A Lot To Be Said About The Mix

Someone with a learned ear and good taste to boot told me my mix was off.
In short, "Not enough guitar."
What am I selling? Me or?

I had to think about it. It was not intros or laying low for the first verse, no, my mix was low. And in truth...it was.
I had always mixed my guitar to other input at 7:9.
My guitar is loud and the mic is not bad and in many cases this has worked well.

Constant Change - works here

Ms Bonnie Meadow - but not here

So I took a hard look at mix levels and moved them; reset them to something like 8.5:9
The thought also occurred that because I mix for the lowest, worst, cheapest set of speakers, i.e. in mono I am further muddying things for the listener. If a change in mix level doesn't do it, stereo may.

Music, like any art is such an organic process and yet the amount of time we must spend harnessing technology to capture our art can be an interference to say the least and a complete distraction at the worst.

One of the many quirks of my Fostex 16 is if I leave it in record mode for too long a period of time a capacitor charges that shouldn't, and prevents the unit's power button from functioning. And it remains charged so that subsequent attempts to turn the unit on will fail.
I need this?
This weighing on my mind while I am trying to put pen to paper? You see the dilemma.
(You short out the plug and discharge the capacitor)
Many are the times I have been trying out a new piece for a first run, not taping and the results are wonderful...only to fail to be repeated once I press the Record & Play buttons.

Laugh or cry...
I'm going to record for too long a period and deal with the cap when it happens.
Mix may be set. And if not, there is always stereo. Or boost? Or punch up the guitar in post? Or?

You wouldn't think it was a purple beast from that shot, would you?

How about now?
Same guitar, different lighting.