Hi,
Yesterday I recorded 2 songs from my vocal teacher. Its goal is to serve as a demo. Its recorded in his own live room, and I used a condenser mic for his vocals, and 3 of them for the guitar. left right and mid(room).
Curious how it souinds for you guys 
You probably wonāt understand anything he says, but its some sort of satirical song about the consumerist economie we live in.
Have fun 
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Version 2:
The other song:
I havenāt listened all the way through yet, but Iād consider bringing down the guitar a bit, especially when the vocalist is singing. It doesnāt have to come down a ton. Just a bit, as itās a bit distracting from the vocal at times. Thats my opinion so far 
Thanks for the reply !
Could it be that it is outing itself in that its a bit to harsh in the high mids and highs ? Cause I got a comment from him, that it sounds a bit to metalic.
If it is metalic, would you start by altering the color eq, and the saturation in the beginning of the chain, or by just correcting it with cutting eq after the color eq. Cause, althaugh new strings where used, I find that the 2db of console saturation (cubase inbeded channel strip saturation) and the boost around 12kHz of Ā± 3 db with the color eq, gives a bit more livelyness and air to it. But Iām currious as to where you would look at first.
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I feel like the mix in general is suffering from way too much over processing. Lotās of brightness going on here that isnāt serving the song. This song would sound fine with minimal processing. Just some light EQ and compression to balance things out. But it sounds like both the vocals and guitar are eqād in such a way that they are trying to cut through a dense mix, and itās really not needed for this song.
Thanks, Iāll try to do a mix with a lot less of that ! 
Thanks for pointing it out ! For me this is a first for mixing this genre. Usually mix metal, if I mix at all 
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I donāt know if the genre is different acoustically than any live folk song recording but maybe just pick one of those as a reference track and match it to start with?
I second that!
The mix sounds crisp but I think there is too much top end and im guessing the guitars are a bit scooped on the mids. Much like metal \m/ I think it would be helpful to reference a track with the same genre while mixing just for perspective. If you know how to mix metal, Iām sure youāll definitely know your way around softer songs.
Thanks door thee comments guys! 
I hope i have some time tonight, then iām gonna try it again! I guess i got way to enthousiastic about it 
Added a sec version. how about his one ?
Also added the other song now
Nice songs, I have really big to add after all those previous replies.
My first thought was the recording get too much room and/or the guitar mic isnāt at the right place because it lacks of low end and there is some kinda ringing coming from strings that I found a bit annoying at the end.
The second song also get too much top end to me and I think and multiband comp (only for the higher band) or a deesser could remove that harshness that comes at times.
Congrats for both of you!!
Iād start this mix by removing all effects. I think your eq, compression and delay/reverb choices are causing more distraction than they are helping the mix. Iād approach this mix from a āremove issuesā rather than an āadd energyā approach.
The second version is a lot better though. That reverb sounds off for the song though.
What are you using as a reference for this track?
Sorry for the late response, I havenāt had the time to come on earlier And I hate giving back a halve assed answer so
I already have a bit of multiband compression going on in the high mids and highs, maybe I should crack it up a bit more then Iāll try !
Yeah, with the sec version I tried this approach, and only got a little bit compression going. Les on the guitars then on the vocals though. But I tried to be really gentle though.
Not sure this is cause of my bad room where I mix in, or maybe my inexperience.
Can you explain why you feel that way ?
Iām not sure yet if Iām big on reference tracks while I mix. I mean, of course I try to listen how other recordings sound, and I try to hold some sounds or impressions in my head. I try to recall, or inspire myself on them when i try to mix something, but I guess Iām trying to learn to get the sound I hear in my head, without referencing it at that moment to a track, that is always gonna sound a bit different then where you wanna go. Not sure this is the best thing to do when youāre still in the beginner shoes like I am, but I feel like I get to confused when I have a track next to me, to AB my mix ever now and then. I feel like I get lost in where I want to go.
Thanks for the replies !
Jelle