Carol Dant: 'I Am The Desert'

[thedon]

Here is version 1
Thanks Draper for Sharing your tracks !

Cheers

[wunderbier]

I like your edit of the intro. It does feel s bit long as is. I've resisted the temptation to insert hats, but I think you made it work. Did you play with leaving them out of the verses? Like you, I've been selective of which bass part is playing at a given time. I picked them the other way around though, but I really like your decision as well. It keeps the energy steadier. Very choice guitar solo tone near the end. Is that a chorus effect?

Drums sound good and in place. Not sure about that chime/splash sound though. What's that sound that comes in first under the lyrics "I am confusion now" in the first verse? That's interesting. Going into the second verse there's a burp on the kick drum. If you look closely you'll notice that the timing is off the grid until the next chorus. I edited out the extra kick and put it back on the grid fwiw.

I'm new to mixing, but not to music, and listened on Sony MDR-7506s.

[loweche6]

Don!

I dig this mix. It has the feel and vibe we were going for (maybe a bit drier than our verb plastered version) but definitely has vibe and tone. As lazy as it sounds, I'm not as worried about minutia in this song, in terms of timing or pitch (i could do with a little more auto tune on myself, but you know. . . we may have had a few sips while recording) but in terms of layering of levels, and early digital grit, you hit the mark.

Really nice work, and I hope you enjoyed mixing it!

Draper

[thedon]

I like your edit of the intro. It does feel s bit long as is. I've resisted the temptation to insert hats, but I think you made it work. Did you play with leaving them out of the verses? Like you, I've been selective of which bass part is playing at a given time. I picked them the other way around though, but I really like your decision as well. It keeps the energy steadier. Very choice guitar solo tone near the end. Is that a chorus effect?

Drums sound good and in place. Not sure about that chime/splash sound though. What's that sound that comes in first under the lyrics "I am confusion now" in the first verse? That's interesting. Going into the second verse there's a burp on the kick drum. If you look closely you'll notice that the timing is off the grid until the next chorus. I edited out the extra kick and put it back on the grid fwiw.

I'm new to mixing, but not to music, and listened on Sony MDR-7506s.

Thanks for having a listen and feedback !
I agree 100% and will sort out in the next version !
cheers

[thedon]

Don!

I dig this mix. It has the feel and vibe we were going for (maybe a bit drier than our verb plastered version) but definitely has vibe and tone. As lazy as it sounds, I'm not as worried about minutia in this song, in terms of timing or pitch (i could do with a little more auto tune on myself, but you know. . . we may have had a few sips while recording) but in terms of layering of levels, and early digital grit, you hit the mark.

Really nice work, and I hope you enjoyed mixing it!

Draper

Hey Draper ,
Thanks again for sharing your tracks I really appreciate your feedback !
Version 2 is coming soon !
Cheers

[Cudjoe]

Hi Don nice tones as Draper said but i feel that the drums could be more aggression! but hey still sounds good.

[thedon]

Hi Don nice tones as Draper said but i feel that the drums could be more aggression! but hey still sounds good.

Thanks For the feedback Cudjoe ,
You are right about the drums needing more aggression will work on that in the next version !

Cheers

[mike84]

Hi thedon,
Drums sound really good and overall good balanced mix. Good stuff.

[thedon]

Hi thedon,
Drums sound really good and overall good balanced mix. Good stuff.

Thanks for The feedback mike !

Cheers