"melange de la chauve-souris"

 
 
https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/melange-de-la-chauve-souris
 
 
re-mixing this one,
any suggestions are appreciated.

eph221
What's the deal with bats?  Isn't that what drug dealers and pimps use to bash in the heads of the people they don't like?  Or do you mean the flying kind?  Either way it's a gorgeous production.

"Bat's Brew", is a song about my favorite hot sauce.
 
it's got nothing to do with bats, per se, it is the name of the sauce, made in transylvania louisiana, home of another famous hot sauce....
 

 
the picture on the bottle,
tells the entire story complete.

i'm sorry, whadidyasay?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

gonzo - unbelieveable - this has got to be one of your best - I know if I'll be able to get that melody out o my head - just fantastic.

Just brilliant. That main riff up to about 1:20 gives me goosebumps! Can't hear anything that needs remixing here, sounds fantastic to me.

Great job bat. Killer song, playing and production. 
Vocals are sooooo good. Love the lead.
Drums were played really spot on. 
I wish they had a slight touch of room sound. Guitars have some ambience but the drums sound dry. No biggy.
This is a good one - one of my favorites from you.
 
 
 

Rimshot
Great job bat. Killer song, playing and production. 
Vocals are sooooo good. Love the lead.
Drums were played really spot on. 
I wish they had a slight touch of room sound. Guitars have some ambience but the drums sound dry. No biggy.
This is a good one - one of my favorites from you.

 
thanks rimshot, for listening and commenting.
when i remix these, i'll be focusing on a much more aggressive drum sound,
based on mix decisions.......
and maybe some effects.
 
the guitars were recorded in a big room..
with a lot of room bleed on them.
 
 
the drums were done in a really tight quiet studio room,
and have very little ambience, other than tight room sound, on them.
 
i'll play around with the overheads, and see if i can add some ambience to them

stevec
Nice...    Loved the main riff/groove - cool and slinky, and maybe just a little sleazy.         Actually reminded me a little of Vai. 
 
Guitars are kickin' as always, and the bass and drums fill the middle nicely.     About the only nit I could pick is maybe just a little more width on those vocal harmonies.    You know, to balance those wide and chunky guitars.

 
thanks for listening, stevec....
 
and yes, SLEAZY was exactly what i was going for!!

 
vocals:
i gotta check out the original mix on those harmonies...
ususally, i do spread them just a bit...
trying to keep them around center, with everything else floating to the left and right of that...
but, the drums sometimes dicatates how far out i can go with the vocal mix...
 
i really dig a lot of early rundgren mixes,
as well as the stuff Bill Cooper used to do with 3 dog night...
and they would have vocals panned all the way left or right (a lot of LCR mixing back then, but i still find that ANYWHERE you can pan in the stereo field, is a valid spot)
 
 

Leizer
Great production! I love the dry background guitar sound together with the solo guitar - tasty. I hear some Jon Anderson (Yes) and I think it is because of the harmonies more than the high pitch. Lovely!

THANKS LEIZER,
i get the jon anderson thing, i do....
he was never an influence for singing,
but i was always a fan