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Ja Make Ya Dance - deadislandrecords mix - deadislandrecords - 02-11-2017
Really great group, love their music.
Notes:
- Is it just me, or was the sax playing moving around a whole lot? Extreme dips in energy (not due to playability) seemingly due to the player moving out of position the mic was catching the instrument
- Per usual, minimal reverb & FX used; kept the drum chamber as my only drum 'verb,' and put up a tight room on anything else
- Tight slap on the sax to give it some energy
Felt like I got a nice, fat mix with energy from a quick mix down
Enjoy!
RE: Ja Make Ya Dance - deadislandrecords mix - Mixinthecloud - 11-11-2017
On the Sax, YES. And that movement is very well captured as part of the performance. Movement is a major part of this arrangement.
Your mix is very static and while the sounds are good and the balance good, the music is demanding movement, in my opinion. I often have the same approach with minimal effects and a natural sounds. But sometimes there is a call for more.
I did hear you move the Rhodes from the left to the center at the end. At first I thought something was lost in your mix, and then the final keyboard figure appears in the middle.
I'd like to hear your take on a more creative environment with delays and verbs, choruses. flanges, phasers, etc. If there is any platform for that, it would be this richly texture instrumental. Give it a go.