garybrun

Hi Mate. Loved the track but I think the vocals could be more forward as I cant grasp in some places what the lyrics are. Will compression help with that?? I get a Doctor who feeling about this track 🙂

Sound familiar to me.. as Mark adds 1-1.2k to my mixes. I have just recently purchases the Dangerous Music D-Box with analogue summing... so will check my room tuning again.

I would recognise Marks playing anywhere I think. 🙂 Very nice song... those where hard waters to navigate when we young. Well done guys. We all paint very different pictures... I would personally like the voice to be a little more forward with a little more compression and a "warmer". track over all.

Very nice Mark.

Very nice sax tone

Sound great pal.

I love your compositions Mark... Instrumental balance is great.. and love the cowbell 🙂 We all paint very different pictures and on my system the mix seems to be 40/40 left right. I myself like wide mixes and think your could benefit with a larger sound stage

Hi all. I wouldn't consider myself per say as a musician but I do enjoy mixing and mastering. If anyone wants help in these areas please feel free to send share your project files or stems via transferwise to gary.brun@garybrun.com. If I could be of any help I would love to give it a try and I will not share your compositions with anyone else except yourselves and will delete the project from my system when finished. We all paint very different pictures and you have a choice to do what you seem fit with my end result free of charge. Everything is a challenge... the only thing I cant get my head around is "dark metal".. so sorry about that. Gary

Groovy Kevin. Did you autopan or manual? Well done.

Hi Jack. You have come on a long way since you first started posting your mixes. Not as hot and good dynamic range.,, your getting better all the time. Gary

The operation has been cancelled due to another one taking too long.

Great stuff. Reminds me of Bread 🙂

Got to say I love this forum... brilliant tips and a set of other ears!!

Thanks... but I'm waiting on the organ track 🙂

Very nice track. 120-200 hz is your boom. 350-400hz will take away the paper sound on the kick 2-4khz will give you the smack of the kicks beater. 9-15khz for sparkle and shimmer Hope that helps.

Thanks Mark for you ears and the tips.

Took into account suggestions. I have now made the BGV's more central and raised Lead vocal levels. Still unsure of total eq. Thanks for all the help and suggestions as always.

Thats fine Nigel don't worry about that!! Seriously.. great track. I always listen to all the music on here without watching the videos.. I find the videos can take away your view on the musical side of things. Then when I watch the video... you also get another picture,, which changes the whole composition again in another way. Im just no good with blood!! 🙂

@mark skinner @DeeringAmpsThanks guys for the comments... I agree 200%. While working on tone... its hard to remember the full picture. 🙂 The ones you struggle with are always the ones you over compensate with... hence main vocal 🙂 This is a really hard one to find a tone.. I have never heard a vocal like this. Don't get me wrong its good, unique,... but so easy to get "tinny" There is no low end in the intro.. all I have is "sticks" and I'm not sure what to do... hence the added effects in the first post : -) Another idea I have is to give the whole intro a "telephone" like sound with the vocals.. and bring it all in. Think of black and white and the changing to colour. Regarding background vocals... on the previous track (Hobo Train) everything was in mono.. right up the Center and used a 76 compressor in mono. Now everything is different.. so not sure to do the same or pan?? I used mid side on the previous track. I think when I automate the lead vocal the guitar should fit ok. Also struggling to get the bass not too sound "fluffy" and "woomph".. but adding 800hz seems to help that. I have found I seem to add a little more bass (hence kick and bass with the compression over emphasizes it) so I take a capture signature of a reference track and that fixes it... well it did in "Hobo train" but with this one it doesn't seem to work. So posting on the forum gives me another set of ears until I learn to trust my own! Thanks for taking the time to comment. I enjoy these things... as its like we are all building the track together. I haven't done anything more today... as I need to take a break from it... I've lost all perspective. That's the beauty of posting on the forum... those who comment bring you back on track. Ill come back maybe to it tomorrow. One thing I can say.. I'm proud of Hobo train... seems like I have past a milestone.. don't know if you understand what I'm trying to say? Wish they would hurry up and open the new forum @Wookiee as I'm sure the songs forum will soon get fed up with my postings! 🙂

Nice guitar playing. I agree with the vocal comments.

Nice song. We all paint different pictures.. but I would bring the vocals up a little.

Nice track Keith. I think the reverb should be a little be more dryer.... too much room sound.

I now have mix 4. Maybe my ears are shot a little now.. 🙂 Shall I add effects like in the first track or is it too corny?? Value you thoughts as always if you have time.

Hi Kurt. Thanks so much for taking the time to listen and comment. I am not trying to get max volume.. its just that the vocal stem was not so clever (just a knock-up stereo track of all the vocals) but I am expecting the real tracks today as individuals. The kick was also too high and very difficult to control so I tired to duck it with eq. Again waiting on a new drum stem today. I just knocked up a quick mix to get a feel of how the song will go and experimenting with efx and other guitar sounds. I am not a guitarist.. and the most difficult part for me has been guitar tones. Also 5 - 6 different guitars I have found very hard to mix as many are in the same frequencies, So cut and boost in eq to try and make them stand out as individuals is a learning curve 🙂 One of the best investments I have made is a book "Template Mixing" by Billy Decker and also his coarse from Produce Like A Pro "Mixing with Templates". It has really changed by work flow to the better.. and I can hear it now in the sounds I produce. I know my threads seem to be quite long... but I do it as I hope they are helpful to people so they can see how things progress and how different peoples suggestions on the forum help to mold and create a final mix. I have asked the forum bakers for a new forum that will allow us to just post mixes so we can have a dedicated area just for this. I myself personally really like all the criticism and suggestion.. you learn a lot this way. For all those that do post and comment... it is really appreciated. As my skills and knowledge increase I hope they are visible in the threads. I am no expert.. but I am more than willing to help anyone with their songs as I am concentrating on mixing and mastering.. not song creation for myself. Thanks everyone. Gary

This is another mix I am working on by Hobo Train... a Norwegian country band. It was written by the lead singer as a tribute to his friend that committed suicide. I'll fork all the stems soon of all the songs so people can add their own take on it. Im waiting on the proper vocals.. I've used their roughs(vocals where all in a single track stereo file), also a organ track should be on its way soon. This is the first time I've used effects... what do you think? Also I now have a mix template and a reference from the previous song.. As always I value your opinions and comments.. good or bad. Bad is good 🙂... remember this is a work in progress.. but just wanted to share it with you guys and gals. First mix ideas.. Working on more eq settings. Still waiting for vocal, organ and a few guitar corrections to come through. Mix 4... Mix 5