Thanks dudes.
Mike and Steve- The differences in the remix are kinda subtle. A little reverb on the claps and cookware where there was none before. The original clips like crazy on the full drum kit track.
It's not a true remix...just a room check. There are still goofs in the levels, but I didn't consider them that important to the test. It's the percussives that I wanted to hear.
If I give this a full remix, there will be more layers of instrumentation- subtle horns, some poorly tuned violins, and some raven samples I took myself earlier this summer, shit like that. I try to do something different with every recording....a new character in my voice, whatever. EDIT: And whiole I'm addressing you both, I'm hoping to have our collab done this week! I'll need those horns, but it COULD be done
SixStringBlues- I applaud your open mind and imagination man! Danny Elfman does a lot of Tim Burton's movies (if you didn't already know) and I'm a big fan of both of them. The beautiful thing about soundtracks is that the whole idea behind them...in my opinion... is to bridge the gap between the audio and the visual. The music should create an image. The music I chose for this tune wasn't really inspired by Elfman, though it has similarities. I think I tapped more of the feeling I felt when I first heard Tom Waits' "The Black Rider." Holy shit that album freaked me out. That album was both incredibly beautiful and incredibly ugly and it changed my whole approach to music! Disappearing fast were the hard rock and pop arrangements in my life after I sunk my teeth into that stuff.
Those of you into the less safe music of the world check out one or more of the following tunes from the Black Rider.
Just the Right Bullets
Russian Dance
November
I'll Shoot The moon
Flashpan Hunter
Crossroads
And thanks again for all your help!!!!!!!!!!!! This site is like a college for musicians without the $30K tuition.
Tom