Here is another song that I have done as a re-track.  I originally wrote this back in 2008 and recorded it on Home Studio.  I thought it was time to take it back out, polish it up some and rewrite/ re-track the song.  I basically kept nothing and completely started over from scratch.  Let me know what your thoughts are on this one and if the mix sounds balanced.  Appreciate it.
 
Water To My Soul:
 
https://soundcloud.com/michaeljhanson/water-to-my-soul
 
You Tube:
 
http://youtu.be/Cv0skvGiTWA
 
 
 
 

Vox seems buried. 
 
Nice overall mix though.
 
Good song.

This has a nice slow drive to it. Made me want to pick up my guitar and play along.
Guitars, bass and drums are clear and strong. Nice placement and separation.
The vox don't seem to have the same clarity as the rest of the track. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it sounds like the pre's may have been overdriven and a possible phasing issue(comb filtering?) mostly noticeable when the vox are layered.
Nice tune. I was rockin' to it.

Thanks Robert for listening.  I had no idea what comb filtering was, so I had to read up on it a little.  That's strange, because I have had my vocal mic and pre set up for pretty much the same settings for the last several years.  I keep it surrounded by my reflection filter and don't really adjust the pre settings much because the mic stand, mic type, pre and position are pretty much all the same.  I watched my levels really close on this one as well. 
 
The one thing that I did a little differently on this song was experiment with some of the presets in Nectar Elements on the vocal.  Can changing the timing on the Sonitus delay so that the left and right are a little different timing cause something like comb filtering; I messed around with the timing between right and left for effect.
 
Hey Bapu, appreciate you listening to this one.  If the levels of the vox sound to low to others as well, I can raise them up a little.  I was trying to get the instrumentation to kind of wrap around the vocals on this song.  Trying to make the instruments have a larger role on this song.

I have posted a new version of this song.  I lowered the rhythm guitars by about a db and then raised the vocals overall my a couple of db's.  I hope that makes the vocals sit better to where they are heard, but also leaves the guitars as a big part of the mix.  I think it also brought out the drums and bass slightly which seems to sound better.

Mucho betterer

Cool song.  
Your influences definitely come through in your music. 
Excellent production!  I Wish I could get my stuff to sound that clean and separated.

Good song Mike! I like the vocals. I also like the bass. I know it's a laidback part, but it kind of makes the song for me.

Mike, this is a very cool song that reminds me of San Francisco of the late 60's.  It has a very heightened awareness kind of vibe ;)  In this version, your voice sounds clear and strong.  I'm really digging what you've been putting out lately.

Yeah! Noticeably better. I wonder if that extra db might have been lending some modulation to the vox?
Anyhow, it sounds a lot cleaner now.
Now that Lynn mentions it, I do get a kind of Haight Ashbury vibe from this. Maybe that's why I like it.
This one's on its way to my favorites list.