James_Carter2025-01-06T21:31:22+00:00
Hey guys! Now that I think of it, should I have labelled this as a remix because I added the piano? I mean I put a lot of effort into both crafting a great mix as well as adding my own touch with the piano. Hopefully the judges will be able to decide which category it falls into :-) Good luck everyone!
Hey Bill!
You’re absolutely right my friend, that under ‘normal circumstances’ adding or changing the artists vision of the song by laying down additional parts and playing with the arrangement etc would certainly raise a few eyebrows haha. Imagine a folk singer who sings and plays acoustic guitar laying down their parts only to be sent a final mix that has been transformed into an industrial techno track. But coming back to my point, these aren’t ‘normal circumstances’ as we were supplied with a fantastic pro-level mix by Joe Carrell and due to the sheer volume of entries I could imagine if this was strictly a mixing contest the judges would be tearing their hair out listening to 2,000 identical entries that pretty much sound like the original mix.
So being able to add our own flavour (as was the case when I added piano) really helps to differentiate ourselves. Also James Dupre himself will be one of the judges I believe. I bet he’d love to hear his track taken into a few new directions!
Hope that made sense and I take my hat off to you for having 30 years in the music business. I’m just a guy in his bedroom trying to do the best he can with what he has with big dreams of becoming a pro mixing engineer like the next CLA :-D
Best regards,
James
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked the piano and the mix. :-D
Thank you! :-D
Hi, I agree if you are to add parts it should honour the source material. That being said the submission rules did indicate that creating new arrangements and adding your own flavour was encouraged. That’s why I added a piano. You should submit your mix. It would be a shame especially if it had a chance to win.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
James
Thank you so much! :-)
Thank you for your feedback! I’m glad you liked the piano. I had a lot of fun adding that. Yeah I listened again I hear those S’s getting tamed a little too much. The vocal had some pretty stubborn resonances which I even noticed on the professional mix supplied. I probably went a little too heavy on the de-essing then when the file was converted to mp3 probably lost a little extra high end too. But overall I’m proud of how it turned out.
Good luck with your mix
James.
Thank you! good luck too!!
Would anybody like to listen to my entry? Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Great mix! The guitars sound super edgy and the track has a lot of vibe. Good luck!
James
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