Social commentary - "This is Not The End" (Mix review)

[K-dub]

I hadn't gotten back to this following my new low end referencing. It was bottom heavy.


Having a cleaner bottom really opens up the top.

I'll leave folks to draw their own conclusions of what that means ...

 

[Thekesslerboy]

It's got a late 60s Beatles vibe to me. Talking about bottom end, I feel it's missing a lot of bass and sounds thin. Get some bass back in there to thicken it out. I'm glad to be hearing some people criticise politicians now, but can't help notice the complete silence at the horrors the democrats inflicted on us. Is it really that black and white, democrats good, republicans bad? I think they're both bad and two cheeks of the same ass.

 

[K-dub]

It's got a late 60s Beatles vibe to me. Talking about bottom end, I feel it's missing a lot of bass and sounds thin. Get some bass back in there to thicken it out. I'm glad to be hearing some people criticise politicians now, but can't help notice the complete silence at the horrors the democrats inflicted on us. Is it really that black and white, democrats good, republicans bad? I think they're both bad and two cheeks of the same ass.

Both are in service to the billionaire class, but it's the GOP who catches the heat from me now because, well, they're the ones who hold power, and all this corruption unfolds in plain sight and their response is lemming-like denial.

... thus earning my scorn.

Federal agents committed murder in broad daylight and which party in control took swift action of condemnation and accountability? Or did they do exactly the opposite?

Hence, justified scorn.

I don't give a shit about either party. They've done more to ruin our democracy in their self serving bullshit than any. I'm an equal opportunity critic of both. But the GOP is going to pay come November - largely outlined as to why in this piece - which apparently requires a little more cream in the mix.

Thanks for the comments!

 

[60's guy]

Both are in service to the billionaire class, but it's the GOP who catches the heat from me now because, well, they're the ones who hold power, and all this corruption unfolds in plain sight and their response is lemming-like denial.

... thus earning my scorn.

Federal agents committed murder in broad daylight and which party in control took swift action of condemnation and accountability? Or did they do exactly the opposite?

Hence, justified scorn.

I don't give a shit about either party. They've done more to ruin our democracy in their self serving bullshit than any. I'm an equal opportunity critic of both. But the GOP is going to pay come November - largely outlined as to why in this piece - which apparently requires a little more cream in the mix.

Thanks for the comments!

Good grief, K-dub! I have videos of you performing at Jamfest 6. You remember that, right? No politics!!!

 

[60's guy]

Popped my ear buds in and gave it a second listen. A bit drum heavy, but once again, another good K-dub recording.

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

Meant as constructive mix criticism: I agree that the mix is thin on low end and kinda top-endy and shrill. Needs to be softened perhaps? Everything is nice and clear and separated. Fun light hearted feel.

but can't help notice the complete silence at the horrors the democrats inflicted on us.

I don't disagree - but I am curious. Which horrors did you have in mind specifically?

 

[Thekesslerboy]

I don't disagree - but I am curious. Which horrors did you have in mind specifically?

Covid vaccine mandates for federal employees.
Sam Brinton
Topless trans acts at the whitehouse.
Blowing up of Russian pipelines...

 

[K-dub]

Good grief, K-dub! I have videos of you performing at Jamfest 6. You remember that, right? No politics!!!

I remember having a boatload of fun.

 

[Bulls Hit]

The vocal is kinda thin. Could do with more distortion/presence/beef. Also I can sense the kick, but not really hear it. Nice track

 

[K-dub]

The vocal is kinda thin. Could do with more distortion/presence/beef. Also I can sense the kick, but not really hear it. Nice track

I gotta say, Keir - that I've COMPLETELY changed my approach to mixing in the last few months. I've gone from running the tracks hot to dropping them into the -30 to -40 db area to start.

I've come to view the sound stage as a big box. It has a finite amount of space. If you mix loud, then you put really big things into the box. The box stays the same size, but you've got no space around the content. You lose the ability to hear the air in the box. Sometimes that's appropriate, but for my style, clarity is enhanced by hearing the air in the box. You want the ability to not have the content stretching to the walls of the box, losing perpsective.

The other way of thinking of this is the zoom on your phone camera. Your viewer on the cell is the box. Zooming in increases the detail of the content, but then you lose the perspective of the rest of the content because you've increased the size of the content and the focus become only what you zoomed in on.

Everything in the space around it goes away.

I'm not anywhere near done crafting the arrangement of this - but when I return to work on it, I'll keep in mind what you said. Thanks bud!