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"The bass kick is definitely more refined and pronounced, although pretty much every other aspect of the song sounded the same. There is a sort of clicking that goes along with the bass kick too, especially in the final chorus.
The bass instrument at :40 is too quiet, it's supposed to be really deep. The snare drum is in the middle of the song is now all the same volume, that's wrong. They're supposed to be slightly louder during the first 4 hits. Also, the whistle instrumental I sent you has two notes that shouldn't be there (my fault). During the two symbol crashes, you should not be able to hear the whistler.
Perhaps I just don't know enough about "sound spaces" but I really don't hear any notable differences in professionalism between the old mix and the new mix. I could just open Logic myself and choose a better bass kick. Perhaps I need to hear it with words first."
First of all I understand that an every day person is not going to immediately notice the improvement of the bass and drum clarity or tweaks on individual instruments with EQ and compression, that's fine. But to turn around and say he could just choose a better kick in logic and get the same results overall is insulting. Besides my kick rocks and I didn't even have to choose another one, I made his sound better... Bitch!
And I don't think he understands that the song is still going to sound similar until I master it and unless he lets me change things its not going to sound different or much more professional. There are actually a few (subtle) changes I want to make using reverbs and modulation to make it more exciting to the listener, but it's getting him to agree that is the problem.
This is a small part of what I replied with (the rest was me explaining what I did):
"At the end of the day, this is your song and I am considering you as a client. So, you tell me what you want and I'll get it done. To be fair you did not give me much to go by to begin with so I was kinda working in the dark. One other thing I'm still considering some slight changes in the sounds of the synth lead. I really feel it could use a VERY short reverb as it does not sound exciting in its current dry state. A good example would be "cupcakes" listen to the synths on that song and hopefully you;ll get what I mean?
Just remember I'm doing this free of charge so you don't need to worry about the time it takes or the the negative feedback. It's a good experience for both of us at the end of the day
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What are your thoughts guys?