Thanks Patrick and Bill!<br><br>I have checked with Manoj (who wrote the song) and he has given permission for it to be remixed as you like..<br><br>I have uploaded the stems here:<br><br><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u0nwzpvym91w11/Malayu_malayu_by_Manoj_stems.tar">https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u0nwzpvym91w11/Malayu_malayu_by_Manoj_stems.tar</a><br>
<br>However, I noticed that the automation has been included on these tracks. I can't work out a way in Mixbus/Ardour to export stems without this. If anyone knows - please tell me! <br><br>Let me know if you want some other versions of the files, but hopefully these will be adequate for your purposes.. <br>
<br>If anyone else wants to do a mix on these, please feel free!<br><br>Looking forward to hearing the Dub version - impressed you have worked with the Mad Professor!! I saw him play at Glastonbury one year on one of the smaller stages - Lots of "interesting" smelling smoke from the punters. Ground shaking bass.. Very good stuff! :)<br>
<br>James<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Patrick Shirkey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pshirkey@boosthardware.com" target="_blank">pshirkey@boosthardware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><br>
On Fri, May 3, 2013 4:01 am, James Stone wrote:<br>
> Thanks everyone!<br>
><br>
> This is my "improved" mix - based on comments here, and some more<br>
> tweaking!<br>
> Not sure my skills are up to all the suggestions that were made, but this<br>
> is to the best of my ability:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE</a><br>
><br>
> By the way, I am not sure if my condenser mic is breaking - the vocals<br>
> sound a bit distorted despite being recorded at below clipping levels -<br>
> any<br>
> experts here care to comment?<br>
><br>
> My friend is very happy with it, and is planning to submit it to a local<br>
> Nepali radio station in the UK - so we will see what comes of it.<br>
><br>
> No plans to record an album or anything - the guitar/bass player is back<br>
> in<br>
> Nepal now..<br>
><br>
> Incidentally, the two of them were relatively famous in the 90s in Nepal<br>
> with a song they recorded together, but apparently no recordings of it are<br>
> left (they were recorded onto cassette and distributed to radio stations,<br>
> but never released)..<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>To my ear the first mix sounded more authentic as a Nepalese love song but<br>
the second mix is definitely smoother and more radio friendly. I really<br>
like how you brought out the cleanness of the guitar in the second stanza.<br>
<br>
If you can release the stems I am interested in taking a shot at dubbing<br>
that mix out. I have been privileged to work with some of the best at that<br>
artform* so it's possible some of it has rubbed off by now. It will give<br>
me a reason to take the latest version of Ardour for a spin too ;-)<br>
<br>
I may even be able to get some input from one of the masters (but no<br>
promises).<br>
<br>
* <a href="http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=6" target="_blank">http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=6</a><br>
* <a href="http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=10" target="_blank">http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=10</a><br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
<br>
Patrick<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> James<br>
><br>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Set Hallstrom <<a href="mailto:sakrecoer@gmail.com">sakrecoer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Very cosy music!<br>
>><br>
>> I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an exception on<br>
>> the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.<br>
>><br>
>> I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think different if<br>
>> i understood what he says (beautyfull language btw)<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release anouncment<br>
>> list.<br>
>><br>
>> *Set<br>
>><br>
>> On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:<br>
>> > Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy to do it on the<br>
>> master<br>
>> > bus.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Q<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:<br>
>> >> Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will continue<br>
>> >> tweaking :)<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> James<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <<a href="mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org">lists@quirq.ukfsn.org</a><br>
>> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org">lists@quirq.ukfsn.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> HI Everyone,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a<br>
>> Nepalese<br>
>> >> singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass<br>
>> >> on the<br>
>> >> track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,<br>
>> >> because I was<br>
>> >> having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted<br>
>> the<br>
>> >> song OK.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would<br>
>> >> appreciate any<br>
>> >> thoughts on the song, and also the mix.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P</a><br>
>> >> <<a href="https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P</a>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> James<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hi<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve<br>
>> >> clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think<br>
>> it's<br>
>> >> probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess<br>
>> >> it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than<br>
>> compress,<br>
>> >> although some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar<br>
>> has a<br>
>> >> tendency to overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay<br>
>> once<br>
>> >> the vocal level is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit<br>
>> to<br>
>> >> reduce the clash.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd<br>
>> say,<br>
>> >> lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use<br>
>> some<br>
>> >> delay to make it big without pushing it into the background like<br>
>> the<br>
>> >> reverb's doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level a<br>
>> bit<br>
>> >> inconsistent.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and<br>
>> >> the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to<br>
>> infer<br>
>> >> any emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit<br>
>> flat,<br>
>> >> on the same level -- the piece could do with some contour to it,<br>
>> a<br>
>> >> sense of building and releasing in the music.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Q<br>
>> >><br>
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