Critique my FTM Homework · Fix-The-Mix™

Critique my FTM Homework

Hey all, I've been working on a new song for a new client, I am pretty close to the project since I produced and mixed the track myself. This is my first time producing a Soul/RnB/Pop song for somebody. So it would be good to get some feedback from the outside world.

My process:

Used Ableton Live to record and mix
Recorded the guitar straight out of my Boss Katana amp
Recorded the vocals with my Scarlett Focusrite 18i8 using the "Air" setting and my TZ Audio Stellar X2 condenser mic (love that mic so much)
Rhodes/keys are a combo of built-in Ableton Rhodes sound and a Rhodes patch from Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Since I don't have a bass guitar, the bass is a mix of playing the low E string on my guitar and a free bass plugin called 4Front bass
I put one instance of bx_console N on each track for non-linear summing

I made my first mix in Ableton without exporting individual tracks into a new session, which you can listen to here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1if4WSJK0OkVXX7dWE17pvtX4e9zLTGKU/view?usp=drive_link

Yesterday, I exported all individual tracks into Logic and made this mix:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ur1FxPXl7aD1ZkB9DcoslAzdvGMs4b3w/view?usp=drive_link

I wanted to put a bx_masterdesk plugin on the master out because it makes it sound so much better, but for the purposes of this challenge, this is unmastered.

Any and all feedback welcome!

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