Hi Folks.

Well i have really only 1 thing to say having read this thread, try listening to the track as a whole, listen to the lyrics, try to feel the essence of the song, why its been recorded as it has, ok it may have a touch too much reverb but i too prefer the original, the remix is to Phil Spector'ish
for terry's music, the song has been sacrificed, improve the vocals destroy the backing and the whole feel of the song, thats my very humble opinion.

Don48

Don
Thanks for the input and my very thoughts. It has changed the cut to a much more commercialish renditon loosing the original essence of the piece.
Terry

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While I still would like to hear Terry's voice a little cleaner in the mix, I too didn't care for the rearranged version as much as the original. I liked the instrument placement in the original better, and it lost some of it's "feel" when it was remixed. I don;t think Roel did a bad job at all, but rather I think he moved the tune away from what Terry was trying to accomplish with it.

I had thought about asking you to give me a shot at it as well, Terry, ( remixing it ) but then I also considered that from here, I'm not certain of what you're looking for in your song and in the mix, and perhaps I would not have made it any better than it was, and quite possibly a lot worse. I much prefer to have the artist here with me in the studio, at the very least in the beginning, when I work on his / her tune, so that we can exchanges ideas and feedback instantly when I'm working on the initial mix.

By the way, I like the tune enough that it kinda got stuck in my head, you know, the way a tune can do that sometimes and it keeps playing over and over in your mind.

AJ

AJ
Thanks for the positive feedback.....I needed it. I believe the tune does need the reverb cut back some and the congas too. Otherwise I think the tune needs to stay pretty much as is, to maintain the original integrity and feel of the tune.

I agree that Roel's mix was a good mix, just a totally (to me anyway) different song when it was done.

For the moment anyway, I have abandoned the vocal cd in progress and have gone back to my instrumental work deciding to work on a latin cd instead.
thanks,
Terry

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