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[ballereau]

Hi,
Any thoughts on this


What I like most about this song
The style, instrumentation and mood are a good start for our listing. Thank you for your work.
I think you could improve this song by
Percussion needs compression and I think we can try to learn a bit more about mixing to properly mix this.
Additional things I noticed...
I returned or forwarded this song because
Mix sounds too raw and saturate

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[funsongs]

Hi,
Any thoughts on this
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Hello Larry.
Personally, I'm liking all the 'sparkle' in this track. It reminds me of the 'era' that I listened to a lot of Jazz-Fusion bands,
radio/CD/live concerts/local clubs: The Rippingtons, David Benoit, Koinonia, Justo Almario - and too many more to name.
The spread of the mix sounds nice on my JBL 305 studio monitors.

I can sorta understand (if) the screener thought it was 'too bright'.
Probably could roll off some of the high EQ, punch up the bass...
but not for my ears: I'm diggin' it just like it is.

Hope that helps.
Peter

[ballereau]

thanks for the feedback!
You never know what these guys are really looking for.

[Casey H]

Cool track. I'm not the right guy for mix feedback and I'm on shitty speakers right now. It did sound a bit bright and maybe not opened up enough across frequencies including bass (grain of salt!). Others here are good at mix feedback. The good news is if all it needs is a re-mix, you have something solid for other opportunities.

You didn't post the listing text but if it was" NON-EXCLUSIVE Company that curates and provides in-store music to a long list of major Retail Brands all over the globe", I've noticed these are very high bar. Lots of very good tracks get rejected all the time.

Good luck!
Casey

[ballereau]

Thanks Casey for the feedback

[RealPickle]

Agree with others, that's a cool track!

I'm certainly not a mix expert, but if I had to translate the feedback you got (and I'm 99% sure I know who the screener was based on what they wrote), I'd say the mix needs a bit more "glue". If this was for an in-store playlist, you really want everything to just kind of meld together like a soup so nothing stands out too much. Sometimes the sax is very prominent, then all of a sudden the guitar is really prominent, etc. I don't have good solutions but that's my best guess as to what they meant.

Also, regarding saturation, if you just lowered the overall level a bit that would solve that, and it also might help with the previous issue as well. (Although I don't personally feel it's too saturated)

These are just my 2 cents. Again, it's a good track!

[ballereau]

thanks for the input

Larry

[WSAO]

Very cool song!
Just a few tweaks to the drums and percussion, and it’ll be perfect.
The bass, sax, and guitars sound fantastic—great work!

Well done!

[funsongs]

Hi,
Any thoughts on this?
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If this track was on Soundcloud, I'd REPOST it to my own page and add it to a playlist.
I really like it that much.
Cheers,
Peter

[ballereau]

Thanks for the feedback
Best Larry