PhonoBrainer

Love it. Love the vocals, so very clear! Good pickin', too! If it t'were my mix I'd want that washtub bass up. cheers, -Tom

Welcome to the forum, and nice tune! The tones you chose were potentially relaxing, but tis is not a piece to relax to. Something urgent is going on somewhere!!! think the greatest bang-for-the-buck improvement could be in the drums - they sound decent but the pattern is fairly static throughout the piece. More dynamic drum moments? a breakdown section? I dunno, personal taste on that one. again, welcome to the forum, looking forward to hearing more of your work! cheers, -Tom

I love mix issues!! But first, cool chord progression and the thing does have a vibe. I loved the outtro fade part! Maybe two questions? 1) what are you using for the bass - it sounds like a bass synth drone of some type? I can't pick out a bass guitar. The always-present bass note is sucking mix headroom away from the sparkly bits like guitars and those upper strings and the cymbals. 2) The drums are sounding over reverbed, like they are in the very back of a large room. You might try an experiment where you cut the room size of the reverb in half. And add some predelay. Any better? You will get some good advice 'round these parts! But you are starting with something worth polishing . . . cheers, -Tom

Way to work the heat pump into your DJ set!

Or, do!

If it's a big download, you can just unzip it.

A really interesting song, the title works great! Nice little twist there. I found myself focusing mix wise on the bass - I thought it was great when the bass had sustains going, but the every so often the bass note clips the sustain off (does that make sense?) and I think that breaks the groove a little bit. For me the groove is pretty strong with your song and everything else keeps the toes tappin' ! cheers, -Tom

Really like the mix, the vocals, and the fact that the video is a multi-cultural time-shifting smoothie! cheers, -Tom

Cool groove for sure, and the swampyness is cool! You are either fighting a little 60hz cycle buzz or using it as an effect, I can't tell? The drums could stand out a bit more in the mix, they are pretty far back there . . . you might make them a little louder when the vocals aren't present . . . nice one! cheers, -Tom

Mixes are like elbows. Stuff sticks out sometimes, other times it's tucked in. Cool tune, kinda noir-ish in a way. I'd say the guitar is fine - just lower the bass and the piano! When you get that crushed compression on the vocals, in spots it's a bit too cooked for my taste, but usually it works great - that's a great vocal performance by the way. c heers, -Tom

I don't know what I appreciated most - your "tools used" breakdown, the choice of this excellent song, your awesomely faithful-to-the-original mix, the freshness of your update . . .or the fact that it was 1982 for a brief moment in my studio . . . awesome on all of it! cheers, -Tom p.s. let me know when you get around to "Airhead" or "Budapest by Blimp" . . .

Same as it . . . ever . . . was.

Bob Moray and the Narwhalers.

Jefferson Starfish.

Flipperace.

Areefa Plankton.

Stingray Charles.

Marlin Gaye

Carlos Santuna.

Fleetwood Mackerel

Smelton John

Walrus of Voodoo

Nicklehumpback.

The Pat Metheny Grouper.

The Brian Setzer Orca