In a recent thread Diki mentioned his dislike for demos that favored the RH lead over the backing. I agree and also confess to doing that for quite awhile. As I have become more focused on creating a balanced recording I pay much more attention to this. It is so easy to push the RH volume up, even unconsciously. In my case I write and record my own material and want it to be as pro sounding as it can be. I am not a pro recording engineer so I am learning as I go. Mixing and balancing is difficult and I spend as much time doing it as I do writing and recording the work. Still not there yet but getting closer and I am much better than when I started. Here is a recent work I completed. It has an interesting backing and I wanted it to be heard throughout the work regardless of the lead so I spent a lot of time on the part volumes.

Joe

https://www.box.com/s/dwplh25ot2zdglfoq01l