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anonymous 14 September 2007

It's been on my mind a lot 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...

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DrGonz Wed, 09/19/2007 - 03:32

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)

dementedchord Thu, 09/20/2007 - 21:27

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....

Davedog Thu, 09/20/2007 - 22:26

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.

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