Hey Guys,
I'd love to hear your opinion on this song. Looking for mostly technical feedback but all comments are very welcomed!
http://playstopgo.com/temp1/Talk%20to%20Me%20Dirty.mp3

 

Hi there. I´m not the best to give an advice in electronic, but for me vocals are too much upfront there. Maybe the chorus will sound with more impact and power with a little less vocals and more pumping music.

 

Thanks Carl. Good point. I'll try that.

 

So this is a really cool club track, good vocals with great potential and the melody is catchy and groovy. it does however lack that professional and does sound kind of amateur production wise although it's quite good arrangement wise.

-Your kick drum is burried in the rest of the mix and that makes the song lose power and punch. Take all the faders down all the way. Start with the kick drum peaking at like -9 db and then mix everything else around it, bass about 3db lower then the kick and then everything else about 6db lower than the kick as well.

-The vocals are mixed decently too..although they are kind of plain..they could use some effects, use a bit of distortion on them in some parts of the song to add more interest.

-The song overall lacks presence, and it's because of more than one factor. First like I said before, the kick is burried in the mix. Second, it's overcompressed/limited and that's killing the power even more.

- Also the bass is kind of poking out from the rest of the song, and not in a good way, it doesn't gel with kick as it should and it's probably a design issue and not a mixing one...Try and layer a deeper bass sound and keep the one you have already but give it a good low cut until it doesn't interfere with the lower bass.

Like I said man, your composition and arrangement are great, it's mixing where you could use some more practice. make another copy of this project, take all the plugins off and start from scratch, focus on getting as much power, punch and clarity from the song, start with the kick, get that perfect and rattling the speakers and work your way from there.

hope this helps and let me know if you have any questions.

 

Mix-wise this is pretty on point, I might fatten the kick a tiny bit and make some touch-ups on the mastering side in effort to make this sound a bit bigger and brighter. Otherwise in my opp this can stand on its own and is on par with recent Aguilera.

 

Most parts of the vocal and the tracks arrangement are well executed. sounds you've used work well together and the harmonies used are ok. The refrain is very good but the chorus parts of the vocal need processing. maybe some doubling?

I believe you've highpassed the snare? it's gone dude. kick as well, or uncompress it to recover the lows.
So, get punch in those drums. Get them in front and let them stand out.
Layer another something on that snareclap if the full freq range just isn't there. (something with lowmids)
Some reverb wouldn't hurt either. hihat could use some as well.

Overall vibe of the drums is kinda staccato. Could be because the hihat should be a shaker or very high frequencie stuff. something different because: everything allready does that afterbeat hickup. almost everything.
The afterbeat bassline is supporting that staccato feel as well. You should not want that.. right?
maybe it's taste.. is this the wav version?
my 2 cents. keep it up!