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cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
Since: Jan 28, 2003
Apr 21, 2012 12:26 am Wow wow wow at Jenny Hallam. I'm an instant fan! That song is pretty perfect. I'm kind of in awe, honestly.
Bobby is also talented, and it sounds good. Everything is super clean, but I can't help but feel the vocals are just a bit too upfront compared to the guitar, but it still sounds excellent. I think it's just a personal taste thing.
Awesome work overall. Of course, that's what I'm expecting out of you these days, ha ha.
Apr 21, 2012 12:44 am I agree with Bobby's vocals, too loud. But man he's talented! Two instruments in one :)
You definitely happened upon two great artists.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 21, 2012 01:31 am Yeah, gotta give a 3rd on the vocals upfrontness, at least listening in the cans anyway....but yeah, great sound overall. Wouldn't touch it cept for nudging the fader a little til they sound a little more balanced or even in level. I wouldn't verb it up or anything.
But yeah, you know what you're doing, so sometimes you just have to use your own judgement, and do what you feel is best for the sound. :) (not saying 2nd opinions don't hurt of course, haha)
My last two mics arrived today, so I'm all set to go with my own venture. I don't expect to get nearly as good and quiet/clean a sound from, but I'll be happy if I can get something good and useable that the talent is also happy with.
I think I'll have a lot to learn/experiment with on that front. :)
Apr 21, 2012 05:04 am Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm glad you're liking them. Here's another we did with Alastair James:
vimeo.com/39728938
Totally agree on Bobby's vocals, and thanks for bringing it to my attention. Its up now, so I'll hold off fixing it until the buzz has died :-).
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Awesome work overall. Of course, that's what I'm expecting out of you these days, ha ha. Haha! Thanks Coolo :-D
If you like the videos, we've set up a little facebook page here: www.facebook.com/OwnGrown
I'll be uploading a new video of a 2 Indie Rock band today. Really struggling with the mix, but deadline is today. Would be cool to get some feedback.
Apr 21, 2012 10:15 am We're all about feedback here!
What are you struggling with?
Apr 21, 2012 12:05 pm Hi hat bleed mostly. Its in EVERYTHING, so its made it very hard to balance.
vimeo.com/40769815 - Sounds god awful. I did a rough mix a few days ago that sounded much better, but had no backing vocals. I might just take mix the BV's into the rough mix and re-upload...
This is my first video edit btw! :-)
Apr 21, 2012 04:10 pm I don't know if you had a reference track where there was little hats but this mix sounds fine to me. Very wet with the slap-back on the vocals and the verb on the guitar. The hats sit perfectly in that space I think. You may be over-critiquing. Which I'm sure we're all guilty of at some point.
Everything is nice and clear. While there might not be a whole ton of dynamics in the drums as far as snare/kick there is a lot of separation frequency-wise. I can clearly always hear the snare and feel the kick. So I think you've got nothing to worry about.
Not sure if that's what you wanted to hear :P Sounds like good news to me tho.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 21, 2012 08:52 pm Yeah, sounds pretty good on my Tannoys in my shitty room as well. xD
BTW, wife wants to know when these guys will all be available on iTunes haha. :D
Apr 22, 2012 07:56 am Thanks guys! Maybe I'm just being a knob... I can hear the vocals hitting the bus compression pretty hard on a couple of lines. Might need to just tweak that. Also, that audio seems to be slightly out of sync...
J Bot, do you mean Buffalo Ink, or the other guys? - itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/buffalo-ink/id477598843 :-).
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 22, 2012 01:41 pm I'm guessing the other guys hehe. Bobby Good, Alastair James, Gareth Esson, and Jenny Hallam were the ones she liked quite a bit. She wasn't too huge on Buffalo Ink.
Apr 22, 2012 02:29 pm Cool man!
Jenny Hallam is here: itunes.apple.com/us/album/25-000-days/id500917615
She's a good friend of mine, and would really appreciate it :-). If you like, I can try and get you a signed copy! (though she's on holiday now, back in May).
I'm hoping to help Bobby with his E.P., and I think Alastair has something bubbling right now... :-).
Apr 22, 2012 02:31 pm Oh, and I'm engineering Gareth Esson's debut E.P.. All his songs are amazing. Hope to start pre-production next week.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 22, 2012 03:42 pm Hehe, she's not like "OMG need signed copiez!" but she wouldn't say no to one. I think she likes the male vocals more, so I think she'll be looking forward to their releases. :)
She listens to a lot of stuff on hr iPad, often at work when she's on the microscope, or doing more monotonous lab-related tasks, hehe. Sometimes she'll hit her dad's site and load up one of those old public domain radio programs.
(which, for the record is www.oldradioprograms.us) I also put together a "Station ID" for the site last year (also on my soundcloud for posterity heh). There are some seemingly-duplicate files of the programs, but they are actually different broadcasts which were all a little different back in those days.
Apr 23, 2012 06:40 am Hehe. Jenny's album is great! Where does the Wifey work?
This is another recording I did a few weeks ago... Fun song, great band. Definitely worth a listen!
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 23, 2012 09:03 am She's a postdoc neuroscience researcher up at the Univ. of Iowa. The research involves facial pain, and is related to migraine research. She's almost done with the postdoc term however, so it is likely we'll be moving next year. She's planning on looking for a research faculty position somewhere that has a neuroscience program. Don't know where yet though, and she hasn't started looking yet, really. It is likely we'll move back towards the southeast. (she dislikes the snow, haha.)
Sounds like you've got a pretty good number of clients moving through that studio. :) FWIW, I think you made the right decision staying on there.
Apr 29, 2012 06:25 pm Wow... Smart cookie. Best of luck to you guys finding a new place.
Cheers. I'm actually migrating slowly towards freelance work at the moment... The pay is better and the projects are more interesting :-).
Here's another video we just finished with an australian artist. WICKED guitarist vimeo.com/39728937
May 10, 2012 06:20 am Updated the video for Buffalo Ink - sounds much better now! Also colour corrected the footage in adobe premiere... What a program!
vimeo.com/40769815 Pass: buffalo
Let me know what you guys think!
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