Dream

[Monk]

Interesting concept, of dreams having numbers.

[HbGuitar]

Hey Monk,

Got to say, 10/10 for creativity. Really clever arrangement mash-up. Feels very dreamlike........familiar yet weirdly different (in the best possible sense).

Nice

[Monk]

Hey Monk,

Got to say, 10/10 for creativity. Really clever arrangement mash-up. Feels very dreamlike........familiar yet weirdly different (in the best possible sense).

Nice

Thanks for taking a listen and for commenting.
If you'd like some feedback, let me know

[Monk]

Searching for the record within...

I’m revisiting this to finish it off. The kick-bass relationship required more attack from the kick. Because pitch is difficult to deduce and therefore separate effectively at the fundamental in the sub 100Hz region, I’ve ducked the bass when the kick hits, to help with separation here as well as rolling off some unnecessary flab. There’s some thump on the kick which helps those with decent low end performance. TBH, the bass mirroring the kick is lazy production values in my opinion and introduces some mixing issues unnecessarily.

The bass has some repetitively consistent slap buzz (a characteristic of a VSTi performance), in an effort to add some authenticity but it only ends up doing the opposite. It needed taming. It also got in the way of the kick attack, hindering separation.

I added the filtered repeat “Dream number 12” to the intro section, for the hell of it. Always good to get the song title into the first section for impact and recall.

There’s recorded distortion on one of the synth tracks which the artist missed. It gets exposed on processing.

It’s interesting how so many want to make the uke as bright, brittle and harsh as hell. In reality, the instrument isn’t like this – the strings are nylon with limited resonance, unless you listen a lot to soundcloud or suffer from NIHL. Perhaps try some George Formby for an idea. I don’t think the uke’ works well in the role of a substituted lead guitar, as a few guitar-biased participants have mixed it here. The song is too gentile for placing the instrument in the listener’s face. But each to their own, of course

I could hear a record in this somewhere, but it took some digging to get it out. Great for the Producer-Mix experience, so thanks-a-plenty for that.

[Dangerous]

eccellente, superbo, splendido
Lovey treatment of the Uke. I think it's roll is quite suited here. When played like it is, I think it gives a much better relaxing feel than a guitar could. I not sure George Formby comes to mind while listening to this though.

[Monk]

George Formby..

I expected someone to say, "Ah yes, but back then it would have been recorded with a ribbon mike resulting in the trebles being rolled off quite extensively giving a much smoother, silky sound!".

Actually, I think an acoustic would also work, so long as the right mike is used and mixed sympathetically. Most of the time it isn't, sadly. We appear to be going through a phase where the Uke is appearing a lot more than we are accustomed to. That will make George happy, I'm sure.

Anyway, I'm happy that you dropped by and left some kind words, especially after all the hard work I put into it. Do you have any idea how many coffees I got through mixing this?

See you later.