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Round 1 Mix One Track 1 Album One. Sorry about that, but it's hard staying organized sometimes.

What do you think of the mix so far? Balanced?
 

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I quite like it. Guitars and vocals sound nice. The shaker got a bit monotonous after a while though. I think if you introduced a tambourine or something else as it gets going, it would give it a lift.

I enjoyed the tune though. Good stuff :thumbs up:
 
That's a great laid-back vibe, and I love the vocalized trumpet. Perfect! Great playing too - the bass felt very much in the pocket.

There was something about the guitar tone I didn't like - felt a little too dry, like it was DI straight into the board. I wanted to hear the "room" a little more. To mix up the arrangement a bit, you might think about bringing in a full drum kit at the start of the last verse (1:45) just to pick up the energy. Or the previous idea of bringing in a tambourine at some point.

How did you do the congas/bongos - are they live (??)
 
jm67 said:
How did you do the congas/bongos - are they live (??)
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Hey, thanks for taking the time. It's a djembe before I learned how to mic it. The more I bring up the low mic, the more rock and roll it sounds. Nice.
 
Mr Clean said:
I quite like it. Guitars and vocals sound nice. The shaker got a bit monotonous after a while though. I think if you introduced a tambourine or something else as it gets going, it would give it a lift.

I enjoyed the tune though. Good stuff :thumbs up:
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Yeah, tambourine would make it sound real party. Reaches for same...
 
If you're taking suggestions, vocals down a bit, shakers (what ever the sound in the background) up just a tad more. I like how they are in the background, but I could just barely hear them.

Nice little tune.
 
DM60 said:
If you're taking suggestions...
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I'll try out anything that seems reasonable, and yeah your suggestions were spot on. Thanks.

I find that I can post stuff here and it reduces the number of times I have to work a mix cuz on a first listen people hear stuff that would take me subsequent listens before I caught it. It helps me to mix faster, and that's a good thing.
 
Sounds much better to me - such a groovy tune! I really like it and the little giggle you have to yourself at the end. Sounded like you had fun when doing it.

:thumbs up:
 
dobro said:
I'll try out anything that seems reasonable, and yeah your suggestions were spot on. Thanks.

I find that I can post stuff here and it reduces the number of times I have to work a mix cuz on a first listen people hear stuff that would take me subsequent listens before I caught it. It helps me to mix faster, and that's a good thing.
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I say that because it seems that my mixing is as personal as my song writing. Its weird, so trying to tread lightly. Most folks who post (not you, just an observation), either want praise or just looking for the "hotspots" for correction.

Mixing is as much a part of the art as the other areas of the song.

Glad I could add to process.
 
Just about all the pros I've read say they like to mix fast to keep fresh ears and a fresh perspective. In the past, I've had huge issues with taking forever to get stuff mixed, so I'm trying to nudge the way I do it towards the way the big boys do it. I can still kid myself about my music but nowadays I see that as the main enemy. So genuine critiques are really welcome.
 
I'm probably in the minorioty....but I would slap some 'verb on something, anything in that mix...just to open it up a bit.
It's all kinda closed in-n-smallish sounding AFA the image is concerned....no depth or width, like it was all done in a tiny, dry room.

Just my take.....
 
When you do the trumpet thing....hit it with some delay and extra 'verb and make it really float in space.....if you get my meaning.

You might also alternate your vocal from 100% dry....to adding some wetness on some sections or some words (like when you say "mamma", "pappa")....just to highlight those things, and give the vocals contrasting flavors.

Don't be bashfull with the FX....it will work with that tune.
 
miroslav said:
When you do the trumpet thing....hit it with some delay and extra 'verb and make it really float in space.....if you get my meaning.
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I turned it up 3 dB for a start. Maybe another 3 and delay.

miroslav said:
You might also alternate your vocal from 100% dry....to adding some wetness on some sections or some words (like when you say "mamma", "pappa")....just to highlight those things, and give the vocals contrasting flavors.

Don't be bashfull with the FX....it will work with that tune.
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I'm not bashful.
 
That's pretty cool dobro. It's a fun song that builds in energy as it goes along, even though the arrangement doesn't undergo big changes or anything. It feels like it gets tighter or something throughout the second half.

You tore it up on that solo...well done :).

There's great separation and clarity here. I wouldn't have been able to leave it so dry and unadorned as you have, but I think that may kind of be your sound. I thought I heard a faint tail at the end, so maybe there is verb on some stuff, but during the track it sounded as if there was none. I thought the shaker was too loud when it came in, but the sound of it is great and it didn't seem too loud after it settled in.
 
Hey, Heat - thanks very much for listening. Yeah, I put a bit of hall verb on the whole thing in the last mix, but after mulling it for a couple of days, I think miro's right and I should put enough space on different bits of the mix, especially the vocal, so that it doesn't sound so dry. I'll experiment and post what I come up with. I love trying things out.
 
Sounds like a Marc Bolan jam thing - the rhythm, the instrumentation and the sense of fun.
It's cool.
The mouth trumpert thing sounds fine as is because it is what it is.
 
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