[Kyiv Pop/Rock] Blissful is he 2.0 REVISED VERSION (Cчастлив Он)

[EdwardKiy]

A lot of good advice has already been given, so I'll try to limit myself to avoid repeating what others have said:

Have you tried putting a de-esser on the vocals? To me the sss's and sh's stick out a bit too much. Once they are lower in the mix they might not stand out as much though, so I would wait until you lower them before you decide if you need one or not. Adding a reverb to the vocals might also help, the dryness may be contributing to this.

I like the doubling of the vocals and how crisp they are, and if you don't want to go for a wet sounding vocal, maybe just adding a small room reverb would be enough to meld it?

I also think you could use a small room reverb on the drums, and it could be fun to mess around with a gated reverb on the snare. I think it would go well with the timbre of the snare you chose.

I'm not a huge fan of the bass. I would not generally use that timbre of bass on a pop song, but if you're really into it, maybe consider eq-ing out a bit of the attack to soften it a little? I generally find that the attack of a string bass sound is around 800-1k.

This is a fun and creative arrangement, excited to hear where you go with it!

Thank you for taking the time to listen and read through! Much appreciated!

Adding to my list:

1. Using a de-esser (I only used the standard one once and it mutilated the sound, so had a mental note to try other ones, but I never wrote it down and something always happened that led me astray. thanks a lot, now I have it in writing!)
2. More reverb on the vocals, small reverb on drums, gated reverb on snare - gotcha!
3. eq out the slap-bass attack

Hope to see you in the revision post