Entourage Paul Tucci
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Jesse,
Congrats. You completed your vision of this piece of art. Let’s not forget how much effort, time, and angst go into the creation process. Or is that just me?
PT
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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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That must explain why I was looking at the tail end of the camera’s viewpoint the entire time.
Take two.
PT
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This ought to make it easier to dissect the music. Unlike Nate’s luscious composition, I favor the simplicity. KB bass, AC Gt, and the El Gt. The KB bass is possibly the culprit but it is an interesting twist.
PT
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Dana,
I’ll take “groovy.” That sounds complimentary to me, thank you very much. That Santana inspired playing is not from me. I can only take credit for giving the guitar player a direction to short for and I think he nailed the feel. My music playing prowess peaked a long time ago when I was the drummer for the Hall & Oates road crew band. The actual musical director, who played guitar with us in the crew band said to me one day “You’re the worst drummer we’ve ever had in the road crew band BUT I love playing with you!” He’s dead now and I take it as a compliment to this day.
That story is true in case you were wondering. 😉
I’m gonna dig into that brief section where it sound major / minor conflicted to you and have to learn the re-pitch part of RIP-X.
I’m feeling more confident in my mastering chops nowadays compared to when many of these “songs” were taking shape. I’d take comments along those lines anytime.
Appreciate the effort you put in to us here in the community.
PT
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“Out of pocket?” That’s Gen Z talk. Not groovy.
Thank you for posting the isolated tracks. I think I can tell why the timing of the snare / tambo catches my ear. The pre-delay on the snare verb seems to blossom on the second part of the tambo hit and it just stretches out the pocket. Love it!
PT
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Stuart,
There’s some nice trickery going on that I want to borrow, if I may. Early in the piece the snare drum almost has two voices. It’s extremely catchy and propulsive. On the two it has a dry as hell tambo or small cymbal playing with it, except not simultaneously. It’s sitting so deep on the backside that it reminds me of Levon Helm. I can’t quite count it as the “and” after 2. What’s the magic of that timing?
PT
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It’s even more muscular now.
Are you familiar with the band Sneeky Little Devil on YouTube? Dude is an excellent audio orator (on Kush After Hours You Tube also) and sly with his music production. You might draw something from him too.
PT
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The knee is getting looser, the prescibed pharmaceuticals more effective, and the dreams just flat out wackier. Appreciate the well wishes!
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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