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Posted by tehlord on Jan-07-2010 23:40:

The Longest Road - remix - final

I think this is final. My ears are a bit shot tonight but this is as close as finished as i'll get this week

The Longest Road ft Dave Gerard by BluffMunkey

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http://soundcloud.com/bluffmunkey/t...-ft-dave-gerard

Posted by TranceLover007 on Jan-08-2010 00:37:

+1 from me man, really nice mix.
I like this solo guitar a spatially on the end (has more freedom - good musician). I use too play solo guitar so I can appreciate creativity and quality.
If any (and you know better - this is only IMO) I would like to get this basic/classic guitar more expose, sounded like is layered to deep but have really nice tone and keep this song interesting.

Well done my friend,

Cheers

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Jan-08-2010 01:01:

Not bad at all man, nicely done

Agreed: the guitar is a nice touch!

Suggestion: modulate the cut-off of the bass-line to give it some variety and help build tension in the song.

Posted by parafrNalia on Jan-08-2010 03:57:

The guitar makes it, really cool track.

Doesn't matter how many remixes I hear of this track, I still love it.

Posted by tehlord on Jan-08-2010 09:50:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceLover007
+1 from me man, really nice mix.
I like this solo guitar a spatially on the end (has more freedom - good musician). I use too play solo guitar so I can appreciate creativity and quality.
If any (and you know better - this is only IMO) I would like to get this basic/classic guitar more expose, sounded like is layered to deep but have really nice tone and keep this song interesting.

Well done my friend,

Cheers

I think you're right about the acoustic guitars tbh. I had the idea of a partially rhythmic, partially melodic guitar part from an old a-ha song from 1988 or something!!! I'll have to mess with the EQ a bit because I don't want it to be in your face, but I do want it more apparent than it already is.

Cheers Darek

quote:
Originally posted by TranceLover007
+1 from me man, really nice mix.
I like this solo guitar a spatially on the end (has more freedom - good musician). I use too play solo guitar so I can appreciate creativity and quality.
If any (and you know better - this is only IMO) I would like to get this basic/classic guitar more expose, sounded like is layered to deep but have really nice tone and keep this song interesting.

Well done my friend,

Cheers

Glad you like it, thanks

I have played around with the bassline a bit but it never sounded quite right. I always shoot myself in the foot by making busy mixes which then makes any level or character changes a domino effect of tweaking. But then I like a busy mix so feck it!

quote:
Originally posted by parafrNalia
The guitar makes it, really cool track.

Doesn't matter how many remixes I hear of this track, I still love it.

Cheers matey

Posted by parafrNalia on Jan-08-2010 18:28:

I just keep listening. Is there any possible way we can get an MP3? I hate to be THAT douchebag, but I gotta ask.

Posted by tehlord on Jan-08-2010 19:17:

quote:
Originally posted by parafrNalia
I just keep listening. Is there any possible way we can get an MP3? I hate to be THAT douchebag, but I gotta ask.

LOL

I've set the Soundcloud page to download for a while

Posted by MSZ on Jan-08-2010 19:24:

woah great work, way better than the last one you posted. the bass much improved, whole track improved. only thing i could pick out was that the acoustic guitar gets lost later on in the track.

Posted by tehlord on Jan-08-2010 19:26:

quote:
Originally posted by msz
woah great work, way better than the last one you posted. the bass much improved, whole track improved. only thing i could pick out was that the acoustic guitar gets lost later on in the track.

Oh yes I agree with the acoustics, you're not the only person to pick up on that.

There will most likely be ONE more so called 'final' version where it all works together.

Thanks for the kind words

Posted by TranceLover007 on Jan-08-2010 19:52:

It's never final till is final - I always make this exception lol.

I would love to listen this final/final version.

PS - IMO should be released.

Posted by tehlord on Jan-08-2010 20:07:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceLover007
It's never final till is final - I always make this exception lol.

I would love to listen this final/final version.

PS - IMO should be released.

Hehe im with you there.

Could never be released, it ain't my vocal sadly

Posted by TranceLover007 on Jan-08-2010 20:16:

quote:
Originally posted by tehlord
Hehe im with you there.

Could never be released, it ain't my vocal sadly

It is really nice tough.

Darek

Posted by sako487 on Jan-09-2010 05:06:

Alright, I personally think the kick just comes in a little too awkward especially with the snare. Dont know how to say this but theres a little bit of an empty space in the mix, the pad seems a little too high and airy, the bass is a little dry too. Add a sub, sidechain it. I love the guitar, keep it, very powerful!

Posted by tehlord on Jan-09-2010 10:15:

quote:
Originally posted by sako487
Alright, I personally think the kick just comes in a little too awkward especially with the snare. Dont know how to say this but theres a little bit of an empty space in the mix, the pad seems a little too high and airy, the bass is a little dry too. Add a sub, sidechain it. I love the guitar, keep it, very powerful!

I think you may be right about the drums, the intro was probbly rushed a bit as my ears were going off a bit when I was finishing the track off, i've decided to do another mixdown so i'll try and blend the intro a bit better.

I have played around with the bassline a bit but there's an awful lot going on in the mix and I decided to leave a bit of room in there, which is quite unusual for me

The pads, well I just love thm that way

Thanks for the comments

Posted by cryophonik on Jan-09-2010 19:58:

Wow - this sounds great! I think you've got just the right balance of instruments in there now - it leaves lots of room for the vox to shine, effects to come through, etc. And, yeah, the guitar is definitely a nice touch! Nice work, Geoff!

Posted by tehlord on Jan-09-2010 20:22:

Can't ask for much more than a 'wow'

Cheers Dave

Posted by goodtime on Jan-11-2010 10:46:

very well!!!. So did you do everything but the vocals?

Posted by tehlord on Jan-11-2010 11:18:

quote:
Originally posted by goodtime
very well!!!. So did you do everything but the vocals?

Yes, apart from asking a pal of mine to play the guitars too. The track was started from the ground up with just a vocal acappella to work with.

Posted by Owsey on Jan-11-2010 20:13:

I already gave you feedback on this, but here's a bump for what it's worth. Really well balanced track, I can easily see a lot of people liking it!

Posted by tehlord on Jan-11-2010 20:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Owsey2008
I already gave you feedback on this, but here's a bump for what it's worth. Really well balanced track, I can easily see a lot of people liking it!

Muchos appreciados fella