Comments on: Don't Rely on the Radio

Don't Rely on the Radio

6am — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:26:59 -0800

Here's a garagy tune i've been producing for my cousin, Vonesvonic. We've done it over the period of a few months, primarily recording in an attic in the North of England - then recording new elements down in London, also working via Skype and such to keep working remotely. Its a real mixture, and has been a bit of an upward struggle to compose (lots of revisions to keep is as simple and focused as possible). It's all done in Ableton Live, with lots of Guitar Rig 3. My cousin Will does vocals, beatbox, guitar, bass and we share credit on claps. I put it together.

By: 6am

6am — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:29:24 -0800

Oh, theres some lovely Juno 60 and M-Tron in there too...

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:36:30 -0800

I dig this a lot. Lots of neat textures in there, and the repeating vocal line really works; great rhythm. I think the mix gets really crowded as the rhythm track builds, though (so much stuff is dead-center).

By: 6am

6am — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:40:55 -0800

Yeah true, I've tried to use panning to alleviate that to a degree, but I'll probably have work on this further. I could do with some fresh ears though. Gonna take a break from it...!

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:48:05 -0800

I like this so much it inspired me to finally start a play-list, just so I could add it. I think I might agree with uncleozzy a bit about the stereo field in places (mainly some of the guitars about midway through could stand to be panned more), but it's kind of hard to tell given the flattening effect of crappy desktop speakers, and even so it's an incredibly minor point. On the whole, the mix works just fine for me.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:49:57 -0800

Yeah, don't be afraid to hard-pan stuff! Plenty of people mix without pan pots, just L-C-R switches. With appropriate spatial treatments, it often works out better. (And don't be afraid to use really severe subtractive EQ, either!)

By: 6am

6am — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:00:35 -0800

Thanks guys - yeah I've got a bee in my bonnet about full-on hard panning (been listening to a lot of old records lately with headphones, theres some barking panning in those), but the pan has the power to clarify busy stuff like this. I've got so much to learn about mixing. Got quite a good book on this, and I'll be going over it soon enough.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:17:00 -0800

I've been away from MeFiMu for a while and this is a great song to get me started off again. The panning thing mentioned above didn't distract me at all. This is great.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:26 -0800

I love the singing on this one. Really great.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:11:28 -0800

Nice.

By: flod logic

flod logic — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:20:00 -0800

Great song.

By: jchgf

jchgf — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:26:45 -0800

This should play on the radio.

By: !Jim

!Jim — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:53:14 -0800

THis was really cool.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:34:29 -0800

I really enjoy this, keep it up man. Passed this on to my gf and she loves your voice. Huzzah!