Dirty Little Democracy

[Gert van Santen]

Matt Picone schreef:
> http://www.mysticworks.com/tunes/Matt_Picone_-_Dirty_Little_Democracy.mp3
> 
> New tune. Had the idea but it was cemented and properly motivated by a 
> recent bar talk... I can hear the mastering EQ curve isn't right, but I 
> can't sort it out without harbal or better ears. Anyone?
> 
> Sonar 8, Superior Drummer 2.0, 8 instances of Guitar Rig 3, Waves SSL
> 
> Lyrics below.
> 
> DIRTY LITTLE DEMOCRACY

Hey, M@,

Great track, great lyrics, great vocals, great production!

Please note: I checked this on an old hifi system (with big 
speakers, though :-)

I think the frequency spectra of the separate instruments are a 
bit too full, so they bite each other. There's a bit too much 
hi-mid and high frequencies going on in the guitars and drums 
(bells of the rides), which hurt the ears a bit, drown the vocals 
and make the sound less "warm".
I tried EQ and multiband compression on 1.5 kHz and higher, and I 
was able to make the vocals stand out better and get rid of the 
"ear pain", but then the whole thing also got muffled a bit.

I would suggest working on separate tracks of guitars and rides, 
make a frequency "gap" for the vocals and EQ/compress the guitars 
and drums/rides above 1.5 kHz.

I also suggest you make a video clip with images from the 
American government and cars (sleep at the wheel - nice 
comparison), put the thing on Youtube and enjoy - but do it quick 
before it's too late :-)

Wish you had an album out, man... :-)
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:-)

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