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| From | J&J Giddings <jandjgiddings@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Art of Mixing/myspace music |
| Date | Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:20:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00) |
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At Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:28:48 -0400 J. Giddings wrote:
>Mixing is so subjective.
[snip]
>One bass-ackward idea is to get on Myspace.com and listen to 10 random rawk
>bands
>and DON"T do anything they did. I can't believe some of what gets
>put on display for the whole world. It's like musical "refrigerator art".
>I'm sure their mom thinks they're good. ;-)
You contradict yourself with these two statements.
[snip]
Let me put if this way: What is considered a great mix by one person may be considered terrible to another.
Isn't that using the word "subjective" correctly, in that context? I've been wrong before.
An Example..some folks dug the David Bowie mix of Iggy Pop's "Raw Power",
many others did not. Too thin, tinny, whatever.
The mix that Iggy did a few years back is a tremendous improvement,
but I'm sure those who dug the Bowie mix we're put off because it didn't sound the same.
I think an 8-track recording of The Specials first
album is pretty inferior, but the songs and the "feel" are adorable.
Conversely, a similar recording from Eurythmics ("Sweet Dreams" et al)
sounds huge and grandiose...but lacks any personality.
However, there is a tremendous difference between
a poor quality recording and a bad mix, would you not agree?
Rule #1 for me as an artist AND a producer is NEVER mix your own material
unless you've been engineering for decades under optimal conditions.
[snip]....or otherwise you're going to run your stuff down old roads and
use the same old bad habits.
I concur...as one who made this very mistake I can
say that it really hurt the sound of my own record. It could have been made so much bigger.
Although my heart and soul are in it, I listen back and think about how 2 dimensional it is.
You can hear everything, but it's as if there's no audio equivalent to peripheral vision.
It's coming straight out of the speakers.
I've learned my lesson.
And on another note entirely; I just now recieved confirmation that
my wife and I are now under contract for our new home, which incidently
was sought after in order to have room for a baby that will be born in Sept.
Our first.
Thank God for SOTT 19...I won't be buying CD's for a while. 8-)
later, joe
www.jtgimplosion.com
www.kingfriday.com
www.myspace.com/thejtgimplosion
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