Please critique "This Time Is Different"

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2002 4:05 pm

I am interested in opinions of the song itself and the mix. I am specifically interested in -

1. Should I lose the bridge bit - (Up to the heavens and into the sky......)
2. The lo-fi beginning and end. Too short? Too long?

Thanks!

Q.

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Track: <a href='http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album?aid=1746&alid=193#6752'>This Time Is Different</a>
Artist: <a href='http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/?aid=1746'>Lunatic Delusion</a>
<em>5.0MB - 5:27</em>
Available in hi-fi or lo-fi streaming and NoWhere Radio members can download.
<a href='http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album?aid=1746&alid=193#6752'>The track is available here</a>

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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2002 7:42 pm

Q,
I listened to the track and I thought it sounded pretty good. One thing I noticed in the "hi-end" part was that the vocal 'verb had a little too much high end for me. Usually I roll off all the high end of the reverb return. What 'verb are you using? You might be surprised how much lusher the reverb sounds when it is dulled a tad. Not the vocal itself, just the wet reverb. I liked how the bass was super low, it really came through on my monitors pretty well. I might change the arrangment a little, like bring the strings in and out, instead of having them in most of the song. They might have a lot more impact that way. I personally like really aggressive acoustic guitar parts. I really liked the fade to lo-fi part at the end it worked really well!

Overall, mostly just personal opinion and such, the mix was really good, I could hear everything. (although some more panning might be cool). Cool stuff!!

Ian

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