I agree with just about everything Edmond..... "Static Mixing" aint mixing now is it?? loledmondredd wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:27 pmHey Brad,
I was happy to see that you've been working on this one, especially after the RATM forward
Few things that might or not help:
I'd start my track with the actual 8 seconds and then jump to 00:17.. I feel that having 2 small intros is not beneficial.. but then again, it's my opinion.
From a production perspective, everything is dead center, and this is probably why there's a lot fighting over the place. I'd automate the guitars panning (if you have more than one): so I'll start with all the guitars in the center, and when the vocals kick in, I'd pan them hard left and hard right, give some space in the middle for the main vocals.
Same thing with the solo guitar.
Carving EQ is a great option as well. Look into sidchaining your guitars to your vocals, using a multi band compression too. It might help you save some space
The voice needs some serious EQ, and some polishing, it's too muffled
One last thing, is maybe adding few elements here and there within the stereo field to add more width to your mix
Hope that helps,
thanks for taking the time