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