Mix
Notes Roughs 8/2003
General:
- While these
where done quickly quite a few of them came out good. The ones I think
are in the ballpark are ‘Beautiful Shadow', ‘Hiding', ‘Empty', ‘ Palo
Alto ' and ‘Close the Door'
- The ones that
feel further off are ‘Your Old Guitar' and ‘In the City'
- The vocal
levels and effects are good except for ‘In the City'
- Also most
of them have too much bass
- The drums
are also low on quite a few of them.
- There are
of course pops and noises, etc. but I actually like some of the tape
rewinds noises – maybe we can use this somewhere
1.
Beautiful Shadow (Good Mix)
- Reverb sounds
great
- Too much bass
- The main chorus
lines “Everything has changed…” feel like they might be a little low
- Drums also
feel a little too far back in the Chorus section – they sound great
in the verses
- Thinking putting
the violin off to one side might be cool
- Guitar solo
could possibly come up at little in the falsetto otro out of the last
chorus
- Offset vocal
to one side after guitar solo and before the last verse
2.
Hiding (Good Mix)
- Acoustic guitar
could come up a little in the chorus sections
- Drums seem
to be a little low in the mix
- Keys are a
little loud at the top of the verse – seem ok after that
3.
Your Old Guitar
- Guitar needs
to be more out front with the vocal
- Pad needs
to be lower in the mix
- Keys a bit
loud in some of the fills
- Vocal in bridge
could come up a little
- Drums are
too far back
- The ending
was abrupt
- Mike's mix
might be a good reference point for this one
4.
Almost Real
- I like the
garage/indie rock feel of it
- The lead guitar
sounds good – it accents a lot of the vocals nicely
- I like how
it is mixed all the way to the hand sliding off the guitar – sounds
cool
- Vocal could
probably come up a little
- Rhythm guitars
need to be beefed up
5.
In the City
- Vocal is low
– especially in chorus
- Vocal sounds
thin and compressed sounding – no dynamics
- May need to
adjust some of the vocal effects in the chorus sections now having
the slap effects as well
- Otro section
is missing
- Alt
Mix : I'm thinking of having a non-slap clean version of
this one that will sound more jazzy as a B-side – similarly to Mike's
mix of it.
6.
Empty (Good Mix)
- Piano needs
to come up (except for maybe in the fills where it is already pretty
loud) Not sure about Mike's vocal in the last chorus – maybe off to
one side? (this could also be an alt mix candidate)
7.
Palo Alto (Good Mix)
- Vocals might
come up a little in the chorus – there on the edge of being lost in
the mix
- Make backing
vocals in the verses more distant
- Bring keyboard
up sooner after the mandolin dissolves during the otro
8.
Silver
•
I love how the vocal, bass and guitar are positioned in the verses
•
Noise track needs to go down
•
The ‘silver' vocal chorus lines need to go up
•
Some of the levels of the music in the chorus don't feel right – not
sure exactly what needs to change though
9.
Stars (pretty close)
- I love how
the cello goes out at the end
- Tamborine
needs to come up in the mix – it accents the song nicely
- Reverb might
be a little too much at the beginning
- Vocal could
go up a little during the bridge
- Make sure
the piano stays out front – it's the hook (my Coldplay ripoff)
- Mike had a
good pre-cello mix of this one
10.
Close the Door (Good Mix)
- Missing count
at the beginning
- Backing vocals
on chorus lines might work if they are offset to one side and a little
further back in the mix?
- Bring keyboard
sounds up more in the break/solo section – there's some nice ear candy
in there
- Fade all the
guitars before the end – I just want to hear the single drum beat
at the end
11.
Instrumental Thing (Good Mix)
- This sounds
good
- Might need
to do something about how the noise fades at the end (could also be
a mastering thing)
Mix
CD References : ColdPlay – A Rush of Blood to the Head, Beck
– Sea Change, Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
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