I'm kinda stuck with mastering . How to approach mastering when you don't want "fat and in your face results" ?

Aye,

to find the problematic frequencies in the bas guitar (and most of the other recordings as well tbh) take an eq and "sweep" through he frequencies (check youtube if you dont know how to do this) - when you've found the problematic area, you can start cutting a few dBs with the eq. It's easier to spot when you gain a bunch which is why you don't start sweeping when cutting - does that make sense?

You will however know what to hear for otherwise its moot. Use a pro mastered and mixed track to compare your own mix to - use a track which has roughly the same instruments and feeling as the track you need to mix.

The acoustic sounding guitars in the beginning has way too much high end - cut some of the high end with a eq.

Also, you need to use compressor on all your recorded tracks. Using a compressor can be pretty hard to master, so this takes some time to learn to do properly. The lead vocal and guitars needs hard compressing before sounding even close to what you're used to hear on the radio, albums and so on. It's (usually) used to control the level of dynamics - almost all recordings will need a good portion of compressor to "come to life". If you don't know much about compressing start out with some of the presets in the plugin (theres probably one for bas, one for guitar, one for lead vocal and so on - tweak around).

To make the overall sound more "modern" and "expensive" sounding you'll need to be better using effects to emphasize the feeling in the track. This is a lot of work, but using ones ears can get you really far. Use effects like reverb and perhaps delay on mono tracks to make them sound wider and bigger - and not so dry (like the lead f.i. - could use a little reverb to mix better with the mix).

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