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Ryarni.. I couldn't wait for your next mix! Your mixes have been some of my absolute favorites for the last couple of months. No difference here - a great mix!
I've had this mix for almost a week now, listened to it in the car, at work when I can, etc... and for some reason, it just isn't grabbing me like your others. At least not yet. It could be me, I flip-flop in music tastes and passions.
The first track is absolutely amazing. I feel like I've heard it in a movie somewhere before - they just don't make music like that, and I can't say it enough - the first track is beautiful.
The problem is, the track is so gentle, so delicate, so relaxing, that I think it throws me off.
When I write this - keep in mind that I don't mix, produce, create, etc. music, so I don't know how hard it is to do what I suggest, or if it's even possible... but here's what I, as a listener, would have loved to hear:
If the first track would have faded to the next somehow at around 1:26, rather than at 4:05, I don't think I would have gotten as lost. At 4:05, I want the woman whose vocals are so beautiful in that mix to run her fingers through my hair - and put me to sleep.
That said... there's still a ton of great vocals left in that track. Is there a way for them (the vocals in the first track) to "echo" throughout the rest of the mix? For example, somewhere around the 24:30 and 47:50 marks, fade in her vocals again, just 5 or 10 seconds... and then maybe again for longer at the end of the mix? I'm not sure if there's a term for that, and I'm not sure if that sounds absurd. For me, it makes the mix a journey.
If you've ever listened to Disintegration by the Cure - there's a song "Prayers for Rain", followed by a song that opens with the sound of a thunderstorm just beginning to start. Or in Armin Van Buuren's "Boundaries of Imagination" CD, the children's voices in track 4, answer the woman's vocals from the first track...
Your mix overall is incredible as always. I love your style and track selection, and your commitment to music felt from the heart. Keep up the great work - and I'll be waiting for your next mix!
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Great idea.
