Mixing Analysis #1

Morning Song-The Lumineers

0:00 -0:25

-Electric Guitar( Distortion)

-Acoustic Guitar(Low level)

-Drums( Small amount of reverb)

-Bass(Little distortion)

-No Vocals

0:25-1:14

-Vocals(Heavy reverb, large hall)

-Acoustic Guitar(Small amount of reverb)

1:14-1:39

-Electric Guitar( Distortion)

-Acoustic Guitar(Low level)

-Drums( Small amount of reverb)

-Bass(Little distortion)

-No Vocals

1:39-2:25

-Vocals(Heavy reverb, large hall)

-Acoustic Guitar( Small amount of reverb)

2:25-2:27

-Vocals(Heavy reverb, large hall)

-Acoustic Guitar( Small amount of reverb)

-Drums come fading into song

2:27-2:53

-Vocals drop out

-Just instrumentals

2:53-4:56

-Electric Guitar( Distortion)

-Acoustic Guitar(Low level)

-Drums( Small amount of reverb)

-Bass(Little distortion)

-Vocals(Heavy Reverb)

4:56-5:16

-Instruments Ringing

-Fade out

Producer: Ryan Hadlock

Mixed:Kevin Angunas

He has worked with Richard Swift, and Cold War Kids

Mixed At Fairfax Studios in LA

Mastering: Bob Ludwick

He has worked with Jimi Hendrix and Led Zepplin

Mastered at Gateway Mastering in New York City

This Piece is in 3/4 meter and doesn't change the whole song. 

I think this piece was mixed pretty well. It had a very country twang/folksy feel to it. I think the reverb on the vocals was just a tad too much but maybe the producer, Ryan Hadlock, wanted it to be very heavy, possibly because of the style of the song. The way that the instruments all came in the all dropped out at the same time was a pretty cool idea. The acoustic guitar was hardly audible when all of the instruments were playing, but very audible when it was just vocals and the guitar; so that could have changed just a little. Other than that, I thought it sounded great.