Our Planet - Remixed 4/7/14 (start, ending, and distortion addressed)

@ Tim and Tony-Thanks for your replies and compliments.  As for the abrupt ending, I have so many songs that fade out that I wanted to try something different.  I was caught off guard about the 8 bar beginning, though.  I'm open to ideas.  Perhaps some sound f/x leading into the beginning?  I still have some spare video clips.

I like that idea!  I could run that through the opening credits.

Thank you, John for your kind remarks.  As for the video, I googled free video clips and public domain stuff.  There's a company called Video Blocks that offered a week of free downloads, no strings attached, that provided most of my clips.  They offer a choice of mpeg or mov. clips, and I chose the mov. clips because they translate to HD better.  If you're willing to dig a little, there's a ton of stuff out there waiting to be used.

Thanks AT for the kind words.  I'm thinking about the beginning, but I'll wait before I leap.  Youtube is a little more convoluted than some sites, so when I make a change, I want it to be right.  Your idea is on my list.

You must have spent considerable time putting all of that together Lynn, it is really an amazing video and mix. I hope it gets more exposure.

Hi There, This is the type of song that I wish I would have wrote. Harrison, Sting, McCartney and Lennon would be proud of it. I like every thing about it. The long vocal notes seem a bit long for your style, that could just be me, and I'm on a lap top listening. The video works well with it, I just thought there should have been more of you and your guitar in the video!!!
 
Cheers,
Terry

Steve, I like both your ideas on the beginning and ending of this song.  Thanks for your input and kind words.
 
Tim, thank you for your time and compliment.  I'm glad you enjoyed it.  The song took about 3 weeks to write and record, but the video took about a weekend to compile.  There's a lot of great and free clips out there.
 
Rikkie, I did intend to make this version a bit louder than the original, but I'm sorry you heard distortion.  Of course, the guitar's meant to be distorted but not the mix.  I don't hear it on my end, but if others hear it, I can back off the limiter in a heartbeat.
 
Hi Terry, are you in Colorado?  I really appreciate your extraordinary compliment, being mentioned in the same breath as those names.  Yeah, some of the vocal notes are long, but I wanted to prove that I can do more than quarter notes.  I couldn't show more of myself in the video because, basically, I'm all torso these days, and I didn't want to scare anyone away.  
 
 

Very nice mix Lynn! I think I remember the original, and this one pops really well.
 
Regards,
Dan

I like the song and remember commenting before.
 
Can you post it as an wav file? Maybe it's Youtube but it sounds distorted to me.
 
I love the theme of the pieces. Sad really when you think about Malaysian flight 370. They keep finding junk in the ocean but not plane. How are they supposed to find a plane in an ocean full of junk? To bad it did not crash in the middle of the Pacific. It probably would have floated on top of all that plastic, the size of Texas, in the water.

Hi, Robert.  Thanks for listening again and your welcome input.  I'm sorry you are getting distortion on your end, but Rikkie said the same thing, so you're not alone.  I can put up an MP3 file on Soundclick, but I've not yet posted a 16/44.1 wave file anywhere.  Do you have any suggestions?  Gobbler?  BTW, is the distortion there at low volume?
 
Freddy, this is what I was hoping for when I remixed this song.  I've changed my mix technique, and this is the result.
The bongos come from EZ Drummer's Latin Percussion.  They were there the first time around, but barely discernable.  I read the new IPCC report, too, and my next project is to figure out how to make powdered water-just add air.

Lynn
Hi, Robert.  Thanks for listening again and your welcome input.  I'm sorry you are getting distortion on your end, but Rikkie said the same thing, so you're not alone.  I can put up an MP3 file on Soundclick, but I've not yet posted a 16/44.1 wave file anywhere.  Do you have any suggestions?  Gobbler?  BTW, is the distortion there at low volume?
 
Freddy, this is what I was hoping for when I remixed this song.  I've changed my mix technique, and this is the result.
The bongos come from EZ Drummer's Latin Percussion.  They were there the first time around, but barely discernable.  I read the new IPCC report, too, and my next project is to figure out how to make powdered water-just add air.

Yeah, I heard the distortion as well, but when I turned down the Flash plugin in Firefox, it helped a lot. Not sure it is your mix Lynn.
 
Also, whatever you've changed in your mixing...keep it up!
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Hi Lynn,I tried hd on YouTube and the distortion is still there on the vocal. Could be youtube's conversion. Or my ears ; )
 
Rik

Glenn, thanks for your time and comments.  This new song of yours would make a good video because there's already a story there waiting to happen.
 
Dan, thanks again for your input.  The ARC 2 system really helped to take my room out of the mixes.  I don't use Firefox anymore, but it would probably be a good idea to check my mixed on it from time to time.
 
Thank you so much Scotty for you comments.  I love the new song that you and your friend did, and I'm glad that you're feeling better.
 
Rikkie, I'm still sorry your hearing the distortion, but you've narrowed it down to the vocal.  Maybe it's simply my voice;)
 
Daryl, the percussion was there before, but somewhat buried in the mix.  The ARC 2 allowed me to hear it as it should be heard.  Btw, I just love "Sway".  You two really have it going.  Keep it up!

I said this the first time I heard this track but it's got to be said again, I keep hearing Peter Gabriel in the Vox, Great Production Lynn! -Shawn (I hear no distortion...using chrome...)