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Nathan, Another country heard from here. Bang-bangistan to be precise. I loved the forward nature and different ambience of the toms. I took that to mean that for a brief moment in the conflict, someone or some idea took control and was winning. PT
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Nathan, Congrats man! What an accomplishment. So I grabbed some popcorn from the bag above the fridge, turned the lights off, settled into my chair, and put the headphones on. My first listen felt a good bit quieter than a movie theater presentation. Second listen was maybe 6dB louder and that felt kinda pocket level. The intro translated as present, the dynamic peak later in the song translated as in my face. Perfect, I’m in. Now for tonality. The perceived the overall tonality as slightly dark. This was later confirmed on an RTA running during playback. There’s a definitive rolloff above 1K. But what might the correct long term frequency response be for a hybrid orchestral piece look like anyways? It’s a different genre than I listen to. Being a tinkerer I busted out an EQ and applied a high freq shelf, 2.5dB tops. What I liked about that result was that more of orchestra presented itself. The woodwinds and horns had more clarity and could play alongside the wall of bass. The idea of orchestral and electronic instruments aurally melded together for me. I’m thinking that concept has some importance to the intent of this piece. A little more clarity went a long way. Perhaps I should have said that first instead of coming dangerously close to sounding like a pompous ass in the previous paragraph. Congrats again! PT
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Patrick, I reckon his is a delicate good night song to a little one. As such, the bass guitar suggest something different than a comforting voice. That’s a “voice” for a monsters under the bed song. I could hear gentle finger picking leading to the soothing vocal carrying most of the song. The chorus build might could be from another acoustic stringed instrument delicately echoing a figure you’re already playing. This is a sweet sentiment of a song that me thinks should be treated gently. I’m glad we get to see its inception and look forward to see it grow. -PT zzzzzzz
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Roy, Love this piece of compelling music. It’s short and to the point . I like the brevity, conciseness, the decided sense of change within a short song, the edges of bandwidths explored, and the whack-a-doodle ear candy. I was always interested in what’s next. I gave a shot at mastering it and tweaked the lower two and uppermost two octaves for some more drama and sizzle, squeezed another 4LUFS out of it, added a/ little digi saturation, and then spread out the low/mid, mid, and high bands with the “Imager” in my mastering suite. It’s a little hyped up. I’m not sure if I made it better. Yea man, it’s SOLID! PT
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Jeremy,
Viva la Revolucion! History suggests the next revolution will not be televised, but rather streamed. Your clarion call should be! It’s catchy AF.
Let me address your questions first, then add my observations.
Yes, the whi$tle should be a smidge louder. It’s the defining melodic hook, give it the deserved spotlight.
Once again, I agree with -@PT about the brevity of an intro. Don’t overthink it.
No, the song doesn’t come across 2K heavy, at least in my monitoring scenario. The zippity 8Kish on your vocal does pop out a bit in comparison to the high freqs of the rest of the track. The double track lead vocal in the center might be the cause of that by the sibilance buildup. Some surgical EQ is called for.
Now for my “What ifs”
What if you lose the self-described, weird intro FX and start the song not with the kick drum which we will hear a lot of and is NOT a focal point, but just the handclaps? Very organic and gluten-free. People instinctively know what to do when they hear handclaps…they clap along. Congrats General J, you just recruited compatriots to your cause. Two bars of handclaps / two bars more of handclaps and a taste of the ambient keys sound and right into the drums. HOOK CITY! Play through the whistle part just one time rather than twice because it’s that good and I want to hear it again but let’s get to the message with your first verse. Second time that whi$tle motif happens, I’m wishing it were twice as long. We enjoy an extended stay in that section’s flavor and then get back to your words.
As always, my comments and suggestions are my viewpoint only and not necessarily those of the management here, especially the next one.
First there was the “Hey Mickey,” then the “Hey Ricky” satire of the original. Yours could be the new soundtrack to an I Love Lucy episode with a guest appearance by Lee Harvey Oswald. Or John Wilkes Booth, whichever way your pleasure tends.
PT
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I read it on the internet.
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I think i can speak for those that engaged in this conversation and say we’d love to listen to the new 2.1 version to see where you landed. The tech talk translation I spoke of can be understood like this. is the frequency range from 20 – 40 Hz and 40 – 80 Hz is the lower two octaves of the frequency spectrum (20 – 20KHz) we hopefully hear. The upper two octaves are the 5KHz to 10KHz range and the 10KHz to 20KHz frequency range. Abuse of hearing and old age can shorten the high end range of hearing. I simply boosted the low lows and the high highs in my experiment. The term octave you most likely know from music. Do re mi fa so la te do ends an octave higher than from where it started. In frequency terms its a doubling of frequency number. ie, 20 Hz to 40 Hz, 40 Hz to 80 Hz. 5KHz to 10KHz, and 10KHz to 20KHz The term K would be a thousand worth of. Hz is the abbreviation for Hz, the scientific term for cycles per second coined in 19th century Germany by <g-bubble jscontroller=”QVaUhf” data-ci=”” data-du=”200″ data-tp=”5″ jsaction=”R9S7w:VqIRre;” jsshadow=”” __is_owner=”true”>Heinrich Rudolf Hertz who later started the rental car business. PT
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I’m aiming for Informative AND Entertaining! … seems to be working. PT
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Patrick, I must have missed this post earlier. Do I produce? Not exactly. I’m semi retired from my career in live audio where I mixed some bands all over the place. Traveled enough to get my million miles in. You know that nearly 50% of men who think they could land the plane in an emergency?? That’s how I feel about producing. I am happy to share my perspective here at Mix Protagonist. PT
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Jermy, Thanks. I was feelin’ that one and easy to write about because you know, revolution. ✊
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Agreed. I swear I can sometimes hear the cracks in the sounding board. PT
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Jeremy, I’m thankful my words landed and helped you confidently clarify your musical vision. That’s a win to me, not because one of my suggestions made the cut, but rather that our conversation focused you to a more deliberate musical choice. To make a sport-ball analogy, the assist can be as valued as the actual scoring. PT
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Thank you for the infectious enthusiasm. I’m getting better at the recording thing. I do wish I had a couple ambient mics to capture the crowd with for these Sugadaisy band songs I do like using the crowd as a character in a song like I did on that singer/songwriter live multi-track mix-down you heard earlier this year. The simplicity of just popping in a USB stick into the console and hitting record has its price. It would take a small recording rig to capture the audience mics separately. PT
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Appreciate the good word. I was feelin’ it that night knew it was a good one to work with. PT