An out of genre mix for me

[FlatlineAudio]

Nothing too fancy, just one of those 5 day, 3 song deals for some locals. The drummer used to play in a heaver band I worked with a few years back. I don't normally produce this sorta stuff but I definitely had a good time and think I learned a lot.

http://www.flatlineaudio.com/audio/TheSunsetCurse.mp3

I know its not perfect but maybe you guys could point out a few things that might be obvious to someone with more experience in this style.

I think the snare could sit better with the mix in a few parts and I was never really happy with the distorted guitars. Strange considering that's a big part of my normal sound, but in this mix they just sound sorta boxy and mush up the mix.

[dim light]

I like the song and the mix.

Some stuff;

Did you go too far on the deesser or do he lisp? Something muds the vocals and the vocal verb is too long. The bass is not glued to the mix and needs some work, I'm not sure about the use of FX - the song needs more focus.

Thanks for sharing!

[FlatlineAudio]

Thanks for the reply Dim Light, that's exactly the sorta stuff I'm looking for.

I've never really thought about fine tuning a de-esser before because its not much of an issue with a bunch of screaming / growling. With you comments in mind I can totally hear what your hearing. Puts a blanket over the vocals and the under exaggerated esses make them sound less convincing.

Bassist had a decent bass but one of those horrible new fender bass heads which was completely unusable. All I has was the DI and it kinda got rushed toward the end of mixdown.

Thanks for the comments!

[djui5]

I like the intro That's cool.

The vocals are sitting kinda low. Snare sounds good. Try putting some delay on the clean electric guitars. The distorted guitars are a bit loud and need some eq'ing. I also think you need some distorted chunks or something in the chorus to make the chorus bigger. It sounds kinda weak, and I'm not hearing anything that could be turned up to make it sound right.

Just my thoughts.

Love the song! Very "Cure" ish.