3 May
2014
3 May
'14
4:46 p.m.
Hi folks,
I would like to announce the new website of my Band Jimson Drift
(www.jimson-drift.de). For now its in German, but I think the word
'Songs' is clear enough ;)
Just 3 Songs there, but are more to come, for e.g some of these older
ones: www.jamendo.com/en/list/a62900/groove-venture, with the new Band
Members .
It's lovely here in Karlsruhe at LAC2014 and I'm happy to meet some of
the key devs of linux audio, thanks for your efforts and check the Dank&
Links section of the website.
Regards,
Gerald
4 May
4 May
11:05 p.m.
Hey Gerald,
thank you for sharing this site and the songs. The music is interesting. Quite
straight forward mostly, but always with a surprising twist or detail.
Permit me some criticism though. Your male vocalist seems insecure sometimes.
Unsure of the melody line or maybe it's out of his preferred tonal range.
Pity, since the voice is smoky and smooth, almost nostagically so. The lady
sounds better though I hear strain there. Mind you her limits are FAR beyond
mine.
I will come back to your site and look forward to new tracks.
Ta-ta
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Ffanci
* Internet: http://freeshell.de/~silvain
5 May
5 May
11:58 a.m.
New subject: *** GMX Spamverdacht *** Re: New Website and Music
On 05/04/2014 11:04 PM, F. Silvain wrote:
Hey Gerald,
thank you for sharing this site and the songs. The music is interesting.
Quite straight forward mostly, but always with a surprising twist or
detail.
Permit me some criticism though. Your male vocalist seems insecure
sometimes. Unsure of the melody line or maybe it's out of his preferred
tonal range. Pity, since the voice is smoky and smooth, almost
nostagically so. The lady sounds better though I hear strain there. Mind
you her limits are FAR beyond mine.
I will come back to your site and look forward to new tracks.
Ta-ta
----
Ffanci
* Internet: http://freeshell.de/~silvain
Thanks, The criticism is welcome and
I'll pass it on to the male
vocalist. Oh wait.. thats me;) I'm pretty sure about the melody line but
as you said, it's the tonal range (and my smoking, which I'm reducing)
thats strenuous. We have a new female singer, who tops everyone I've
heard with her powerful voice, and we're in the process of changing the
songs to her voice rather than mine.
Regards,
Gerald
8:57 a.m.
2014-05-03 16:45 GMT+02:00 Gerald <gerald.mwangi(a)gmx.de>de>:
Hi folks,
I would like to announce the new website of my Band Jimson Drift
(www.jimson-drift.de). For now its in German, but I think the word 'Songs'
is clear enough ;)
Just 3 Songs there, but are more to come, for e.g some of these older ones:
www.jamendo.com/en/list/a62900/groove-venture, with the new Band Members .
It's lovely here in Karlsruhe at LAC2014 and I'm happy to meet some of the
key devs of linux audio, thanks for your efforts and check the Dank& Links
section of the website.
Regards,
Gerald
Thank you for sharing this Gerald!
May I ask you what are you playing in the band ?
Have you recorded/mixed the songs ?
If so, can you explain some details about the process (rooms used, mics...)?
I agree about the male voice,
sometimes it seems insecure, or maybe it is just too "high" in the mix for me.
Thank you!
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Carlo Ascani | carlorat.me
skype: carloratm
6 May
6 May
5:55 p.m.
Hi Carlo
Well, the recording was done in our rehearsal room. We miked the drums
with a set of 6 AKG mics (Kick,2xToms,snare were dynamic, 2x condenser
mics for cymbals/high hat).
For Need My Sleep, we fed the drums into a mixer and recorded the stereo
output with an M-Audio mobile pre.
For the others we used a Focusrite Saffire 26 together with a Fostex
VM200 to record the drums and the rest of the band to 10 or 11
individual tracks. For the singers we used a Sure 57 and an AKG mic,
I've forgotten which, since the female singer left the band (We have a
WAAAYY better singer now!!). So the guitar was sent through a Line6 POD
2, simulating a Fender Blackface and the Bass went directly into the
Saffire. The walls in the room are covered with diffusive material to
minimize reflections.
Mixing of Need My Sleep and (preliminary mixing) of Faith was done in
Ardour.
Out There was mixed and mastered by a friend who uses Cubase+UAD
Apollo+Windows, he really managed to get more out of the recordings then
I did, when I tried to mix it. He has more experience.
So its not all 100% linux as I'd like it to be, but I'll keep trying!
Regards
Gerald
Thank you for sharing this Gerald!
May I ask you what are you playing in the band ?
Have you recorded/mixed the songs ?
If so, can you explain some details about the process (rooms used, mics...)?
I agree about the male voice,
sometimes it seems insecure, or maybe it is just too "high" in the mix for me.
Thank you!
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