Mixed until 2:30am last night/morning. Alternated between 3 songs: Queen for a Day, Too Long, and Not the One. The "image" in the remixes has extended dramatically. It just sounds bigger. It is a tough line to walk, however, not screwing some detail up at the same time. Listened to the mixes in the car this morning and the QFAD mix starts about halfway through the song. God hates me.
I need to free up $100. The damn demo of "The Glue" has timed out and I'm completely addicted. The greatest bus compressor ever! http://www.cytomic.com/Beta/The_Glue_Beta_Info.html
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Inspiration
So I got a real burst of inspiration from all the postings by Tchad Blake at gearslutz.com
For a while I've been thinking very technically about the tracks I'm mixing - how to fix little problems here and there, what fx to use, master bus compressors, argh$#$#@! Tchad made me realize that mixing should be as much of an art form as the performing, writing, etc. Duh. But it gives me license to really grab hold of the music and shake it like a dog. Stop thinking like a technician about how to accomplish something, and start doing things to the mix regardless of the tools involved. So far I've pretty much just fucked up the current, near-perfect state of my mixes, but I'm not worried. :)
Which leads me to thinking about the next album. Now I know all to painfully well what I need the tracks to sound like, i.e. the sound that is initially recorded before any mixing. I would like to use almost no EQ or compression on the next one and have it pop like any big-budget mix. There it is, my secret desire: to face the whole world (wife, family, friends, music pros, and anyone else in the whole fucking world), play my track, and just fucking gloat. "Suck on that, motherfucker." I want to be the poster child for lo-budget recording. I want bands calling me up, begging me to produce their next album. Ah...but wishes ain't fishes - they're a lot more slippery.
For a while I've been thinking very technically about the tracks I'm mixing - how to fix little problems here and there, what fx to use, master bus compressors, argh$#$#@! Tchad made me realize that mixing should be as much of an art form as the performing, writing, etc. Duh. But it gives me license to really grab hold of the music and shake it like a dog. Stop thinking like a technician about how to accomplish something, and start doing things to the mix regardless of the tools involved. So far I've pretty much just fucked up the current, near-perfect state of my mixes, but I'm not worried. :)
Which leads me to thinking about the next album. Now I know all to painfully well what I need the tracks to sound like, i.e. the sound that is initially recorded before any mixing. I would like to use almost no EQ or compression on the next one and have it pop like any big-budget mix. There it is, my secret desire: to face the whole world (wife, family, friends, music pros, and anyone else in the whole fucking world), play my track, and just fucking gloat. "Suck on that, motherfucker." I want to be the poster child for lo-budget recording. I want bands calling me up, begging me to produce their next album. Ah...but wishes ain't fishes - they're a lot more slippery.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
What I do with my "spare" time....
Worked on mixes last night til about 1am. Woke up at 6am and did some more work until I left for work (work work). I am still dumbfounded by how different songs sound when you listen to them very critically. Not sure where my songs fit into the spectrum (and I swear some mixes just sound worse than mine, but the songs are so great, you just don't care). I know that if I just resolve to not damage anyone's hearing and keep the woolly muffling to a minimum, everything will be OK. It's only me who'll care about the minutiae. But I have to work to maintain that non-obsessive attitude. Shit...more work.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tentative, Exploratory Post
I needed to start up a blog for my impending media release (2009 or die trying!). Also doing a re-design project at work on our lame-o blogs. So this is personal and professional and that's all I have to say about that.
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