Re: [LAU] New Music

Bill Allen wrote: probably because you partly doubled it with a synth, and because it's mixed very wet. but once i've managed to listen "through" this, i like the sound. very unobtrusive, which is hard to achieve with a soprano. and good intonation as well! for my taste, it would be mixed a little more in front, and dryer. didn't like the drums, kinda static - my standard advice: go pick a starving drummer from some burger joint. the 5/4 part is fun, but the "take five" groove doesn't have room to settle (at this tempo), and so it sounds quite repetitive to me after a short while. i think i should try to get rid of some beats, and try to play "over" the bars more, i.e. not be back on every downbeat. liked the grinding guitar sound on "apples" (although it does lose reveal some oddness over headphones), and also the sizzle cymbal. drums are more "loose", but still mixed too artificially perfect for my taste. and i really hate how everybody seems to feel obliged to spread the drum set across the entire sound stage. i've never seen a drummer with arms longer than a metre, but i've never heard one with less than four... the vocals are not quite happening. is that yourself singing? if so, rule of thumb: finish the mix, then raise the vocals by 3 db, walk out, never listen again. everybody under-mixes their own singing :) the choir effect is very nice sometimes, but at some points the voices differ too much in phrasing, and the choir sound falls apart. thanks for sharing! jörn