Wide Awake And Dreaming - Julibee/Karyn

Great JOB! Sounds fantastic on my system! I love your voice Julibee! The whispers at the beginning were distorted and I didn't understand the words but that may be me. Was that Karyn speaking at the end? I liked the balance and contrast of the percussion too! 

Shhh!  Don't give away my secrets!!!! 


I was just going to let our dear Bill flounder around for a minute.... ;)

Hey! Great stuff! Well done! Only listened to it on my Apple earbuds which probably doesn't do the song justice but it sounded like a great mix none the less. Nice song, nice vocals, cool arrangements.


Cheers!!

A nice change compared to the country music I listen to a lot lately. Well done.

Nicely done Jules and Karyn. Effects are great. My only crit is I find the vox and drums slight prevalent with respect to the the music. I would try to bring the synths a bit more forward and have them compliment the vocal texture. Otherwise a great result.

Simply Beautiful Jules.

The song is very pretty too.

Very pleasant, cool voice and excellent mix.


Though I do feel the Cowbell was a little subdued.


Thanks to you both for sharing your talents

An interesting observation James, thanks.

I was working from a stereo drum track were I basically had the choice of replace everything or go with what I was given. I chose to work with the track.
The kick has been low end boosted, and I used transient shaper to lengthen the 'ring' a little.  But I deliberately avoided a thundering, sub-shattering thump in favour of something more akin to early '80s synth style.
The snare sound is deliberately thin and 'metalic' for the same reason.

With the overall balance I was trying to get a juxtaposition between the washy pads of the backing and the punch of the drum track,  matching the tone of the lyrics. A line between real world and dream world with two distinct styles mixed into the same song.  Whether it worked or not is open to debate, but the "loud" drums were intended to balance against the main vocal, and in that context I don't feel they're over loud.

I know I broke a few rules in the mix, but that's what rules are for aren't they?

Thanks for the comments and critique.

Terrific!  A fine job by both of you.  This made my day.

Stereo drums... Should I have bounced that as mono? I didn't think to.

No no no,  I meant as opposed to having each instrument as a seperate track,  or using the midi file you gave me to completly replace the drum sounds with my own...
 
The Drum track was fine Jules,  honest.

Well I'm not sure what you didn't like about your original mix, but it is good! But I like Karen's too!!

Really like the atmosphere you create on this, and love your vocals! Nice job!!

"kids these days... with their hula-hoops, and surfboards..."

this sounds hip & modern to me... but then, how would I know... 
 
I do know that I like it a lot... I love your cool voice... I really like the lyrics too... I'm not crazy aboyt all the millions of kick-drum hits... but I'm old and stubborn...
I think this is an excellent production... although I'd like to hear a more defined bass part... but again, what do I know about modern pop... this really is very good... well done ladies...

In the beggining it reminded alot of an "OPUS III - Mindfruit" song. The main vocals were to loud over the music for me, I wanted to hear the music wrapped around the vocals a little more but that may be the cheap little speaker I was listening to...it's the end of the song now and I'm still wide awake and listening...nice job!

This sounds familiar. Did you post a video of this a while back?

it sounds great in my headphones, great mix, lighting fires in my headphones...