What are your "Go To" reference tracks?

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:23 am

It's been on my mind alot lately that I just don't take advantage of reference material often enough. My mixes are suffering for it too. So I've decided to stockpile a couple of representative tracks across several styles that should serve as fool-proof comparision and ref. mixes when working on projects. Most often I'll be working within the electronic genre but more often I'm writing things with a more classic rock tilt. Here are a few that I'm going to add to the list. Everybody chime in with your recommendations!!

-Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters
-Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebeziet - Secret Rhythms
-Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent
-Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory (whole album)
-Stevie Wonder - Superwoman
-Lansing Dreiden - Advancing Flags

I need more...

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:17 pm

Newer chevelle tracks are nicely done..
Killswitch Engage...
Incubus...

Mostly rock stuff, I like to go to dream theater sometimes too...

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:59 am

Dark Side of the Moon(Floyd)
The Wall(Floyd)
Amused to Death(Waters)
Nice (Rollins)
Paranoid(Sabbat)

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:32 am

The Beatles (Sgt Pepper), Duncan Sheik (white Limo...), Prince(purple rain), U2 (Joshua Tree), Talking Heads(Remain in light), Pink Floyd (Dark side...), Tom Petty (Full moon fever), Nirvana(Insesticide), Kansas, Yes (Fragile), classic rock sound is dead now?, Janes Addiction (Ritual...), Chili Peppers (blood sugar), oh man do I have to stop, NIN (The Downward Spiral)

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:25 am

I have an Alan Parsons collection - nice use of minimal reverb/ambience(you already mention S.Dan). Shawn Colvin (Larry Klien?) has knocked me out recently - fantastic sound stage depth.

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:27 pm

AJA.. the cut or for that matter pretty much the whole thing... dave grusin has an album of some of his movie soundtracks thats real cool for added instrumentation.... any really well recorded real piano.... and if you want to hear a lady with a set of pipes try diane schurr the album is "timeless" it's classic jazz vocals the project started out as a salute to some old arrangers (billy may for instance) and they brought her in to do the vocals and was Soooo hot they made it her first solo....

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:26 pm

Sheryl Crow- self titled....Yes- Close to the Edge....ELO- Eldorado....The Beatles- Abbey Road....Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here.... Joan Osborne-Relish....Audio Slave-self titled....Dire Straits-Making Movies......Eagles-Hotel California.....AC/DC-Back In Black.....John Hiatt-Anthology.....John Anderson- Country Till I Die.....Steve Earle-Exit 0...Dave Mathews- Under The Table and Dreaming......Derek And The Dominos- Layla.... Genesis-Selling England By The Pound...........

This is by no means a complete list.

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:18 am

Shine on you crazy Diamond Thumbs Up

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