Long Way Home

[Roy]

I'm always reminded of the quote "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture". Often attributed to Zappa but who knows? The intention still works. I've found that unless I can point to a real technical issue like "you could bring it down 3dB at 10kHz" it's all open to interpretation and I tend to rely on obtuse analogies. Squashed have become a part of the vernacular of audio but at first someone had to come up with a way to describe over compression. Also 'bright' which also describes this mix. It's tricky. In the end sometime we have to reach to find a way to describe nebulous ideas in audio. Conversely I've recently had a stew that reminded me of an SM57. We can only point to tangental experiences.

It's like describing 3 dimensions in a 2 dimensional work. We have to point to the shadows.

Yes. It all comes across as bullshit sometimes. It's the best we can do. Try to translate.

I think you mean good things. : D But I did not understand anything.

That's fair. Is that on me or you? I'm not sure. Probably me. I'll give the mix another listen and try to describe it in a more obvious way.