Hi all!

Does this sound like a final mix?...any suggestions?
(Please scroll down to Amsterdam Cafe)

http://www.soundclick.com/updateband...pdated=3040913

Thanks!
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:07:11 -0800, wrote:

Hi all!

Does this sound like a final mix?...any suggestions?
(Please scroll down to Amsterdam Cafe)

http://www.soundclick.com/updateband...pdated=3040913

Thanks!
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com


Post it somewhere you don't need to register and allow cookies to be
set.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

My apologies!

--
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com
"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:07:11 -0800, wrote:

Hi all!

Does this sound like a final mix?...any suggestions?
(Please scroll down to Amsterdam Cafe)

http://www.soundclick.com/updateband...pdated=3040913

Thanks!
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com


Post it somewhere you don't need to register and allow cookies to be
set.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Post it somewhere you don't need to register and allow cookies to be
set.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

d,
Can you tell me of a site that meets those criteria?
Thanks,
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:51:09 -0800, wrote:

Post it somewhere you don't need to register and allow cookies to be
set.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

d,
Can you tell me of a site that meets those criteria?
Thanks,
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com


Just pop a copy on your own web site.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Just pop a copy on your own web site.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Thanks! I'll get a hold of my web guy to do that.
--
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:48:42 -0800, wrote:

Just pop a copy on your own web site.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Thanks! I'll get a hold of my web guy to do that.

He doesn't have to make it visible. Tell him to put it in the
odds-and-ends directory (every web site has one) and you can post the
full URL here.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

This link should work:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=401754

Thanks!
--
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com

wrote in message news:z0%if.23739$ih5.22986@dukeread11...
Hi all!

Does this sound like a final mix?...any suggestions?
(Please scroll down to Amsterdam Cafe)

http://www.soundclick.com/updateband...pdated=3040913

Thanks!
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:00:26 -0800, wrote:

This link should work:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=401754

Thanks!

Better!

Ok - now for the mix.

First the drums - they need to be tighter - pull away some of the
reverb, and if you can punch in some cleaner cymbal crashes, that
would be good too.

The solo sax is a bit hard toned - could that be fixed in eq?

And overall, there is just a bit of joy missing; I'm not sure if it is
the tempo or what, but there is just this slightly grim feeling that
you are all determined to get to the end of this thing, but you won't
be hurried. Sorry, but I don't know how to fix that.

Hope this helps

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Better!

Ok - now for the mix.

First the drums - they need to be tighter - pull away some of the
reverb, and if you can punch in some cleaner cymbal crashes, that
would be good too.

The solo sax is a bit hard toned - could that be fixed in eq?

And overall, there is just a bit of joy missing; I'm not sure if it is
the tempo or what, but there is just this slightly grim feeling that
you are all determined to get to the end of this thing, but you won't
be hurried. Sorry, but I don't know how to fix that.

Hope this helps

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Don,

Thanks so much for your input! I'll take all your points up with my
engineer, Steve Durkee. He's very experienced, having worked for years with
Prince at Paisley Park. I'm afraid I don't know how to fix the "joy"
problem either, short of completely re-doing the tune. That's just not
affordable right now.

Thanks again!
--
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com

wrote in message news:SYcjf.24915$ih5.9838@dukeread11...
: And overall, there is just a bit of joy missing; I'm not sure if it is
: the tempo or what, but there is just this slightly grim feeling that
: you are all determined to get to the end of this thing, but you won't
: be hurried. Sorry, but I don't know how to fix that.


: Thanks so much for your input! I'll take all your points up with my
: engineer, Steve Durkee. He's very experienced, having worked for years
with
: Prince at Paisley Park. I'm afraid I don't know how to fix the "joy"
: problem either, short of completely re-doing the tune. That's just not
: affordable right now.
: Stu Nevitt
: http://www.StuNevittDrums.com


Stu,

The drums almost sound as if they were recorded at a faster speed so the
playback is slowed down. Every once in a while someone does that and it
renders a heavy, intense slo-mo feeling. I don't think that's what you were
after here, but the mix has some of that flavor. You do have a low, loose
sounding set that sounds a lot different from what I've heard on reggae
(high and tight). Could you use some judicious gating to help tighten up
the drums? Given what you've got, you might be able to add more "joy" by
bringing the percussion more to the center and making it much more than
barely audible, by pulling back the high-hat level, and by messing with the
snare sound. Could you add back some uncompressed snare along with the
squashed sound that's in the mix now? Seamlessly overdubbing an additional
thinner-sounding high-hat with a lot more notes that sounds like it belonged
in the same drum set could pep up the mix. Then again, good reggae isn't
always tight and zippy, is it? Also, if Eddie could redo the bass track
with fewer notes and clean spaces in between, that might help. Precise bass
cutoffs are as important as when the notes hit. The bass sounds heavy in
the mix to me; I have to turn the whole mix way down to tolerate it on my
Sennheiser HD600 headphones, which many people consider to be light on the
bass. What do I know? I don't even listen to Reggae.

When you think you have everything, then listen to the mix and make a note
of any instant where the energy seems to drop or wane. If you don't like
it, then find something that will keep up the energy at that instant, be it
an overdub, different EQ or levels, or an effect. I think the delay that
kicks in for a while at 1:40 works well. The mix gains energy for a bit
there because of that and for some other reasons. The change at 3:14 is not
subtle. Nice tune, overall.

Bruce Cooley

"Bruce Cooley" wrote in message
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Stu,

The drums almost sound as if they were recorded at a faster speed so the
playback is slowed down. Every once in a while someone does that and it
renders a heavy, intense slo-mo feeling. I don't think that's what you
were
after here, but the mix has some of that flavor. You do have a low, loose
sounding set that sounds a lot different from what I've heard on reggae
(high and tight). Could you use some judicious gating to help tighten up
the drums? Given what you've got, you might be able to add more "joy" by
bringing the percussion more to the center and making it much more than
barely audible, by pulling back the high-hat level, and by messing with
the
snare sound. Could you add back some uncompressed snare along with the
squashed sound that's in the mix now? Seamlessly overdubbing an
additional
thinner-sounding high-hat with a lot more notes that sounds like it
belonged
in the same drum set could pep up the mix. Then again, good reggae isn't
always tight and zippy, is it? Also, if Eddie could redo the bass track
with fewer notes and clean spaces in between, that might help. Precise
bass
cutoffs are as important as when the notes hit. The bass sounds heavy in
the mix to me; I have to turn the whole mix way down to tolerate it on my
Sennheiser HD600 headphones, which many people consider to be light on the
bass. What do I know? I don't even listen to Reggae.

When you think you have everything, then listen to the mix and make a note
of any instant where the energy seems to drop or wane. If you don't like
it, then find something that will keep up the energy at that instant, be
it
an overdub, different EQ or levels, or an effect. I think the delay that
kicks in for a while at 1:40 works well. The mix gains energy for a bit
there because of that and for some other reasons. The change at 3:14 is
not
subtle. Nice tune, overall.

Bruce Cooley


Bruce,

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen and comment! I'm copying all
these comments to send to Steve Durkee. Unfortunately, because of budget
constraints, I won't be able to get back in the studio for additional
recording. That is, unless my lawyer can find me a label home for my
project.

Thanks again!
--
Stu Nevitt
http://www.StuNevittDrums.com