balls.  This is ready for the bars and stadiums of the world.  You are one of the most consistent musician and songwriter around.  It's good to see you back!

Wow Bob, you just know how to write good catchy/rocking tunes!! Very nice mix/production and the guitar tones sounded very polished.....good stuff bro.
 
Just a side comment and more or less thinking out loud here (so please feel free to disregard): while listening to this (x4), during the chorus parts, I was thinking the bgv could be a little more fuller/bigger (when you sing "thin line, fine line" etc...).....
Going a bit further on this limb here .....(in my head) I could also hear during the chorus parts, some female voices singing "Aaaaahhh (at 1:29) & Ooooos (at 1:32)" might go well with the theme of "pleasure & pain"?
 
Of course, this might not even fit at all with the song or how you want it to sound, but it might be interesting to see how it sounds (even if it's just as an experiment).....could add some different flavor to it....IDK?    
 
Anyway, this song is very good as it is and I do like it a lot!!  
 
Great job Bob!!  

Geez.... I had to turn down my volume a little...   
 
The mix is smokin' hot .   You've really punched it up.    And the song rocks - catchy chorus (as usual) and the guitars + vocals are balls to the wall.  Cool solo too.    Crazy or sane?  Not sure....  

 
jamesg1213:
 
Hi, James,
 
Thank you, Sir, for the warm welcome back, and for giving the song a listen and also your kind words and very good input!
 
I will definitely revisit the Bass EQ a bit when I'm tweaking this mix to see if I can squeeze out a little more definition, I always trust your very good ears because of the stellar quality of your mixes.
 
Very much appreciated, James, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend, my friend!
 
Best Wishes,
Bob
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Slugbaby:
 
Hi, Matt,
 
Major thanks for checking out "Thin Line" and for your valuable input and encouraging comments!
 
I was on the fence about the vocal bus volume, and ended up dropping it by 2 1/2 dB before I posted the song.  With your initial comment, and my good buddy Mesh down below, I'm wondering if maybe I over compensated and should bump the vocals back up just a touch to split the difference.
 
After long periods away from mixing, I always seem to have volume leveling problems between the different instrument groups and vocals, but, that's one of the reasons why I love this forum.  The input and observations from all of the people here always seem to point things out that I might be missing and get me back on track, moving in the right direction.
 
I just wanted to mention that you've got a lot of really cool songs on your website, I seemed to detect a bit of a David Bowie influence in some of your songs that I really like, great stuff, Matt!
 
Sincere thanks for giving this a listen, and for your grood observations, greatly appreciated!
 
Have a good one!
Bob
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