Yooo thanks Jesse!!! Ya lots of improvement from the first to this one. The desser is for sure working on my vocal but I know what you are saying. I may take another look at the time stamp you mentioned and make some adjustments. Appreciate the ears and stoke 🙏

Dana, awesome ear and ideas!! You read my insecurities well haha that was the last thing I meant to do before this bounce (fix that silence drop, edit) and forgot. Cool thinking with arp too, def will try. Like your guy “Rick” says, mine as well just try as many iterations and then see what sounds better in the end! Glad you dig the…

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Hey gang!

Here’s a revision. Sequence fixes, mixing changes, thanks for the input! I really like this version the best but please chime in and let me know your thoughts.

Respect,

~AG

Hey I appreciate it greatly brotha 🙏 Seriously Thank you for listening and getting in depth with this one. Great take away and I think I know why you came away with that conclusion.

I did something new and brought my stereo bounce wav of my vocals + a separate stereo bounce of the instrumental and mixed those in a new session. A trick that (…

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This is classic work rap beef. Haha this made my morning PT. Thanks for this

It would be wild to see a retaliation track surface on the good old internet one day. One can hope!

Paul,

That’s an interesting idea. Hadn’t thought of that angle yet. I may play around with that.

That could be a better luring tactic than the one currently. Noted, thanks for listening!

~AG

Thanks for this Stuart! Just downloaded and gunna mess with it now. Appreciate you.

Hey MP family,

I’ve got another one for you to soak in. This one I present to you is another track I wrote, produced, recorded, and mixed. Curious of your honest feedback and notes, I know they always help my tracks immensely. I find an uphill battle when mixing my own music. I’m very patient with other artist but seem to lack that ability…

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Hey David! I greatly appreciate the listen and stoke.

Dope track Jeremy!!! Love the collab with Roy too. The vibes run deep on this one.

I also 2nd what Dana was saying on the intentionality of his vocal fx, I love the contrast from the chorus. It feels like 2 separate party rooms you walk in and out of, I really dig that!

Cool track, keep em coming!!!

Thanks Paul! Cool idea that I may try and implement. Also I’ll keep an ear out for your track too! Thanks for listening and glad you hear improvements.

Thank You Dana! No not new, just uncovered from the chaos so great input! That really solved multiple issues in one stroke. Those are adlibs that I panned left and right with some altered filters and delay. Glad you dug!

Okay so some improvements I feel, thanks to you ALL!!! I’m getting kinda frustrated with this one lol and about over it. Switched up the patch from that one key (seasick) sound as I couldn’t control the panning the way I wanted so I decided to explore for different sounds. Added a cool hook synth and it def helped with overall vocal clarity.…

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Wow, this is just a warm beautiful hug to my ears!! Amazing talent and so so young. I can’t wait to hear what she’ll create at 21 my god 😱 The mix is just masterful Dana. The way this track builds is really rad. Love me some Tambo reverb……come on bro! I’m just 38

~AG

Stuart,

1. Perhaps intersperse some harmonies/efx on specific phrases periodically for some ear candy
2. Maybe every 4th snare hit could have a med/long reverb for some texture
3. I wanted to hear a bit more of the string pad. Very nicely used sparingly

Love these point too. Sorry I didn’t address these enough in initial post. I will mess with these but…

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Jeremy,

Thanks brotha!! Yes, crazy how the panning element I just completely threw to the side cause I over listened to this. I was tuned into the wrong things, thank god for the community!

New mix coming soon. Thanks for the ear man!

Paul,

Love it!!! Thanks for really getting in there and passing it through ozone. I love that plug-in and concur with some of those touches for sureeeee. I found with re-setting some of those initial input sounds it cleared a lot of space and clarity. There’s this distortion in the vocals that I’m tryin to figure out with some of the…

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Haha Paul, love that line. Glad you dug the stab orchestral part was just tryin to switch it up.

Yes a beautiful island indeed. The people, culture, weather, music, food, and ocean is a trip. Glad you got to dip your toes in the mana that surrounds these amazing lava rocks. Lots to be seen!

Stuart,

Thanks for the input and listen!!! I very much agree and am implementing these options. I just switched up the main key from all the panning nightmares lol and it sounds a lot better already!

Appreciate you taking the time with this. Sending a newer version ASAP!

Jesse,

Thanks so much for listening!! I really appreciate the feedback and great points with the bass fill + more chorus (as I’ve been debating). This is aiming for an ad campaign so I wanted to keep it short and sweet. Much love for the suggestions and elephant ear!! I will keep y’all posted on the next mix ASAP.

Dana,

Always bringing the heat man!! Dang so many great observations and yes that pan is making me sea sick haha. So great to have you all as my compass, I literally was smiling reading these cause they make absolute sense to me. I’m gunna mess with all these tid bits in here and def post the progress by tomorrow latest. Much much appreciated!…

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Hey beautiful MP family! I need your humble opinion on mix and just overall feel of this song please. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Mix and arrangement is what I’m most looking for.

Thanks in advance,

~AG

Hell YES! Thanks for sharing Dana.

You got it man! Awesome, please share the vid when you complete it. That’s crazy I totally think we are on a wavelength.

Very cool Jesse, super unique and really brings me to a place. Wyoming winter to be exact, gazing at the Teton mountain range, panoramic views and the snow falling. I envision this in a snowboarding film!

I do concur with what the gents are saying about adding some sparkle to the vocal bus. Also some different qualities to the end vocal such as…

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Well thankfully I celebrate Christmas till at least 2 weeks into the new year so this hit me just in time lol!!! Great job you two, so awesome, fun, festive and sounding just sweet to the ears.

My pleasure man! Can’t wait to hear the finished project.

Wow, WOW, wOw, woW, absolutely beautiful. Amazing work @Nate and to your fellow collaborator. The emotion in this piece is incredible. I’m going to listen to this tonight at least 3 more times! I personally like that vocal where it is cause it does make you want to just crank the track. It’s so spacious, atmospheric and very pretty. I can’t…

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@dana Thanks so much for this in-depth reply wow!!! You really broke this baby down. I am grateful to you and that LA-2A comparison makes a lot of sense. I think when I get the chance down the road I will look for the outboard version cause it sounds badass. I’m glad all the other in-box plug-ins you mentioned I got so I feel I’m close enough…

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Yes I would follow @dana advice and tune into my guy @roy-matz “Sync Gems” as a great educational tool. I tune into his mastermind weekly and talk shop with cats in the space and learn a TON. I have been in the space for about a year and some change to very little success yet but optimistic. “Control Camp” with Eric Campbell has a lot of good…

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Perfect for sync detective, minus the swear lol.

Smash haha! Stay safe and warm out there. Just wet and windy in the islands.

Might need to submit this to the weather channel. They could use more spice

Hey Paul,

neat detective work and thanks for that tip. Can’t argue with that. Appreciate the effort!

Protege Gang gang!

So I keep seeing, hearing, loud elfs from the distant mountain tops chatting about this Tube Tech compressor on vocals… Does the UAD version ( cause I can’t do the 3k analog outboard gear YET) do it justice?? This compressor has a lot of accolades in the hiphop world and a lot of people swear by this so I’m curious if…

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Big Thanks @smoothygroove just downloaded and will mess with them today!! How did you know I just watched a video on Billie & Finneas’s breakdown there production haha. Cheers

Cool vid Dana and yes I’ve been wondering about these too. Might try messing with them more on a drum bus situation. Crazy how much headroom you gained though, wow!

Gang!!!!

Thought I would share a mix I’m working on and ask for some feedback?? Put this post on the wrong board, so my bad if you see this twice… I’m really looking at the low end of this mix currently. Anything you are hearing (mix wise) though would be of great help. I need to hand this in yesterday ( haha typical engineering timeline) so…

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Absolutely man, such a highlight to hang with everyone!! Will be Sharing stuff soon

Super late to this party but Wow @shimmerisland for a great summertime smash of a record. shssshh. Also big props to @dana for such an insightful breakdown. I feel lucky to be apart of this group. A lot of talent, way to go guys!!!