Lost my perspective/confidence with a rock mix/master

[citizenpaul]

Hi all

Long-time lurker but first-time poster here. I wonder if any of you would be kind enough to take a listen to the attached rock song for me - I've completely lost perspective and confidence with the mix (attached is a mastered version) through spending too long tweaking in response to playing on different systems / iPod / car.

This has been produced in my band's home studio and I don't have the greatest room/monitors so some other opinions would really be gratefully received. At times I've felt it too bassy, not bassy enough, too thin, too thick etc etc. It's driving me mad! I guess I'm hoping someone will be able to put my mind at rest, and most of you will probably have much better monitoring environments.

Thanks
Paul

[citizenpaul]

Just to add some more info to this - I am aiming for something like Faith No More / Morrissey / Manic Street Preachers as influences, and the distorted guitars and overall spectral balance are the main sources of concern.
Cheers
Paul

[raggedman]

on the whole...pretty good...cleaner than my stuff comes out, but I work 100% otb...if you're going for a FNM vibe I'd say the vocal is a touch dry...and I think maybe the guitars are a little too smooth ...also something odd was going on in the upper mids and lo highs about a minute in...kinda phasey panning with the cymbals and bgv...the drums and basses were pretty spot on though.

[boothboy]

Originally Posted by raggedman

on the whole...pretty good...cleaner than my stuff comes out, but I work 100% otb...if you're going for a FNM vibe I'd say the vocal is a touch dry...and I think maybe the guitars are a little too smooth ...also something odd was going on in the upper mids and lo highs about a minute in...kinda phasey panning with the cymbals and bgv...the drums and basses were pretty spot on though.

the whole thing to me could be a lil brighter in the mid area all in all great mix, could be my headphones i am using drums sound great panning is cool opposite from mine i pan from drummers perspective, guitars are nicely placed and the vox sit well greay job

[citizenpaul]

That's really cool - thanks very much for the feedback guys. Much appreciated – I was starting to lose the plot with it!