Five Infinities Dancing

Hi Ian, I like the tune.  There isn't such a thing as to much guitar . The first guitar solo is a bit low in volume and for my taste a little bit to distorted and compressed at that point in the tune. The solo at the end is perfect to my ears anyway. Piano sounds great and so is the playing. Hammond is nice too. I personally would lose the drums at the beginning and start them at about 30 seconds. As it is now I think that bass drum is a bit much at the start of the tune. Also the reverb on the drums makes them sound a bit "splatty", if that makes any sense. Good job.


Rik

Rik - Thanks.  The guitar is played thru an amp and is actually softened up a bit.  Blake probably thinks it still needs more reverb... we'll see.  I'll look at the drum reverb.  I'll also take a listen w/o the beginning drums.  Thanks.

Scott - Thanks, that's actually VERY good news!

Peace,

Ian

I feel the piano is too loud, the drums consequently too soft. Occasionally I hear a piano chord that is off timed. Definitely a cool song though, arrangement is relatively simple but works very well -Jeff

Nice tune. Excellent keyboard playing, though the piano should be more subdued when other instruments have the focus, especially the guitars. They were buried by the piano. I agree with jamesyoyo that those huge piano sounds sound great but can easily overpower other instruments. I would mix the parts with the guitar solos without the piano and then mix the piano in until supported the guitars without pushing them out of the way. Maybe even use a different piano when the guitars step out. I didn't care for either of the guitar tones. The first seemed like it was inhabiting a very narrow frequency range. Too much high mids maybe? The second seemed to lack low mids. Bright with a fat bottom but nothing in between. That's what I'm hearing on my cheap speakers, anyway. I like the song and the playing... don't get me wrong, but it seemed like a lot of different parts played in different rooms mixed together. I'm sure with a few tweaks this song could sound incredible.

enjoyed the tune...and nuff been said bout the piano volume so I'll let that alone...just wish I could hear all that goodness its hiding.. liked the ending!

Great feel.  Love the song.  Liking the drums too.  I tend to key in on that.

i didn't mind the guitar tone in the first solo. as james has said, some judicious automating of eq and volume will get the piano out of the way a little more when the guitar comes in. i dunno if the guitar is in mono in the centre, but you could always clone it a couple of times, pan hard right and left and mix low to get a bit more stereo spread/volume, as well as eqing hard on those versions, or adding a little stereo chorus on a buss...great tune which reminds me of something Billy Joel would do.

Hi Guys, (pogue, james, bret, janet, mgh and gr)
 
Thanks for all the kind words. I was planning on not replying and just letting this fall away, but I'm just really appreciative of all the generous comments.
 
Re. the piano and guitar levels and tones. This IS the version with the changes. If Blake insists, I'll drown his guitar in more reverb, but this is the version I like. Pretty much, everyone is wanting more guitar in the bridge and V3, but to me, it's more important to keep the melody on top, or at least not completely drowned.
 
Anyway, thanks much. I'm really hoping this tune has 'legs'.
 
Only time will tell.
 
Peace,
 
Ian

Sounds great, well balanced dynamics (Caleb),

Everything is vibrant solid, symphonic, orchestrated, with piano dominance ruling the day.  I wouldn't change a thing; JMO, IMHO.

10/10 for symphonics, harmony, piano dominance, melody
 
(Edit: This was studied on my Adams speakers without ARC enhancements)

Glad I listened. very nice melody and groove.

Comments.... yeah I think the drums should come in a bit further along. Around 25 seconds in.... Hold off on the organ until a bit further along..... adding it so early is like playing all your cards at once... hold back and build...add the organ around 1:42 to bring the energy of the song to a peak, then fade it out at 2:04 like you did..... adding again was nice.....   but don't let it be the last man standing at the end.... fade it to black before the end

The piano sounds great, but I agree with Jamesyoyo on the piano. A great solo piano is one thing but it becomes a bit harder when it's part of the group as opposed to being just the solo piano. 

The guitar was a bit low IMHO .... 

So...

If I was mixing it with that great sounding piano, and a guitar, I would use envelopes to let one shine, then let the other one shine, and as hard as it is to pull those great sounds down.... I would make the sacrifice so that the song would be the victor. 

When Janet was just another musician rather then the superstar she has become, and she used to collaborate with little ole me on music... I would do that very thing in our mixes....and I caught a boatload of crap over it too I might add,   from some of her fans..... but I was doing it so that the music was not cluttered with both piano and guitar at the same time.... 


Now, I use envelopes in everything I do and focus on what needs to be heard and what doesn't. 


hey... that's just me and how I do it.... Loved the song.  

Herb, what in the WORLD are you talking about?  You're the one that became a superstar I believe. 

I'd love to do a whole album with you, Herb, AND redo some of those old ones.  Can't imagine when in the world I'd fit it in though. :(  Maybe some day when I'm old(er) and retired. 

But yeah, you took some heat over those mixes, didn't you?  :)  I'd forgotten that.  Actually, I took some heat over my own mixes too, about that very thing.  No, was it the violins? Oh well, whatever...I'm still learning!