Ok mix detectives...
Yesterday I had to go to Brisbane, normally a 90 minute drive, to destroy furniture at my mother's house with a small sledgehammer and throw it into a skip. She's moved into aged care and we have to sell her house and destroying some of the 50 year old crappy furniture was necessary as we can't even give it away.
So the 90 minute drive took 3 hours because of a fatal accident on the highway south of where I'd got to at the time. I spent a good hour going less than 200m. So I took the opportunity to listen to all 12 tracks of my upcoming album on the car stereo and compare them with whatever I had for music on the car player that I thought would have a similar production "aesthetic" (for want of a better word). Because I wasn't moving anywhere, I made notes in a notebook for each song.
My mixes came off badly, especially when I upped the volume, always a good indication - and while there were specific this and that things on a per song basis, there were general trends.
And here I was thinking I was almost there.
So this afternoon I've gone back in and remixed/remastered what will be the first song on the album. There was some re-shaping of the drum samples as well. Lots of quite small changes to address the perceived problems. Below are two versions - what I had yesterday, and what I've remixed today. I won't say which is which at this point.
Anyone with keen ears who wants to suggest that A is better than B or vice versa and their reasoning for such a choice, I'm all ears. It would be a great help. No need to necessarily listen to the entire song - although it's under three minutes. Feel free to dive in and out as you wish.
Before I go start playing with any more I want to see what the brains trust - ie. you lot - thinks.
Thanks in advance.
