[black_wolf]

hey guys

i am currently mixing my bands first ep (zeppelin style rock) and i am seeking opinions on vocal levels.

i have cut a significant chunk of the low mids out of the vocal so that it sits well in the mix.

i did the fist mix down of the ep. some people said the vocals sounded great and others said they wanted to hear the vocals right out front so they could sing along. so i boosted them up and i did not like them so high in the mix.

so i loaded in some tracks from wolfmother, the black keys, led zeppelin and rem to reference against.

i found the wolfmother vocals to be way to high in the mix, the black keys to be a bit high and zeppelin/rem vocal tracks to both sit in the mix really well. i thought the rem vocal mixes sat the best, but at times you cant hear what michael is saying - which is a complaint of my mixes

in terms of radio playability - do you think should i ignore criticism and go for what i think sounds good (vocal as equal instrument in the mix) or go for vocal much louder than other instruments.

thanks

-black_wolf