jonboper
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New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
I've been a Sonar user since XL (long time ago), now use X2. This is a collaboration with a friend of mine, Jared Lopes, a Seattle-based artist and musician, kind of a psych-pop/folk-punk album. Great, short songs (10 songs in under 15 minutes): http://swum.bandcamp.com/
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re: New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
2013/06/20 15:04:56
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Roots.
I liked the whole. From the first glance at the web page through to being surprised by the audacity (and I mean that in a good way) of the music. The music seems rad in an authentic sort of way... it's not 4:4 packaged up as rad in black leather... it actually sounds gnarly and it's refreshing to have that sort of aural experience.
Thank you for sharing.
best regards,
mike
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jonboper
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Re: New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
2013/06/20 18:45:08
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Hey Mike, thanks for listening! Really glad you dig it, that's kind of exactly what we were going for. I'll pass your kind words on to the artist.
Cheers, Jon
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Scottytunes
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Re: New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
2013/06/20 21:10:56
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The mix is so garbled that I can't hear the lyrics. It's as if you have everything turned up louder than everything else.
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MannyNY
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Re: New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
2013/06/21 12:47:15
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If Jane Siberry and Brian Wilson had a musical child, this is what he/she might sound like. Maybe not, but there are some awesome and very creative ideas in here - not just “well this is different” because different isn't necessarily good - and this is good.
The production sound is very ‘beamed in from the Martian landscape” (in my phones here at work). I love the odd instrumentation - ukuleles gone wild and some oddball synth work. Background vocals act as instruments of their own - clever. Some very interesting choices were made. I like lyrics a lot, nice chords &melodies.
Very different and all in a good way - good for you !
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CLEAN
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Re: New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
2013/06/21 20:30:58
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I like some of this - but I would agree with Scotty - the instruments and vocals don't fit well together.
Pretty cool.
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jonboper
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Re: New Swum album, recorded, mixed and mastered in Sonar X2
2013/06/21 23:56:21
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Thanks for the listens and the comments...
Scott, I know this kind of stuff can sound jarring and isn't for everybody, but thanks for listening.
Manny, I'm psyched you like it! I had to look up Jane Siberry, so she's not a direct influence, but I can appreciate the comparison - I'm definitely into pop music of all strains, but have a sweet spot for the more experimental stuff on the fringe - some of my favorite bands out there right now are Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Of Montreal and Deerhoof. "Oddball synth work" is right on. Cheers!
Thanks for listening, Mark.
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