Reference Track Suggestion? Working on a rock ballad track with full-orchestra ... help!
Hey there. You guys have been great to me in the past re some feedback and comments, so thanks in advance for this one.
Who here can give me their idea of the 'perfect mix/mastering job' on a song that features a full orchestra (including tympani drums, orchestral percussion cymbals, horns, strings section, etc.) AND a rock component (stereo distorted guitars, stereo arping guitars, acoustics, EZdrummer kit, tambs etc.) and the MAIN instrument being a piano and lead vocal?
The closest ones I can get to are:
Don't Wanna Miss A Thing and You Raise Me Up (but no rockin' component there, though ...)
Want to make sure I mix this 'I have bitten off more than I can chew' work as best as I'm able.
And hey, if there's anyone who thinks that they would like to try their hand at mixing such a freak-monster, they are MORE THAN WELCOME to ask me for the raw tracks and I will let you go to town on it.
As this piece is religious, it is niche, but that being said, we have already got airplay on a song we wrote and which is not unlike this new project and it continues to get airplay, as evidenced from our regular (but very 'wee') royalty deposit-cheques! (Very hard to believe this is still going on after 7 years!) So it will most likely get into the same hands as before and get airtime. Mixing or mastering credits could be yours! Whoo-hoo, huh?
My ears have gotten so attuned to this one mix and my sporadic health issues don't always allow for regular time at the studio helm, so if anyone is seriously interested, let me know. And let me hear of any mixing experience (with examples) that would make you feel you could maybe take this on 'pro-bono'.
Thanks in advance for at worst, any good thoughts re a song that would be a better or equivalent mix reference to 'Don't Wanna Miss A Thing'.
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