David Kalmusky
09-02-2003, 01:19 PM
In article <3F54D23C.DF65018@gci.net>, patric@gci.net says...
> Sorry. On one listen through I heard the string line before the 2nd verse
> and fired off a reply saying that would be a good intro figure. When I
> listened to the piece again from the beginning I saw that indeed the string
> line was right where I suggested it should be. Probably why I thought it was
> such a good idea. Ha! I should have referenced the post I posted right
> before this one (that one?).
Great minds think alike
>
> Who is the artist? Where is she in her career? Is this her first project?
> Good work and good luck. Patric
This is her 2nd record, David Foster produced the first one, so i've
some shoes to fill, that's why I'm a little open to the whole "how's
my mix" thing. this has to stand up, and have nothing amateur about
it, i usually keep to myself, and wouldn't usually post work, and ask
for comments, but I have to lower my ego, and take advantage of the
ears out there that are way more experianced with mixes than I.
I've got my strengths, and when I need greatness in an area that
I'm not capable of, I try to ally myself with greatness.
There are many in here, who's strong suit, or Forte, is Mixing,
mine is not, but I'm adding it to my bag of tricks, I've always had
decent sounding "rough 2's" but generally brought in some heavy
hitters to mix the final product, the last project I worked on, i,
and other people in the organization, were happier with some earlier
rough 2's than the finished, mastered project, it was then, re-mixed,
and mastered by another engineer, using those original rough 2's as a
guide.
I'd like to hoan my mixing chops, and leave as little in other
hands as possible, to assure continuity in vision from beginning to
end, however, amateur mixes are NOT a part of that vision, and I'm
smart enough to know that getting a general concensus, could be a
really good indication of whether or not I'm making a mistake in this
train of thought.
I've been extremely lucky to work along side of some incredible
engineers, producers, and musicians my whole career, and worked on
maybe 50 or 60 records over the last decade, so I'm not starting from
scratch over here, however, again... I'm used to having confidence in
every decision I make, standing by it, and moving on, i don't have
the track record, or experience mixing the finals, to warrant that
kind of cockiness, (or confidence that we all need)
Perhaps after this project I will ?
David
> Sorry. On one listen through I heard the string line before the 2nd verse
> and fired off a reply saying that would be a good intro figure. When I
> listened to the piece again from the beginning I saw that indeed the string
> line was right where I suggested it should be. Probably why I thought it was
> such a good idea. Ha! I should have referenced the post I posted right
> before this one (that one?).
Great minds think alike
>
> Who is the artist? Where is she in her career? Is this her first project?
> Good work and good luck. Patric
This is her 2nd record, David Foster produced the first one, so i've
some shoes to fill, that's why I'm a little open to the whole "how's
my mix" thing. this has to stand up, and have nothing amateur about
it, i usually keep to myself, and wouldn't usually post work, and ask
for comments, but I have to lower my ego, and take advantage of the
ears out there that are way more experianced with mixes than I.
I've got my strengths, and when I need greatness in an area that
I'm not capable of, I try to ally myself with greatness.
There are many in here, who's strong suit, or Forte, is Mixing,
mine is not, but I'm adding it to my bag of tricks, I've always had
decent sounding "rough 2's" but generally brought in some heavy
hitters to mix the final product, the last project I worked on, i,
and other people in the organization, were happier with some earlier
rough 2's than the finished, mastered project, it was then, re-mixed,
and mastered by another engineer, using those original rough 2's as a
guide.
I'd like to hoan my mixing chops, and leave as little in other
hands as possible, to assure continuity in vision from beginning to
end, however, amateur mixes are NOT a part of that vision, and I'm
smart enough to know that getting a general concensus, could be a
really good indication of whether or not I'm making a mistake in this
train of thought.
I've been extremely lucky to work along side of some incredible
engineers, producers, and musicians my whole career, and worked on
maybe 50 or 60 records over the last decade, so I'm not starting from
scratch over here, however, again... I'm used to having confidence in
every decision I make, standing by it, and moving on, i don't have
the track record, or experience mixing the finals, to warrant that
kind of cockiness, (or confidence that we all need)
Perhaps after this project I will ?
David