Song Draft August 2019

[rayc]

New Mix with double tracked guitars etc in OP.

[vomitHatSteve]

Latest mix is sounding pretty balanced.

I certainly don't miss the stand-in vox!

[rayc]

Thanks VHS.
There's a slightly augmented mix in the O.P.
Classical guitar at the front end and some mandolinness over the end.

[JD01]

Ray - I'm listening to the latest version of this and I generally think it sounds pretty good. I like the intro too.
One weird thing - the snare sounds like its miles away from the rest of the kit, do you have loads more verb on it?

[rayc]

Ray - I'm listening to the latest version of this and I generally think it sounds pretty good. I like the intro too.
One weird thing - the snare sounds like its miles away from the rest of the kit, do you have loads more verb on it?

Hello James,
Thanks.
The snare is part of the BIAB stereo file so hasn't been treated differently.
I'll have a look at the project in the morning and suss out if I've tweaked the stereo file & it's reacting to reverb or something else.

[WhiskeyJack]

ray, giving it a listen and i i got hit with a memory of hearing parts of this arrangement in another black metal song. I will try to find it and send it along your way. Purely out of interest sake. I can't remember if it was Satyricon or Ulver but i will find it. Just a very tiny bit of riffing you do.

As for the mix i quite like the latest one. I kind of pick up what JD is saying about your snare but i feel that it cuts through, and i can hear it and it plays with the rest of the kit quite nicely. It works for the mix. I don't know that it would work for another song where you'd need a more present in your face thing but for this jam it works. It sounds distant but it is cutting through and translating.

Am i crazy why am i not hearing any vocals?

[WhiskeyJack]

[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/B0l4B_QiZD0?t=280[/BBvideo]

[mention]rayc[/mention] If that doesn't start at 4:40-4:45ish skip ahead to that time frame and just give it a few seconds. These guys are freaking legends in the black metal world, and it seems you were both blessed by the riffing gods for a catchy atmospheric hook.

I couldn't help but not hear it man. Sorry. I hadn't listened to that song since probably the late 90's !!!! And that little tiny 3 second riff you played just hit my memory banks like a ton of bricks and took me back to smoke filled basement apartments bitching about high school teachers and talking big dreams of being full time muscians. The human brain is a funny funny thing.

I sense that [mention]vomitHatSteve[/mention] has a small black metal love affair and might also find this interesting.

[rayc]

[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/B0l4B_QiZD0?t=280[/BBvideo]

@rayc If that doesn't start at 4:40-4:45ish skip ahead to that time frame and just give it a few seconds. These guys are freaking legends in the black metal world, and it seems you were both blessed by the riffing gods for a catchy atmospheric hook.

I couldn't help but not hear it man. Sorry.The human brain is a funny funny thing.

That was something of an interlude. Yep, I hear similarities in several ways - luckily I make a change they don't or visa versa so I may noy have to retro actively sue them & myself in the same process. I'm glad I didn't use the Mel9 Flutes in mine too.
I'll have to download that album and actually, wilfully mine it now.
Ta.

[rayc]

Ray - I'm listening to the latest version of this and I generally think it sounds pretty good. I like the intro too.
One weird thing - the snare sounds like its miles away from the rest of the kit, do you have loads more verb on it?

@[mention]JD01[/mention] ,I checked the project and with/without reverb or EQ the snare pokes it's head WAY up in the original file.

[vomitHatSteve]

[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/B0l4B_QiZD0?t=280[/BBvideo]

@rayc If that doesn't start at 4:40-4:45ish skip ahead to that time frame and just give it a few seconds. These guys are freaking legends in the black metal world, and it seems you were both blessed by the riffing gods for a catchy atmospheric hook.

I couldn't help but not hear it man. Sorry. I hadn't listened to that song since probably the late 90's !!!! And that little tiny 3 second riff you played just hit my memory banks like a ton of bricks and took me back to smoke filled basement apartments bitching about high school teachers and talking big dreams of being full time muscians. The human brain is a funny funny thing.

I sense that @vomitHatSteve has a small black metal love affair and might also find this interesting.

Hah! We need more accidental black metal covers on this board!

[rayc]

Latest mix peaking at about -8.5
[mention]Greg_L[/mention], how is the rhythm section in relation to the guitars et al?

[rayc]

New Mix in OP - need opinions on bottom end and a the ongoing search for a singer.

[vomitHatSteve]

I could probably take a stab at it if you want.

The latest mix is very vocal forward. They could probably come down substantially.

[rayc]

[mention]vomitHatSteve[/mention] ,
I sent you a link via the message section.