The first mix I post here

[mairomaster]

Hi guys!
This is a song I recorded and mixed for a friend. We had very little time for recording, so the playing is not that good. I put a maximizer on the master bus for some better levels. The mastering will be done separately, after the mix is completely finished. I finished mixing before some minutes, after a whole day of mixing, so I'm pretty tired and I should check it again tomorrow. However here is the mix:



How you've noticed, it's not the whole song, only the most important moments. Comments would be appreciated!

FINAL MIX MASTERED:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59307400/Firefly_Master_1.mp3

 

[mairomaster]

I heard it today and noticed that the bass is a bit loud, maybe I will take it down with a couple of dB. However, still waiting for opinions.

 

[mairomaster]

The new version of the mix. I think it's much better. But this monologue is going weird. Come on guys, I need your comments!

 

[mairomaster]

Finally I finished the mix and did the mastering today:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59307400/Firefly_Master_1.mp3

It won't be too bad if someone drop a comment I'm especially interested in comment regarding the mastering (level, dynamics, frequency balance) as I'm new to mastering and I need advices to improve myself.
I used Ozone 5 Advanced, a little bit EQ, multi band compression - about 1-1.5dB gain reduction at some moments, maximezer - 4-5 dB gain reduction at the loudest moments. According to Ozone metering the RMS of the loudest part is -7dB, according to Span -10dB. I think it's not too loud, that was not the idea.

 

[mairomaster]

I really start to think that this song is cursed or something... 175 views and not a single comment.

 

[mairomaster]

Last up...

 

[bryan_kilco]

The first thing that stands out to me is the vocals being out of tune and double tracked sloppily.

 

[mairomaster]

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, the guy is not a singer but he decided to sing just for the demo. I tried to correct most of the phrases with Melodyne, but I couldn't do much about the bad singing.
As I said, the playing is not so good too. I'm more interested what do you think about the mixing and the mastering.