BDJ wrote:
You're hard to please..... but I take comfort in the observation that I seem to have got the timing right this time
MP3J wrote:
Yeah, i like BDJ's idea too...but myself...i can't use a pella that sounds so "extracted".
A perfect example is at the end of the current WTF mix....uncredited in the tracklist. The instr and pella sounded fantastic......but not for long...the pella deteriorates, so i just faded it quickly, and i await a better version to finish it. I just added the track at the end as a teaser, because it could be a great track...so frustrating.
TJT to the rescue!
I thought this was pretty terrific of a mix myself! Great combination, great timing, I liked it a lot.
But I do also know what MP3J means as well, the pella is a bit muted. If we had the actual vocal, this mix would have been perfect! I tried to make a Mother pella too, but it didn't sound so hot. That is why I went the other route of adding guitar, but the "guitar pella" has those artifacts as well. [When posting on a whim, I in hindsight should have done my original idea of Michelle, why I didn't I am not sure]. I was under the assumption that there was a full pella of this from the DVD as I remember MP3J using Mother in a WTF before, and liked it a lot. So, my bad on that one. In fact, if you read most of the reviews of my latest mixes from MP3J, it is in fact those artifact sounds he dislikes in most of my mixes. I am not sure how to get around that, except to not use the ideas. So, I guess I realize the imperfections and go ahead anyways, no problem. I don't discount what MP3J says in any way. In fact, yes, his criticisms have helped me immensely. I keep improving little by little. Doesn't mean I quite get it right (pitching, extracting), but that is ok. You all get your money's worth (free!) There are some other songs in here on the forum I am not so fond of either, I don't mean to be critical either, but feel obligated to at least comment. Often, for me, the one criticism of MP3J's stuff is that I don't like the things mashed together, i.e., I don't like the song he is mashing to. No problem, just a matter of taste. And the same with a few other things in here as well. Just not my taste, doesn't mean "bad".
So, anyways, I think your mix was good.
Too bad I picked a song that didn't interest some of our other regulars in here. I guess it was a learning experience.
Txs, no worries, I'm cool with the reviews. Timing is off in some places, does not bother me as much as others. I just didn't have the patience to cut up the vocal track and shift the pieces back and forwards. Those skilled in the art, will notice that I basically play Mother against the backing track without much cutting up.
Reading MP3J's later remark, I confess I do tend to rush my remixes out. Because I want to start on the next one! Will try to go for 99% instead of 90% quality, and appreciate your help in getting (and staying....) there !
