Someone posted on the Cakewalk forum a great site for practicing mixing.  http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm   So I tried it. After nearly two years of getting used to Sonar and countless help from forum members, I think I'm ready to put some stuff out there to be critiqued. The song is my mix of " Afraid and Alone"  by Kevin Reeves. Comment, critique, rip it apart.  Let me know what you think. Thanks.
 
 
  Don
 
http://soundcloud.com/virtual-myth/afraid-and-alone-2-wav

Don, curious, I have never heard the song before. I like it, is this Kevin's tracks, or your recording of it?. I presume you got the tracks and mixed it. If so, I love the mix, well done.
 
Edit: ignore me, L2read description on track *bonk*

Tony

I love it... Killer track... lovely vocal arrangement/performances.... great work...

This is a terrific song and an outstanding mix.  Please feel free to stop by here more often.  I would buy this song in a heartbeat.

Thanks for the comments guys but don't give me too much credit.  All I did was download the raw tracks from the site in my original post and mixed them. Yes it is a great song. All the credit for the song goes to the the singer/song writer and who ever recorded it. I did learn a great deal mixing this. The original mix is posted on the website.


  Don

Sounds great on my little laptop, Ill have to go check it out on the monitors.

Come on back with some more

Hey Don why did you wait so long to post your music this sounds great !!!!!

Keep'em coming !
James

Thanks Fox, but it's not my music, just my mix. A real cool site in my original post has a slew of songs broken down by genre. You can preview the songs and choose to download the raw tracks via zip file. I chose this one because I really liked the feel.  If you like the song check out Kevin Reeves website.  I plan on doing a couple more of these and then start mixing my music. I hope to be done in a few months.

  Don

Judging from this mix I would say you really don't have anything to be nervous about, and the link with all the songs to download to practice mixing is great. all the mixing tips on the link are good to. Thanks for the link and the song  

Nice mix Don.  It's good practice to take raw stems and mix them down.  You can come up with many ways to use all the tools in your mix engineer's toolbox and not have to worry about performance  (is that what they mean by performance anxiety??   LOL

I recently won a mixdown contest doing exactly what you did, and won a $400 mic as my prize!  So it can pay off too!!

Let us hear more.... don't be afraid to post in here.  I learn stuff all the time in here.