remixing some hot chick

[fizbin]

I'm curious about a few things on this quickly done remix which I admittedly have limited personal emotion invested in, and for that very reason I'd like to know how I did in spite of it all. I have only one pretty good pair of monitors and one set of ears - humor me while we callibrate them. It's a bit love and hate with me on this but what are your thoughts on -

1. Bass in the mix against kick in the vrs and chorus (different drum loops in each)
2. String arrangement
3. Mastering and the liberal use of tape saturation emulator plugin in many stages. The distortion is not too subtle here.

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=915310&t=8807
(Hitting "play" will get you a 128kbps Windows media playback, hitting download will get you a 320kbps mp3, but you have to be registered for the latter)

May your input, if you should choose to provide it, help me in my quest for self-improvement.
Tnx
Jay

[MacGregor]

I'm curious about a few things on this quickly done remix which I admittedly have limited personal emotion invested in

Sorry that I'm a PITA again, but why the hack do people very
often present their "quickly done" work to the world public?

I mean, do people think "Wow, when he can do things like this in a
hurry, how GOOD must this guy be if given enough time to do the job"?

Why don't post it, say, tomorrow or next week?

[dnafe]

My first reaction was the kik is too loud in the verses...personally I would change the sound but that's your call. Also the snare sounds like it needs a new head and a good tuning

;-)

Strings sound fine albiet a little safe...a more ambitious arrangement might make them a little more interesting.

I hear what you're tyying to do with the distortion...don't know whether or not it worked in it's present incarnation but I like the idea.

Overall I like the tune and where you're going with it but it needs work.

Don

[fizbin]

Sorry that I'm a PITA again, but why the hack do people very
often present their "quickly done" work to the world public?

I mean, do people think "Wow, when he can do things like this in a
hurry, how GOOD must this guy be if given enough time to do the job"?

Why don't post it, say, tomorrow or next week?


Because it was for a contest with a deadline. I met the deadline, made it into the contest. Mission accomplished.

Aren't people mixing under time constraints all the time?

Thanks,
Jay

[fizbin]

My first reaction was the kik is too loud in the verses...personally I would change the sound but that's your call. Also the snare sounds like it needs a new head and a good tuning

;-)

Strings sound fine albiet a little safe...a more ambitious arrangement might make them a little more interesting.

I hear what you're tyying to do with the distortion...don't know whether or not it worked in it's present incarnation but I like the idea.

Overall I like the tune and where you're going with it but it needs work.

Don


Thanks for the feedback. Noted. I won't be redoing this one since it was just an entry for a contest (deadline passed) for which I will likely receive nothing. Just wondering how I did with the time and motivation that I had. Drums are loops so I was basically operating under those constraints with the ability to EQ just the whole loop and not individual hits.

[seagate]

Thanks for the feedback. Noted. I won't be redoing this one...

Then there is really no point making any comments about it...

[MacGregor]

Because it was for a contest with a deadline. I met the deadline, made it into the contest. Mission accomplished.

Aren't people mixing under time constraints all the time?

Thanks,
Jay

Okay, you've found a good reason. I'm just a bit tired of people
doing the same without a reason.

Had a listen and I like it.
My personal taste would be the drums a bit back and the vocals
a bit more present. I'd like to locate the singer better when I
close my eyes.
Love the strings.

[Carlo]

Then there is really no point making any comments about it...

it's rough in the Aussie camp...:Twisted:

[seagate]

it's rough in the Aussie camp...:Twisted:

Too much smoke in the air from, got to save the breath...

Beats me though why you'd post a track for critique never intenting to apply anything that's been suggested....:Roll eyes:

No .

[fizbin]

Too much smoke in the air from, got to save the breath...

Beats me though why you'd post a track for critique never intenting to apply anything that's been suggested....:Roll eyes:

No .


Who said I wouldn't apply anything that's suggested? It just wouldn't be applied to this song. As I said, one of my main concerns is how the bass sits and competes with the kick. I wrestle with this on almost every song. I do listen to it on other systems, but am also interested in what anyone has to say, although it beats me why you bothered to say anything.

Jay

[seagate]

Who said I wouldn't apply anything that's suggested? It just wouldn't be applied to this song. As I said, one of my main concerns is how the bass sits and competes with the kick. I wrestle with this on almost every song. I do listen to it on other systems, but am also interested in what anyone has to say, although it beats me why you bothered to say anything.

Jay

I spoke up because like you I'm here to learn, which I do by listening to the before and after takes.

Perhaps it's disappointment of not being able to learn anything from your track that made me speak out???

Maybe you should reconsider and do a remix of it for the sake of edumacation...