Advice from this group has helped hugely with previous projects. I'd be extremely grateful for any advice on the mix of this rock song. I'm singing and playing some lead and rhythm guitar, Mark Gatland is playing bass, and Ibon Bilbao playing lead and rhythm guitars (the twiddlier 2nd half of the guitar solo).
 
My specific queries would be -
do the drums sound OK?
is the bass at an appropriate level?
is it too muddy?
 
http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/14345612
 
[I'm coming to the end of my summer holiday, and I'd be keen to get it sent to the distributor before I go back to work in a couple of days.]
 
Best wishes, Malcolm

Ok, It sounds really guitar/vocals heavy here. Bring those down or the rest up a bit (if you have the headroom). Cymbals are coming through ok but the kick & the snare sound low & I would cut some lows/add some upper mids to the kick to give it a little more snap (attack) it sounds very low toned and is getting lost. It also sounds like you left a lot of lows in the rhythm guitars & that is masking the bass guitar. Highpass the guitars around 80 hz or so to start & Q to taste til the rumble goes away and the bass has room to sit. There's my 2 cents. Hope it helps ya!

Hi, Malcolm, your performances on this tune are super, and the song really rocks.  Depending on how much headroom you have, I usually prefer to bring the other instruments up to balance with the vocal.  However, panning the guitars wider would really help this mix, as it's somewhat narrow on my speakers.  There's a lot of things competing with each other for attention in the middle.  The stereo spectrum is still 180 degrees.  That being said, I somewhat like wide mixes, especially for songs like this.  Also, there might be a little overcompression going on, so be careful with the limiter or compressor.  Otherwise, this is ready to take off.

The whole thing, though well played, sounds thin to me.  I agree that drums and bass need to be more up front.  Not far from being a really nice tune/mix.

Thanks very much for your helpful feedback. I'm making another mix, and will share that soon. Thanks so much.

I got redirected to FB and I don't do FB, sorry. I've enjoyed some of your earlier stuff. Not really cool to redirect people like that.

Then you clicked the wrong link, Click the link in his post, not the links in his signature...

I clicked "this"

is the bass at an appropriate level?
is it too muddy?
 
[link=http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/14345612]http://www.reverbnation.c..pen_graph/song/14345612[/link]
 
[I'm coming to the end of my summer holiday, and I'd be keen to get it sent to the distributor before I go back to work in a couple of days.]
 
Best wishes, Malcolm  
 
(copied that from the OP)

And that link took me here;

And that link in my last post, takes me to a Facebook page. I checked it several times...
 
I don't dispute that others may be getting something different? However, this is what happened "to me" when I followed the links posted. I understand that a lot of folks work on getting their FB likes up? I'm just saying, "for me?" I'd rather see a FB link than an RN link that "takes me to FB..."
 
And that seems to me to be a reasonable request.
Thanks.
 
"What do you know? Something reasonable... From me?"
 
I think it may have something to do with RN's option... I am an RN member, which is why it may have taken me there if he purchased this. However, "AND AGAIN!" If I click an RN link from Cake? I do not wish to be redirected to FB "period..." Nuff said.
 

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