Bandmate disagreement...is this a muddy mix/master?

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Re: Bandmate disagreement...is this a muddy mix/master?

My band just did a cover of Motorhead's Deaf Forever (from Orgasmatron) for a Motorhead tribute CD featuring a bunch of other local bands...

Recorded at a friend's home studio and then mixed/mastered by another friend...






Pretty 'bare-bones' recording ~ one rhythm guitar track/one lead, one vocal track (two for the chorus).

Earlier mixes sounded really thin/crisp/trebly/anaemic (awful) to me and this one I'm okay with, but a couple of my bandmates (singer & drummer) say it's too full/muddy ...they want it brighter/crisper. So is it my ears ...or are they right?

The guitars are way dark. They need definitely need some work. Some parts are ok and others still a bit muddy/dark. There is definitely work still to be done