100% better.

Sweet! Thanks guys :-) This forum is invaluable. And people with good ears and years of experience can hear things that I just can't? Then when they say them, I go back and listen, and it's like yeaup, they're right. 

I used to fight it (in the beginning.) But I learned over the years, that it's a really bad idea... Especially when multiple people hear and comment on the same things. Thank you very much for your feedback, it really means a lot.

Just spent some time trying to make this better. It's basically envelopes. I've learned that you get it in, and then it's an effort to blend everything, and some of the blending needs to be dynamic.

Mostly my snare, which sucked so badly to begin with (guilty) It was too punchy in the beginning (after I fixed it)

And some more orchestral envelopes. And also the electric guitar. The .wav is sexier? It's no Kate Upton like the picture on Soundcloud? But I think it's better. I did it basically from listening to it as opposed to input from pros here, I'm trying to get better :-)  

One day, you'll say, "I knew him when... He had NO CLUE how to mix his shiz..."  Please enjoy the bass guitar, I'm playing the fretless, it's not MIDI.

The best version is on soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/rockinrobby


In fact, after I said listen to the bass? I went back and boosted it because, well? It needed a boost.

Wow, what a great vocal you've got! Wonderful version, the arrangement is so smooth and the mix is perfect. The ritaarando is perfect too. Perhaps a slight panning of the instruments and just slightly more reverb. Congrats to a pro production!

Robby,

Sounds pretty darn good. I'd say widen the strings just a bit and you're done.

Regards,
Dan

Great song to cover Robby - I was never keen on their disco stuff but there's no doubting the quality of their earlier stuff. Great vocal performance as ever mate

I just did Remix4 based on Dan's excellent advice, I panned the orchestra harder, and also used channel tools to widen the orchestra, and kicked the bass in the rear a bit (punched it up). I'm liking remix4 :-) 

Dano? Thanks for helping me BOOK UM!

WrinkleFree, thank you for listening and commenting!

=ality, thanks! And if this sounds like it was mixed by the bass player? It was :-) I hope it's not bottom heavy now?

Bub


I've lost 40% of the hearing in my right ear, and that snare just comes through crystal clear baby. Whoa!

The vocals are great, but it sounds kind of midi-ish to me. It's almost too perfect IYKWIM. And that snare ... bro ... it's gotta go if you can swing it.

I used to do this song live back in the day. If I close my eyes, I'm right back there looking over the crowd, haze of smoke in the air, multi-colored lighting effect changing colors real slow, smell of stale booze, nicotine, and cheap perfume in the air.

Ah, the good old days.

Bub, thanks for your input. I was glad when I could actually rescue the project, I thought it was hosed. Since I got it back, I actually reworked it extensively! Your input is valued. 

Alan, James, Scotty, Mark, Daryl, Ed and everyone, thanks so much for your input. I really appreciate it because the mixing is not my strong suit and I need all of the help I can get. Thanks very much!

It has a big round bottom now, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. :-) Sofia Vergara? I rest my case...