It's not really a tinny snare. but there's a really short delay on it making sound a bit sloppy. I don't think I wouldda done that either as a mix engineer. -wiz On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:00 PM, audities-owner@smoe.org wrote: > The Audities Digest: for the discussion of insanely great pop > Volume 7 : Issue 62 : "text" Format > > Messages in this Issue: > Re: Why would anyone want a tinny snare drum sound? > [Mark London >] > song ID help [Chris Kouzes >] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:17 -0400 > From: Mark London > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Why would anyone want a tinny snare drum sound? > Message-ID: <4B9EC4AD.8000105@psfc.mit.edu> > > Mike - Thanks for the info. Their first CD was produced in the UK > and sounds great. They did the 2nd CD in Germany, for reasons > unknown (cost)? In any event, I've emailed the band management, > asking if that sound was on purpose or by accident. I don't expect > a response, but at least I got it off my chest. :) - Mark > > mmyers1446@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Mark; >> >> As a producer, I agree that the snare sound on that is not >> pleasurable, but perhaps they were going for that generic kind of >> half-rock/half-electronic that was common in the early eighties? >> Who knows.... I think that most albums I buy have better drum >> sounds than that.... >> >> Mike >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mark London >> To: audities@smoe.org >> Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 12:27:54 PM >> Subject: Why would anyone want a tinny snare drum sound? >> >> Hi - I just received copies of the 2 albums by the Eight Legs. The >> first CD is great. Their latest one is not quite as good. One >> aspect of it that I especially don't like, is that some of the >> songs have a very tinny snare drum sound (I'm assuming that's what >> it is). Take a listen to a sample, and let me know if that's what >> I'm hearing: >> >> http://web.mit.edu/london/www/tinny.mp3 >> >> Having not bought many CDs in the last few years, I'm curious if >> this is a new trend or not, or just specific to this CD. Thanks. - >> Mark >> > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:18:57 -0400 (EDT) > From: Chris Kouzes > To: audities > Subject: song ID help > Message-ID: <3052863.1268767137979.JavaMail.root@wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net > > > > I'm cleaning up my mp3 files and ran across a great little power pop > song with nothing in its tags except for the title. > > The song title (at least as I have it) is "Up All Night." It's a > great little pop track running about 2:56. Any help with the artist, > album/single and year would be hugely appreciated. Oh, and it's not > the same song as by The Records. Here are the lyrics: > > Up all night can’t sleep a single wink, the moonlit stars shine > through my window side > Time goes by faster than anything love won’t die only seems to pass > me by > No I don’t see anything I don’t feel it anyway > I want to be with her > You know I want to be with her tonight, tonight > > Clock strikes 4, can’t go to sleep just yet, have one more thought I > just could never get > Her soft spoken words race through my head again, one more try I > hope to get it right this time > No I don’t see anything I don’t feel it anyway > You know I want to be with her tonight, tonight > > bridge: > You know I’m not riding on a distant memory > You know that I’ve been down before but not selfishly > > Up all night can’t sleep a single wink, the moonlit stars shine > through my window side > Time goes by faster than anything love won’t die only seems to pass > me by > No I don’t see anything I don’t feel it anyway > I want to be with her > You know I want to be with her tonight, tonight > > Thanks!! > Chris > > > ------------------------------ > > End of audities-digest V7 #62 (2 msgs) > **********