[Jeremy Roye]

Sorry I’m late to the party, Jesse. Coming out of my music cave and happy to hear some new sparkly sounds enter (or re-emerge) in your soundscape!

My initial thoughts are:

– Da Guitar sounds sick! Very Blade Runnery

– Da Sax sounds like a great recording, I wish it has more sauce on it like the guitar

– Da Beat (particularly the snare) sounds a little hot and crispy to my ears, somewhat painful (compared to, say, a Chappell Roan record I was just playing). And especially compared to your more gentle vibes in general.

– The synths sound like their in a nice space to me

– I might bring up some of the hose cool synths slightly louder in the foreground at the end

Otherwise, very beautiful and spacey / watery piece!

Cheers from ice-cold Austin,

Jeremy

[Jeremy Roye]

Thanks a million @dana and @JoeRobinson!

Per your advice, I pushed the drums up and vocals down a bit. I liked it and got it mastered by my usual guy; however I’m thinking of getting an alt.

I feel like the beat/snare in particular doesn’t crack or hit like my go to references (PBJ’s Young Folks, Odesza’s Line of Sight, Radiohead’s Lotus Flower).
And I feel like the mix/master sounds a bit mushy. 🙁

Any recommendations for getting the snare to crack a bit more?

I can’t tell what frequency it really needs to stick out in the right place, my 6k/7k. Feeling lost.

Any recs would be hugely appreciated!

The master: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ekrcsu837iqdrhqogomnm/We-Are-Animals-M1.wav?rlkey=75yqlez8za1pcfi1xuizao2j6&st=cd9fmfg8&dl=0

Thanks,

Jeremy

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[Jeremy Roye]

Loving this thread of notes and curious to learn more about the chaos to clarity protocol!

More importantly, Joe! Phew, smoking performance and song.

Really nice stuff. Felt like I was back in Texas in some middle of nowhere saloon about to test my grit on a few too many shots of bourbon.

The only thing that caught my ears lines right up with Dana’s notes about the width. Of course his notes are always on the money.

Looking forward to hearing the next mix or master!

Cheers,

Jeremy

[Jeremy Roye]

Thanks so much @-PT @JoeRobinson @CMN @dana ! Really appreciate the encouraging words, production tips and tricks, and real talk.

I took your notes to heart as I agreed with most every time I hear the playback.

So I implemented them in this version!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qve6gu3w9einzdgxpagfd/Daylight-SW-Mp-notes.mp3?rlkey=mtxx5lau868wtqgouwrqpj163&st=ekqsy4pk&dl=0

Mostly subtle: vocals up, shorter pre-bridge, beat up a smidge (with more filtering here and there), arp up near the end, synths hit on the 1 in the chorus instead of fade ins.

My goal is not to add anymore bells and whistles at this point. Just hoping the vocal-to-instrumental levels feel right. (hard to hear my own voice sometimes haha).

Better with vocals up or too loud?

[Jeremy Roye]

Man, great track and performance! Feels good on the laptop speakers balance wise. Other than Dana’s notes, add some warmth/lows in particular, for me, I’d say it’s ready! Hope to hear this in a film.

[Jeremy Roye]

Ah, ok. So it sounds like you might typically get dry and wet stems. I’m trying to get better at printing the wet fx for main stems like vocals but it can be a pain in Ableton to do quickly.

As for BBQ, you are correct! Us Texans do think the meat should be succulent without the sauce, but we still love us some sauce options. At least this saucy-boy does! 🍖🛸

[Jeremy Roye]

Loving this thread and process!

It’s like bbq (vegan or otherwise), make it slap with the dry rub and then add the sauce to taste!

Do you ever get vocal stems with already great fx that you then have to approximate if tasty? Or are they typically dry and you sauce to taste?

[Jeremy Roye]

Thanks again Paul! Glad to softer crooner vibe is working for you! I appreciate that. Definitely looking forward to hearing that intro swap.

[Jeremy Roye]

Thanks Jesse for all the kinds words and deep listen for notes. Much appreciated. I’m glad it brings you to a happy place. That makes me very happy!

I will check those out and see what I can finesse. I felt the kick was perhaps a bit hot in the verse as well.

Intro – I think we used some weird phasy fx thing on the intro. Phasing isn’t something I typically check for, how would you bring it back into positive?

I’m thinking maybe I do a short intro version for Spotify and long intro for album. Let’s see!

Thank you again!

J

[Jeremy Roye]

Thank you, Dana! Bumping on the laptop is a good sign! Yeah, love me a 90’s shuffle. Looking forward to hear any other juicy bits you might have!

[Jeremy Roye]

Hey Paul, I thought you might try the shorter intro and you did! haha. Ya know, I was thinking the same thing. When I made these songs I was very into intros but my newer pop brain wants to just get to it!

For some reason I can’t play your version. 🙁 And I get an error when I try to download it too. I’d love to hear it though! Could you send via email? [email protected]

[Jeremy Roye]

Hey Jesse!

Bravo, man! Such a sweet tune, vibes and, as Dana said, time capsule for your music and family.

As a father (of a 12 year old girl), I am a big believer in the power of gifting music and sharing our love and legacy in this way, especially with a video with your wife’s art work!

Thanks for sharing! Do we get a boat version on da grams. 😉

[Jeremy Roye]

Thank you so so much @dana and @-PT for repeated listens and feedback. I think I got it to a good place thanks to your help and hope to have it out in the coming days!

@Nate I appreciate it and glad you like the drop. Of course you deserve lots of credit with your gorgeous string and choral layers, as always!

[Jeremy Roye]

@-PT @dana hah! Thx. Oh, shoot, I shared the wrong link! Haha. No animals in this one:

Here’s the Daylight master!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pwa34og7b03wt0xa582xg/Daylight-M1.wav?rlkey=qfx5bz7zkrxv03j528n5z6fz1&st=ahdfmywg&dl=0

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[Jeremy Roye]

Thanks, Dana! All good! Hope those sessions are going swimmingly.