Entourage Jesse Lewis
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Hi Michael!
Nice to meet you! I just listened to the track and I thought it sounded fantastic. I was really “in it” and if I heard that come on the radio I wouldn’t question it being super pro for a minute.
After listening to the track, I read the other comments and I also agree with many of tthe comments as well. I think some of the ideas could definitely benefit the final mix.
That being said, I just wanted to say that I was pretty blown away with how good it sounded, and the musicians in the band are throwing down! Thanks for sharing.
Send us a link when the song is out so we can hear the final version!
Best,
Jesse
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Yeah Paul! Dig it man! Very cool. We want more!!!!
Best,
Jesse
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Thanks as always for your informative and thoughtful answer, it was very helpful and appreciated!!
In terms of those versatile parametric EQs that you mentioned, such as the Avid 7-band EQ or Fabfilter Pro-Q3 — Is there any sonic difference when you boost the same frequencies with the same filter/same Q. I know that Pultec and other analog emulation Eq plugins will have different sounds because of their unique curves and circuitry, etc but I guess I’m just wondering if the parametric style EQ’s (Fabfilter vs Avid-7) can actually sound different from each other? I certainly don’t have the ears to perceive a difference:)
❤ JLew
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It’s SOOOOO GOOOOOD! The sound of Christmas 2023 and beyond in my house 🙂
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Hey Nathaniel! This is so crushing man! You are so freakin’ talented. It’s really really really great. Very dynamic, emotional, sounds super polished to my ears. The string orchestration and arrangement/production is next level!
The only thing that I even remotely questioned when listening VERY critically was whether the vocal was too quiet during the sections from around 1:45-2min and 2:40-3min, the parts when there is a lot of stuff happening in the accompaniment parts. I may be totally wrong about that, and it certainly isn’t a huge adjustment, but was just something I noticed. The perceived loudness of the vocal during that section seems quieter than in the vocal at the beginning section and starting again around 3:30. Maybe thats the vibe though!
I don’t think you can really go wrong with this. Again – congrats man! Ridiculously beautiful
Jesse
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@dana UPDATE: Fab Filter Pro L2 purchased 😂😂😂
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A response to my question from @dana in my inbox to start the day! This is even better than Christmas morning! Dude – Thank you so much! And being able to watch the video is EXTRA AMAZING as it really helps me with all this stuff to see and hear what you are describing. You fully answered all of my questions and I am feeling so much more confident about this topic now – the only problem is that I think I’m going to have to just bite the bullet and purchase that Fab Filter Limiter haha
now to watch one more time:)
Thanks again!
JLew
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Yo Dana! Thanks for sharing the video! Sorry I’ve been a little off grid! Thanks also to @Gage and @detective for all the feedback and for your support! I’m learning so much from you guys and everyone on here! ❤ – JLew
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Yo Jeremy! Thanks so much man! I appreciate you listening and giving me feedback. I made a few revisions and will share the final version with y’all soon! Thanks for all your help and support!
Best,
Jesse
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Yeah! Interesting – I shared this song with Phillip and he had a similar thought about the singing too!
You better be careful though…I HAVE heard you sing opera before 😉
Love,
JLew
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Yo! Thanks so much Alex! I appreciate your feedback and insights! I agree with them all! It’s interesting that you commented about the winter and the snow, I actually made a music video for this out in the woods during a snow storm! I’ll try to share it with you guys soon. Wishing you all the best!
Jesse
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Dana!! Thanks man!!! I recorded the guitar live thru my amp w/ some extreme reverb pedal settings but I guess the lushness doesn’t actually translate as stereo imaging because it’s recorded as mono! Thank you – I’ve just learned an important lesson!
I just tried applying some lush stereo verb and echo to the guitar solo and boy does that help make it sound more big, beautiful, full, and stereo haha. And surprisingly not too wet! (although I think my threshold for verb is much higher than most 🤣) I’ll try to bounce that section and add it to this thread so you can hear the difference.
Thanks for pointing that out to me – I’ve probably listened to that solo several hundred times while mixing and it never felt quite right, and now it does 🙂
Love,
JLew
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Thanks Paul! I really appreciate all of your creative and thoughtful input! It helps to get your perspective on things, both sonically and from a production/orchestration point of view as well! – Best, Jesse
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Paul! Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to listen so carefully, I really appreciate that! I will definitely investigate your “high shelf” idea to bring out more of the intimate sibilance you noted. I wonder if you’d recommend just adding that shelf to the vocal buss or to the entire track on the master channel…? Or both? On my master channel I boosted a bit around 6k and 10k but only by about 1db each, so maybe I should try a bigger boost?
In terms of “ducking” tools I’m sure I probably do have some, but haven’t experimented too much with that. I know how to do side-chain compression in a very basic way, which I have already applied to the synth so it ducks a bit when the bass notes hit. I could maybe try side chaining compression for the vocals, too? If so, are you suggesting that I have the vocals trigger the compressor to have the synth and the other instruments “duck” when the vocals sing? I’ll try that!!! Just curious if there’s another “ducking” that concept you’d recommend I check out…
Thanks again for all of your input, it’s so helpful to get your ears on this!
Best Wishes,
Jesse
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of this insight! So helpful! I feel as excited about all of this mixing and production stuff as I did about learning my 2-5’s back in the day:)….which is very excited haha