Keep it up!! Even if the mix is not there yet I can tell that you are getting lot better on the arrangement

Keep it up!! Even if the mix is not there yet I can tell that you are getting lot better on the arrangement :) <3

Aww thank you . It's a struggle , but baby steps and a lot of elbow grease will get me there.

I definitely had zero time to mix this , but I'd love to hear if there's any immediate things that stick out to you that I could do differently. Like if I were to mix this, I'd probably listen to a reference track by like the chainsmokers or flume, take some notes on what I notice, listen to my track and futz with filters/EQ till I get a little closer.

Hmm, I think the thing I'm noticing is maybe the bass section has a little too much high-end, and the chords are sounding a quieter than the drums

[quote=Coldsushi]Keep it up!! Even if the mix is not there yet I can tell that you are getting lot better on the arrangement :) <3[/quote] Aww thank you <3. It's a struggle :D, but baby steps and a lot of elbow grease will get me there. I definitely had zero time to mix this :P, but I'd love to hear if there's any immediate things that stick out to you that I could do differently. Like if I were to mix this, I'd probably listen to a reference track by like the chainsmokers or flume, take some notes on what I notice, listen to my track and futz with filters/EQ till I get a little closer. Hmm, I think the thing I'm noticing is maybe the bass section has a little too much high-end, and the chords are sounding a quieter than the drums

I would look mainly at two things for this track, 1 is the volume/frequencies of the risers before the drop, they get very loud but then the drop sounds lower in volume in comparison, you can actually do the opposite, and by filtering out the low frequencies of the risers with a highpass sweep would help a lot cause you would still feel the energy of it but freeing the low end which will come right after during the drop. 2 would be to clean the low end a bit so is not too rumbly when the subbass comes into play at 1:22 and in contrast to push maybe a db around the 5k hz to bring some more air in to the mix. Thinking about contrast of frequencies low vs highs,contrast of volume, as well as contrast of stereo vs mono is something really nice that helps tremendously in both the production phase and the mixing phase, when you want something to sound different from something else like a drop contrast helps a lot, on the other hand when you want a section to just evolve smoothly then contrast is more minimal, maybe the change in frequencies or volume is slow over time instead of a hard change, something to think about!

[quote=muhamor] Aww thank you <3. It's a struggle :D, but baby steps and a lot of elbow grease will get me there. I definitely had zero time to mix this :P, but I'd love to hear if there's any immediate things that stick out to you that I could do differently. Like if I were to mix this, I'd probably listen to a reference track by like the chainsmokers or flume, take some notes on what I notice, listen to my track and futz with filters/EQ till I get a little closer. Hmm, I think the thing I'm noticing is maybe the bass section has a little too much high-end, and the chords are sounding a quieter than the drums [/quote] I would look mainly at two things for this track, 1 is the volume/frequencies of the risers before the drop, they get very loud but then the drop sounds lower in volume in comparison, you can actually do the opposite, and by filtering out the low frequencies of the risers with a highpass sweep would help a lot cause you would still feel the energy of it but freeing the low end which will come right after during the drop. 2 would be to clean the low end a bit so is not too rumbly when the subbass comes into play at 1:22 and in contrast to push maybe a db around the 5k hz to bring some more air in to the mix. Thinking about contrast of frequencies low vs highs,contrast of volume, as well as contrast of stereo vs mono is something really nice that helps tremendously in both the production phase and the mixing phase, when you want something to sound different from something else like a drop contrast helps a lot, on the other hand when you want a section to just evolve smoothly then contrast is more minimal, maybe the change in frequencies or volume is slow over time instead of a hard change, something to think about! <3

This is so great. Super appreciate all the detailed feedback . I definitely have a lot to think about now (I tried to apply some of this stuff to week 18). Thinking in terms of contrast between frequencies/stereo/mono/volume between sections is such a good framing for guiding production choices

[quote=Coldsushi][quote=muhamor] Aww thank you <3. It's a struggle :D, but baby steps and a lot of elbow grease will get me there. I definitely had zero time to mix this :P, but I'd love to hear if there's any immediate things that stick out to you that I could do differently. Like if I were to mix this, I'd probably listen to a reference track by like the chainsmokers or flume, take some notes on what I notice, listen to my track and futz with filters/EQ till I get a little closer. Hmm, I think the thing I'm noticing is maybe the bass section has a little too much high-end, and the chords are sounding a quieter than the drums [/quote] I would look mainly at two things for this track, 1 is the volume/frequencies of the risers before the drop, they get very loud but then the drop sounds lower in volume in comparison, you can actually do the opposite, and by filtering out the low frequencies of the risers with a highpass sweep would help a lot cause you would still feel the energy of it but freeing the low end which will come right after during the drop. 2 would be to clean the low end a bit so is not too rumbly when the subbass comes into play at 1:22 and in contrast to push maybe a db around the 5k hz to bring some more air in to the mix. Thinking about contrast of frequencies low vs highs,contrast of volume, as well as contrast of stereo vs mono is something really nice that helps tremendously in both the production phase and the mixing phase, when you want something to sound different from something else like a drop contrast helps a lot, on the other hand when you want a section to just evolve smoothly then contrast is more minimal, maybe the change in frequencies or volume is slow over time instead of a hard change, something to think about! <3[/quote] This is so great. Super appreciate all the detailed feedback <3. I definitely have a lot to think about now (I tried to apply some of this stuff to week 18). Thinking in terms of contrast between frequencies/stereo/mono/volume between sections is such a good framing for guiding production choices

Super happy to hear it inspired you! Can't wait to hear your new production

[quote=muhamor][quote=Coldsushi][quote=muhamor] Aww thank you <3. It's a struggle :D, but baby steps and a lot of elbow grease will get me there. I definitely had zero time to mix this :P, but I'd love to hear if there's any immediate things that stick out to you that I could do differently. Like if I were to mix this, I'd probably listen to a reference track by like the chainsmokers or flume, take some notes on what I notice, listen to my track and futz with filters/EQ till I get a little closer. Hmm, I think the thing I'm noticing is maybe the bass section has a little too much high-end, and the chords are sounding a quieter than the drums [/quote] I would look mainly at two things for this track, 1 is the volume/frequencies of the risers before the drop, they get very loud but then the drop sounds lower in volume in comparison, you can actually do the opposite, and by filtering out the low frequencies of the risers with a highpass sweep would help a lot cause you would still feel the energy of it but freeing the low end which will come right after during the drop. 2 would be to clean the low end a bit so is not too rumbly when the subbass comes into play at 1:22 and in contrast to push maybe a db around the 5k hz to bring some more air in to the mix. Thinking about contrast of frequencies low vs highs,contrast of volume, as well as contrast of stereo vs mono is something really nice that helps tremendously in both the production phase and the mixing phase, when you want something to sound different from something else like a drop contrast helps a lot, on the other hand when you want a section to just evolve smoothly then contrast is more minimal, maybe the change in frequencies or volume is slow over time instead of a hard change, something to think about! <3[/quote] This is so great. Super appreciate all the detailed feedback <3. I definitely have a lot to think about now (I tried to apply some of this stuff to week 18). Thinking in terms of contrast between frequencies/stereo/mono/volume between sections is such a good framing for guiding production choices[/quote] Super happy to hear it inspired you! Can't wait to hear your new production :)