Does this sound right? (riffs n stuff) mix critique please :)

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[SC]https://soundcloud.com/daouwu/riffs-n-stuff[/SC]

Would love to hear what you guys think about my new song. Is the mixing alright? anything that stands out? (be it positive or negative.)
Its meant to be pop-punk with vocals, but no vocals as of yet.

Thanks

 

[Furyof]

It sounds pretty tight. The guitar work is really cool. Seems above pop/punk. But I don't listen to much of either of the genres. Nice little bass lines. Good work I can't really say too much besides that because I don't know what to listen for in the terms of what you are looking for. I am not an expert either. I am a noob too but I just thought I'd give my opinions

 

[MarcusProg]

The guitars are a tad bright. Beef them up with some low mids or lower the presence around 4k by a few dB. Awesome tune though, man Fun to listen to!

 

[Clocks]

Sounds decent man, I wouldn't say it's pop punk, but more pop metal its so technical aha! Regarding the mix, at some points the snare is really getting pushed aside, i can't work out whether its because of too much compression on the drums, or just mix as a whole. Also the overheads are pumping quite a bit.
I think you might need to make room in each instrument a bit more to allow each one to sit a bit better.

But good work so far dude

 

[aolol]

It sounds pretty tight. The guitar work is really cool. Seems above pop/punk. But I don't listen to much of either of the genres. Nice little bass lines. Good work I can't really say too much besides that because I don't know what to listen for in the terms of what you are looking for. I am not an expert either. I am a noob too but I just thought I'd give my opinions

Thanks for the good feedback! my goal is to create slightly technical pop punk.

The guitars are a tad bright. Beef them up with some low mids or lower the presence around 4k by a few dB. Awesome tune though, man Fun to listen to!

They do seem a bit bright when I listen as well. I was trying to make them seam clear, but I think I might have overdone it a little bit. Thanks for the tip!!

Sounds decent man, I wouldn't say it's pop punk, but more pop metal its so technical aha! Regarding the mix, at some points the snare is really getting pushed aside, i can't work out whether its because of too much compression on the drums, or just mix as a whole. Also the overheads are pumping quite a bit.
I think you might need to make room in each instrument a bit more to allow each one to sit a bit better.

But good work so far dude

I can't seem to make the overheads not pump, there shouldn't be any compression on them either hmm.. Drums are my weakest point for sure. Pop metal? Haha is that even a genre?

 

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Would you say this is an improvement to the first mix?

[sc]https://soundcloud.com/daouwu/riffs-n-stuff103[/sc]

 

[TedEH]

The second one, to me, sounds like a step in the opposite direction. Guitars got thin all of the sudden. I'd say go back to the way you had it before and make more subtle changes.