Entourage Alex Gage
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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 thicker sounding mix, I believe I over complicated things in the initial one. I will finish this today, thanks a Milly for the ear!
~AG
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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
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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!
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Thanks for this Stuart! Just downloaded and gunna mess with it now. Appreciate you.
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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!!!
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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. Took pieces from everyones suggestions and really like how they sounded.
So again, THANK YOU!!r
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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
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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 🙏
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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 ( Ali uses Kendrick Lamars engineer) I’ve heard of and wanted to try. So that’s my excuse lol. Yes, I was noticing a lack of centered, chunkiness and the mix you shared def was XL Big Mac bass with a frosty dangggg.
Guess I have to look back at some busses but my guess is the bass or kick/maybe both got widened out along the stereo field. Not sure..
I’ll do some investigating and share with you a revision to see if I’m on the correct path.
Much appreciated 🤟
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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
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Hey David! I greatly appreciate the listen and stoke.
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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.
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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!
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Stuart,
- Perhaps intersperse some harmonies/efx on specific phrases periodically for some ear candy
- Maybe every 4th snare hit could have a med/long reverb for some texture
- 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 really appreciate these ideas. Obsessed with the snare stacks. The harmony fx’s are always fun to play with, agreed. Ear candy for the WIN. That’s where my head likes to go! True with all responses.
This community is really insane. I am very lucky to have all this feedback and ear insight.
THANK YOU😱🙏
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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!