new band.....new songs......my first mix ever

[funkdrmr]

Hey everyone. My new band has been in what I guess you would call "pre-production" for about 3 months now. Here in Hawaii, cover bands are the norm and we got sick of it. Now, it's all originals and we're taking our time to hopefully do it right.

This is one of our "demo" cuts we are using to verify song structure & all the little things in the song that could be a little bit better. We're planning on using these for web / myspace, stuff like that. After we give the thumbs up on these cuts, we are going to re-record using some better gear & make sure we implement any changes we've come up with.

SO....I'm using the demo cuts for mixing practice, and could use some fresh ears to help me out. I don't have any sound treatment up in my mixing room(a.k.a. living room) yet, so I'm really concerned with how the low end is being perceived on other systems.

Here are links to the MP3 and WAV files.

Chaos Driven MP3

Chaos Driven Wav

Thanks in advance for ANY advice!

[watson_studios]

I understand this is a quick low-end mix but the thing that grabbed me right away is the lack of stereo image - it's almost mono! I would pan the guitars outward more and widen the drums also.

Jon

[funkdrmr]

Originally Posted by watson_studios

I understand this is a quick low-end mix but the thing that grabbed me right away is the lack of stereo image - it's almost mono! I would pan the guitars outward more and widen the drums also.

Jon

Thanks for the comment!

Any help with the following info is definitely appreciated.

I was kind of afraid of panning too wide, I guess. Here's how everything is panned:

Drums:

Kik & snare centered
Toms 25% left & 25% right
OH's are 60% left & right

Guitars:
Clean guitars are 30% left & right
Distorted parts are 50% left & right
Bass guitar is 10% to the right

Vox are centered, but I'm using a mixing effect I found on here where I copied the track twice. The other tracks were pitch shifted & delayed, then mixed under the original vox track. Those 2 "effect" tracks are both panned 100% right & left.