Seeking Music Producer for One-on-One REAPER Production & Mixing Lesson

I am making a dark board game soundtrack for the 1940s American Noir-themed world of "Mantis Falls". The whole thing is 100% VST instruments, but I want it to sound a bit like people playing in an old room.

I am using low-frequency "jazz night club sounds" such as Piano, Acoustic Bass, Vibraphone and Cellos as a single dark stage, then surrounded by dark organs and pads (Brackish Pads and Photosynthesis VST) and off-pitch additions (like Mysteria). I am tr ... ying to bring some sense of realness and eeriness with minor pitch flutter, tape emulation, slightly imperfect timing and pianoverb. Everything is deliberately very low-end heavy - partly because it fits the mood and partly to accommodate its use case (people speaking over it while playing board games).

Main inspiration here is Bohren & der Club of Gore, but tinged with the darker parts of Sigur Ros or Max Richter.

I've made music of a variety of styles as a hobby and always hit the "I almost love it but I'm misunderstanding something that still makes it sound amateurish". Since this project has no live vocals/instruments, I think this is a great chance for me to finally overcome that hurdle.

Right now, I have just made a very simple first "template" song for the project (https://on.soundcloud.com/jiqrSvvZLjENA9sCqT. I would like a live DAW session to review my project and help me understand what mistakes I'm making so I can incorporate those lessons going forward.

I am working in REAPER. Timeline is flexible.

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