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2017/08/15 17:01:30 (permalink)

Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi

Here's one I've been working on awhile. It's a collaboration with a talented singer named Sreyashi who decided work with me. She wrote the lyrics.I can  hear a few things in it but I believe it's close now. I'm interested in opinions so far. Thanks!
 
The keys are a bit much in a few places. The drum beat is intentionally unusual. The bass needs something. I've been mixing acoustic music and it's been awhile since I mixed a full compliment like this. 
 
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/15 18:00:18 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Starise 2017/08/17 16:10:59
Loved the cut time feel (or double time drums?)  it's very inventive.  She has a great voice!  The music could benefit from some consolidation at some point, not necessarily a chorus but a point that brings it all home.
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/15 21:22:27 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Starise 2017/08/17 16:07:54
Hey Starise, this is very nice, very interesting.  I believe your mix is very nice, at least on my headphones.
 
1:39 sax and guitar?  whatever, that really caught my attention.
 
There is a lot going on in here.  almost has a Traffic feel in parts. 
 
Congrats on finding a female to work with, we need more of their voices in the songs forum.  I hope she will continue to work with you.
 
It was good, I like stuff that steps outside of the usual stuff.  Very nice mix though, can't get get it all on just one listen.  The more I listen to it the more I like it.  I'm not finding the keys to be a bit much in places.   Dense mix in a constrained fashion.  I like the bass too, at first I thought maybe it needed a little harder attack, but on the third listen it grew on me.
 
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/16 00:27:21 (permalink)
Tim, this is fantastic!!  The sax and her voice are hypnotic, and all the parts dance and move like liquid.  I'm  sure there's something wrong with this, but I'll have to listen 20 or more times to figure out what it is.  You never cease to amaze me.  I hope you two produce more music like this. 

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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/17 03:08:11 (permalink)
holy mackerel!  her voice is incredible!
 
nice work all around, Tim!  great performances on everything.  mix sounds really great.  nice stuff!

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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/17 16:06:54 (permalink)
eph221- Thanks man. There's the little break with the shaker, but yeah I hear what you're saying. I never considered a consolidation in there.
 
Jesse- I'll look at that. Probably is some conflict in there. I reduced the keys volume some. Sreyashi is great! Thanks for listening and for commenting here. I'll take it to heart.
 
Lynn- Thanks for commenting. I am taken a back! Thank you!!
 
Beagle- Thank you for commenting!. She is a talented girl. Would you believe her voice is recorded on her phone? That's all she has. 
 
I ran this by Sreyashi and she wants to sing a few places over again. Mainly because it isn't lining up with the drums exactly. She has a good ear for timing too. The project has been printed and I'm kinda past the point of working deep in the rhythm.I used drum replacement in Sonar to bring the drums down some.I did some minor audio stretch to line a few tracks up with the main rhythm which is different for sure.

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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/17 18:10:09 (permalink)
Very nice.  Given the unusual drums, rhythm and phrasing the vocals to this, timing is crucial in this number and you seem to have done a great job in putting it all together.
 
Very nice indeed!
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/18 17:11:58 (permalink)
This a cool and complex piece, I think you did a good job Tim. 

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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/18 23:28:27 (permalink)
Love most of what you are doing here on this song .
This song collab certainly shows a tremendous amount of creative potential I hope you 2 keep at it ..
 
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/19 00:23:46 (permalink)
I was going to first comment, her vocals could use some eq added up top - but if she recorded it on a phone, that might be be problematic. Pretty good for a phone mic!
 
Your mixing is really nice here, especially the added vocal candy, and the reverb on the synth sax licks. Overall balance is ok - you might experiment with a master bus eq beefing up below 150hz? You don't want to add mud, though.
 
I admit though, while the mixing is solid, the parts themselves don't often really stay in the groove for long. There's always something complicated with the bass, the piano comes in unpredictably - it's a bit herky-jerky and I wanted it to groove more. There were plenty of measures where I couldn't tell really where the "1" was.
 
If you are going for a fragmented feel like that, then nevermind. Otherwise I'd crack that snare on 2 and 4 the whole time and run that sucker into the stanky ditch I hear for it.  :)
 
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/19 10:07:39 (permalink)
I like her voice Tim, and you've done nice work providing an interesting, creative musical backdrop for it. I'll throw my hat in with Tom on the drums though, they're a bit too off-kilter for me, but I get what you were going for.

 
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/20 07:32:45 (permalink)
You know I like this one Tim. Very nice
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Re: Together- Collaboration with Sreyashi 2017/08/24 19:12:38 (permalink)
Very cool song, Tim, and she does have a great voice - pitch, phrasing and tonality.  Feels authentic.
 
Mix-wise everything seems nicely clear though the low end does seem a little light.  But like Tom and James I think the highly syncopated drums aren't really doing the song justice. 
 

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