Mint Julep

Hi,
 
I've got a new song out - made with SONAR X1. 
 
It's called "Mint Julep" - you can check it out here:
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11403977
 
It features the usual suspects:
Superior Drums
Trilian Bass
Real guitar with a POD XT
Omnisphere
new Kontakt Retro Machines Mk2 Library
and a guest appearance by the "Salvation Army Band"
(Kirk Hunter Concert Brass 2)
any comments graciously accepted ;-)

Thanks for listening Lance. Do you think it's (the brass) credible at all?

Hi bapu,
 
Thanks a lot for listening. I had no idea how to pan the brass. I didn't want the tuba too far off to one side - so I kept him a little left of centre. I didn't think there was an "official" panning structure so I just did:
 
French Horn - Tuba - Trombone - Trumpet
 
and tried to pan them like there were 4 players lined up in a room.
 
Thanks for your mixing comments.

This was a fun listen.  I like your instrumentation and the sense of space in the mix.  Maybe the guitar could come up a notch, but other than that, it sounds very professional.

LanceJ


Yes, I do think you have done the brass well.

L.

Thanks for that Lance. I've never played a brass instrument and do this strictly by instinct and ear ;-)
Any brass player could have the right to say these parts and the arrangement are crap ;-)

I agree with Paulo on this - brass was done well (I might suggest the same thing about panning that bapu mentioned, tho), the rest of the song sounds like a completely different song.  they don't seem to mix any better than oil and water.

Well - thanks for listening paulo, Beagle and Daryl.
 
I'm glad you think the brass came out well - and that was the reason for the "exercise". It was always meant to be just an intro section - and then I did just tack the next part on to it. I tried to tie it together a little with the brass line in the end.
 
I'm sorry nobody (here) seems to like it - they were meant to be different from each other.  :-\
 
Let's face it - the brass part couldn't just continue like that or it would just be a dirge ;-)
 
I really appreciate the comments - I'll just have to try better next time ;-)
 
PS

(I might suggest the same thing about panning that bapu mentioned, tho),

Do you mean trumpet really belongs on the left? Then trombone then tuba and French horn on the right? I was just trying to picture the way I see guys playing on the street. I'll have to pay more attention the next time I see a brass band.
 

bayoubill


Felt very good to me jbraner! I recognized some of the sounds from my experimenting. Love the wah! Good job!

Thanks for listening Bill! Which sounds do you recognise?

this might help, John

http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/standard-orchestra-seating.gif

for ensembles, maybe this would be better:
http://www.rockfordsymphony.com/rsyo/ensembles.asp

I didn't say I didn't like it John, I just didn't think the intro and the song "fit" - and it's JMO anyway.

Great arrangement and sound.  Excellent.  Panning, EQ, mix is perfect in the intro.
The main song has good parts but the sounds don't draw me in.  Needs more depth, separation, ambiance?  

Rimshot

jbraner

 I tried to tie it together a little with the brass line in the end.
 
I'm sorry nobody (here) seems to like it - they were meant to be different from each other.  :-\
 

 

 

I could nail a rasher of bacon to each end of a plank of wood, but it'd still just be a plank of wood with bacon nailed to each end ;)

Sorry, didn't mean to cause any offence, but you did ask.