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Stuart,
New member in the group so I’m just getting my first listen to your piece. Without question its my favorite piece of music I’ve heard here. Moody, dark, powerful, dynamic, emotionally powerful, and mesmerizing. It’s got a float-y feel but simultaneously so solidly grounded in a groove. Love it.
PT
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Look at the good fun I missed while getting a new knee. The virtual get together is good for community recognition and bonding. I like to share a story or two my own self, most of the are true.
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Alex,
I took the initiative to extract the bass and kick from your 2 track mix. The separation process does leave some artifacts and we’re dealing with mp3s so there’s some fidelity issues. The RIP-X software is not perfect but the point I made about the tonality of those two instruments is shown to be true. I rest my case.
PT
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I definitely want a shot at it for the sheer fun of where it might could go. It will be an exploration of space and ambience. WAV or mp3 files? Download or mail them? What’s the plan?
PT
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Jesse,
I have a bunch of free time in January when I’m taking time off work to rehab a new knee.
Provided the painkillers aren’t in the way of me thinking correctly, I’d take a stab at mixing and mastering your song. No points involved, I just want complete artistic freedom to explore it. You game?
PT
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Dana,
There will be no commas in this reply but there will be an exclamation mark or two. What a powerful display of your insights to make better Jeremy’s even better! Thank you for spontaneously making that video. That’s great content for the viewers!
PT
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Jesse,
I’m wondering if starting the song with the babbling brook isn’t an idea to explore more deeply. Instantly we know where we are. It’s green with trees and flora and it’s damp. What if when the guitar enters the arrangement, it comes into the space from the distance, be it up from the water or from the woods. A decreasing reverb to dry signal ratio on the guitar could give it the sense of movement and “join” the scene. After the guitar settles into the arrangement it’s the horn’s turn. That horn sounds delicious. I love the verb and oddly for me, I’d ask for more.
(Having spent time mixing in the live sound market I’ve always viewed reverb caused by the room to be the devil. I want all the control!)
The horn playing is the area of concern. I’d suggest it’s too dynamic. It has a gentle, calming environment to work within, but when it oversteps that boundary, it reminds me of a guitar player who is demanding attention rather than playing within the ensemble. You probably have heard that guy before.
In short, all the musical parts are there, some more of the story could be told via the ambience of each element.
Wordy, but I hope it’s helpful.
PT
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Jeremy,
This is a cool, well constructed song with many separate vignettes in it that all add up nicely. Toe tappin happiness from the top! Ilistened to each one this AM. Tonight I’ll go back and dig deeper at a thought or two I had upon first listen.
PT
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I think I’m understanding the phrase “write about what you know” better at this point in my life than earlier. The conviction is deeper.
PT
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You calling Stuart and I “old?”
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Being a grey haired boomer with a new knee, hence my absence from the meetup, the idea of sych music is unclear to me. Do tell.
Dana might could do a little info blurb that would many of us could learn from.
PT
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I watched the Meet Up replay the other day and thought of how much I loved being in the Hawaiian islands way back when. Snorkeling with a friend and she pointed my attention that away to a damn turtle the size of a small VW. There’s otherworldly beauty to be seen just lifting your face out of the water or back into the water.
Thanks for the good word, I seem to have found a better audience here at Mix Protege than amongst my production buddies.
PT
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Contrare senore! Already loaded into my DAW. Thx
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Jesse,
Awaiting your tracks…..
PT
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Teamwork!