Nowhere to Run (REDONE)

[marcos69]

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EDIT:  Redid guitar recording, and all of the mix.  Please have a listen and critique the current mix.  Thanks in advance.

 

Hi everyone.  I haven't been here in years.  I was focusing on playing in bar bands for the last decade.  Now I've decided to start recording again.  Please critique my mix.  All instruments and mix by me.  Amazing vocals by my good friend/song writing buddy Joey Perez.

Edited March 14 by marcos69
Remix

[Bajan Blue]

Hi

I had a listen and like the track - I don't know if this was the set up I was listening on, but there seemed a lot of popping on both channels of the lead guitar - and it is a very loud mix

As I said, good track and if those pops are not there, must be me, my apologies!

Cheers

Nigel

 

[KSband]

Agree with Nigel, it's a good song, reminds me a bit of old Trower. The recording though does not sound so good, loud for one. The bass and drums have no punch to them, the kick and bass should be working together. It sounds like things may have been recorded with the levels too high perhaps causing some distortion.

[equality]

Great vocal performance and a good song. I hear those pops as well. Hope it's easily fixed.  

Edited February 15 by equality

[marcos69]

I want to thank everyone for listening and responding.  I'm going to step back and re-evaluate the mix.  I'm working with unfamiliar monitors and it is throwing me off.  I'll post an update after I mess with it for a while.

[marcos69]

New mix now up!

[Paul Bush]

Yeah nice song really good clear vocals , I thought maybe the guitars were maybe a bit too far left and right  ..cheers nice one P

[marcos69]

On 3/15/2025 at 3:25 PM, Paul Bush said:

Yeah nice song really good clear vocals , I thought maybe the guitars were maybe a bit too far left and right  ..cheers nice one P

Thanks Paul, I appreciate your comment.

[treesha]

Just listening to the new version, didnt hear the first one. As far as critiquing the mix, I wasn’t hearing the bass too well, I think it would sound better with the drums and bass a bit more up in the mix, and if the guitars were not so far left and right as Paul mentioned. I think the guitar intro is a little muddy and the reverb (?) is too much, sounds like a different space from the drums with it. I don’t think the guitar sounds like that anywhere else that noticeably. Good song, I like the vocals and backing vocals, and the mood of the song and the singer and guitar parts. Overall very well done, just my suggestions for a few tweaks.

[marcos69]

On 3/22/2025 at 2:24 PM, treesha said:

Just listening to the new version, didnt hear the first one. As far as critiquing the mix, I wasn’t hearing the bass too well, I think it would sound better with the drums and bass a bit more up in the mix, and if the guitars were not so far left and right as Paul mentioned. I think the guitar intro is a little muddy and the reverb (?) is too much, sounds like a different space from the drums with it. I don’t think the guitar sounds like that anywhere else that noticeably. Good song, I like the vocals and backing vocals, and the mood of the song and the singer and guitar parts. Overall very well done, just my suggestions for a few tweaks.

Thanks for the listen Treesha.  I had a listen on headphones and now agree that the guitars are too wide.  It's funny, but it doesn't sound at all like that over just the monitors.  Anyways I appreciate the insight and will make an adjustment.

[freddy j]

I agree with the above --- this is a good song.  I particularly liked the interplay between the guitars panned L and R.

Nice one!