Dai Sharkey Project one 14.07.12

Dai Sharkey Project one 14.07.12

My thoughts…..I’ve just split the 12 songs recorded into 3 ep’s.

project one – all the acoustica

project two – all the madness

project me – all the rest

my thoughts listening to WAVs on headphones.

Project 1.

Anymore.

Slightly over compressed but what a powerful song. Nice one Rich.

I love you.

Track a bit quieter than the last. Vocals have great tenderness. Need to automate a volume drop on the high “love you” at the end of the 1^st chorus.

BVs could go up a notch. Beautiful. Harmonics need a clean one as well as an effected one.

My love is free.

Vocals could be a bit less harsh, rounder. Sounds live, sweet. Main riff could be louder. Maybe drop some of the percussive stuff in m8. Much, much better than the last mix.

Paradise.

A little over compressed, vox and all over. Sweet soundscape stuff, nice. Feels a bit linear. Needs more room. What a song, sounds great.

Project 2.

Insane planes.

Too much phasing on BVs. Too much compression on mix, space is squashed a bit. Nice bass. Think new BVs could drop in the mix a bit and maybe lose a few to stop repetition. Otherwise…mad song, great.

Rock paper scissors.

Cool start. Turn up mix on lead vox echo. Still feels a little over compressed. 2^nd chorus has much more space. Hows that? It’s lush.

Smack Daddy.

Wow, what a start. No need for first woosh. Lead vocals are over gated.  I still think the guitar should stay in the chorus mix. Nice space. Ducks…lmao.  Bass effect before 2^nd chorus and ending needs an octave above note too, to cut the mid range with the groove it creates. Loops at end only need 3 before the smack daddy bit. End horns need to cut more and carry on beyond the end. String loop needs to come in later and have a spoken word part put over it to fade. Amazing song. Where’s the backing vox?

Promise.

Bring main guitar in earlier and less reverb. Less reverb on strings and drop volume. Chorus needs a double time snare hit, it sounds like a ballad.

Dodgy cymbal hit before last chorus. Nice ending.

Project me.

Dogfish.

All changed now but I do like this mad mix. Suppose the fans will love a never released version when I’m dead.lol

He Said

The mix is dated 31.05. Not the latest one.

Honey

Raise guitar volume at intro, or is it a low mix volume?. Repeat bass pattern before 1^st chorus. Pull out lead vox on “down, down “ repeats.

Remove extra hisses after 2^nd chorus – “cross”

Sounds fantastic. Really pleased.

No More

Great start. Leave out some of the rim-shots on 1^st verse. Lead vox sound great. Wow, great mix. Raise vox in m8 and ending. Clean up riff guitar on outro. Move speaking part later in ending. Brilliant mix.