mixing again - surely the end / photoshoot snaps

[unclechristo]

So I thought I ought to have a break from mixing so I did the town for an hour or so
 - then went back as the mixes I;d heard sooo needed fixing - so I remixed 5 tracks to standardize the bass across the album - I also tweaked the lead vocals which I thought were too loud. Went for noodle bar dinner with G - then went back to finish mixing only to find...my decisions on the bass were good - my actions on the vocals - bad - too quiet now - so I remixed again for vocal level and also had blinding revalation about track order and swapped 2 tracks over.
Result - felt I'd really done some good work - gotta be very close now - or possibly it's done. Fingers crossed. Sooo looking forward to leaving songs behind for a while.

The  photos from the Jazz Orient photo session came - well the low rez ones for me to choose from - some nice ones - especially with the big theremin. The band ones make us look possibly more eccentric than we really are - if that's possible - the drummer and sax/guitarist wearing Indian kurtas and Afghan hats possibly didn't help - Lindaji in her Indian dress and Baluji in his Orange suit and shades, me in beige corderoy jacket & scarf looking very Dr Who. We look like we're a touring theatrical company. I'd hoped for more cool portrait shots but photographer wanted more action shots methinks and things got out of hand - hence lots of me and saxman shooting down passing aircraft with soprano sax and low whistle.
Ah well - they'll do and it's nice to have a couple more new snaps for my publicity...

Comments

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about what kind of criteria you apply when determining a track order -- up to and including the role of blinding revelation. :-)

[unclechristo.livejournal.com]

Hi
Gosh - I have a lot of little rules. Off the top of my head.
1. keep similar key tracks apart
2. keep similar rhythmed or styles apart
3. I generally open on something up.
4. try and make track 3 have a different sound. Up to now, they've had an up song, then maybe a ballad - then it needs to be different soun d - ie maybe a track without guitar. Then maybe do the same 3 or 4 tracks later.
5. if there are tracks with the same instrument featured strongly - keep them apart.
6. then if comes down to hearing how one track ends and the next starts - sometimes it feels right sometimes not.
7. make a flow out of it - my blinding revalation was that things lurched from lounge jazz to heavy drone ethnic Celtic too suddenly - I had a mellow guitar song which slotted nicely in the middle which softened the transition.

thats about it - often following hunches
CC

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, the joys of mixing. The indecision, the terror :-). Can't wait to hear your album.

[mysticfig.livejournal.com]

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