the new mix sounds like someone stuffed some cotton in my headphones

sounded great for the introduction -- all warm and fuzzy presence, but i like a little more sparkle -- might just be me tho

otherwise like the changes and the open feel

Jeff,

Does this mean that you do not want me to finish tweaking out my mix of DSB when I get back to Florida? Or retrack the gtr solo?

Again.... I am at a library, so I am unable to listen to anything until I get back to the studio.

I will also respond to some of the comments made once I get back and have time to digest them as well.

BTW.... I will be leaving sometime tomorrow and will be stopping off in Nashville on my way back to Florida.

ok kids ... shimmer applied and little less boom ..

Different Shade of Blue

i gotta put this baby to bed .. lest i go all OCD on it... ;-)

jeff

thanks my cats pet,
i love level 42 .. maybe it rubbed off .. ;-) i wish i could pump
out as many great songs as they did .. thanks for your encouragement!
jeff

Now that I am back, Jeff, I will do the final tweaks once you send me the updated files, etc.

Contact me, Jeff, so we can discuss some things and I can finish tweaking out the mix.

I thought there was maybe too much verb on the vox and that they were a little pitchy sometimes - If it was my mix, I'd try to tighten those two things up just a little. I also thought the guitar solo, while the choice of notes was nice, was playing too far ahead of the beat and not grooving as much as it could with the rest of the instruments...

Your comments are right on the money Dan.

I personally thought there was too much ambiance on the vocal tracks myself, but that is what Jeff wanted. So, when I do the final tweaks, I will be adjusting the ambiance to what I think works best for the track.

As far as the gtr solo goes..... My solo was only a preliminary solo to see what Jeff thought of it. It was not the final take or mix of it at all. I was going to retrack the whole solo for the final mix once I received his approval of it. And any timing problems that I had in the preliminary solo would have not been in issue in the final tracked solo. Jeff just posted the tune before I had the chance to retrack the solo.

In all fairness to Jeff..... He would have had to wait until I got back from vacation for me to retrack the solo..... which would have been three weeks..... so he did what he had to do for him to make his submission deadline.

V6_16 was chaz's version of the mix before he had to take off on
vacation ... i think he's gonna tweak it again .. i'll post it when he does
... and the guitar solo.. i'm torn .. i like both .. .. but am leaning toward the later version.
thanks for your comments!
jeff
ps: chaz didn't pay you to post this did he ? ;-) .

But I'm not much of a musician's musician whereas you guys can obviously really play and sing so a musical comment from me is probably about the same as having sex education from the Pope.

I think I can speak for many on this forum when I say that we value any comments and/or suggestions made about our tunes. It helps us to think about things from a different perspective.

So, thanks for your comments.

thanks randy,
i'll post the latest chaz version in a bit .. it's the best one so far (IMHO).
jeff

ORIGINAL: jmarkham

ok ..
here's the mix chaz just finished up .. it's just pressed
and still warm to the touch .. it's at:

Different Shade of Blue (Chaz's Final Version)

It's good .. my favorite .. better be i guess .. 'cause if I post
anymore versions everybody's gonna come kill me ;-)

jeff
ps: chaz is back in biz ;-)

I would call this one done! Holy cow, Chaz does some very tasty speed runs in there! Great chops Chaz, I'm impressed..

Well.... Those would have to be engineering chops, Randy, as someone else did the gtr solo in this mix. I have never been able to play that many notes in so short of a time. Never was a flashy guitar player, just one who could get the job done. I am a very solid rhythm guitarist though.

Anyway..... Thanks for the kind words.

Hey Man,

As I expected before download was even complete.
Very Cool, thats how I feel about all the stuff your posting. Just letting ya know



joe

Bump

Ummmm..........this one is AMAZING! Really like it. Great work, both of you.

Really feel like I'm getting a sense of how you do your work Chaz.....VERY impressive.

And Jeff, well, you know I like the song, you are a VERY good talent.

Pat yourselves on your backs boys.