Mixing Analysis #2

It's Time – Imagine Dragons

0:00-0:10

-Clapping(Reverb)

0:10-0:19

-Mandolin

-Clapping

0:19-0:37

-Vocals

-Mandolin

-Clapping

0:37-0:55

-Vocals

-Mandolin

-Clapping

-Bass(Low Levels)

0:55-1:14

-Vocals

-Heavy Synth

-Drums

-Piano

1:14-1:32

-Bass

-Piano

-Mandolin

-Clapping

1:32-1:51

-Vocals

-Clapping

-Piano

-Mandolin

-Bass

1:51-2:09

-Vocals

-Clapping

-Piano

-Mandolin

-Bass

-Backing Vocals

-Drums

2:09-2:47

-Heavy Synth

-Piano

-Drums(Take over Clapping)

-Backing Vocals

-Vocals

2:47-3:06

-Vocals

-Drums

-Guitar

-Synth

3:06-3:15

-Clapping

-Vocals

-Backing Vocals

3:15-3:23

-Drums fade in

-Bass fades in

-Clapping

-Vocals

-Backing Vocals

3:25-3:40

-Heavy Syth

-Vocal

-Backing Vocals

-Distorted Guitar

-Drums

3:40-3:50

-Vocals drop out

-Instruments fade out

-Talking in back ground

Producer: Brandon Darner

Mixer: Will Brierre

He has worked with Dj Tiesto and Lil' John and The East Side Boys

Mixed at Studio X in Las Vegas

Mastering: Joe Laporta

He as worked with Iglu & Hartly and Chris Issak

Mastered at The Lodge Mastering in New York City

4/4 Meter and it didn't change throughout the whole song

I think this song was extremely well mixed. The whole song seemed like there was something being added, then taken away, then a few more things were being added. It just kept building and building to this great chorus. I liked all the levels. At the end I heard some acoustic guitar that I didn't hear the whole rest of the song, so either the levels were very low, or they just added it in the end. The plug ins were nice, I liked the reverb on the clapping in the beginning, it gave it a warm room tone to it. I put that there was mandolin in the song. I couldn't tell what instrument it actually was, but my best guess is a small stringed instrument. All in all I thought this song was mixed very well, and its great to listen to.