Re: Juiced Jam 2016 — 10-years celebration!

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Hi Gert,

Comments greatly appreciated. Also noted, what you say about the structure -
obviously the way this music happened means that planning such a thing tends to
mess with the vibe (and the priorities of the musicians involved, who favour a
particular ethos). Looking forward to listening later!

t.

> On 22 February 2016 at 11:13 Gert van Santen <g.vansanten at upcmail.nl> wrote:
> 
> 
> Op 22-2-2016 om 10:00 schreef Tony Hardie-Bick:
> > Hey Gert,
> >
> > Thanks for listening so carefully. Can you give an example of good bits
> > (from your point of view) and bad bits?
> >
> > I reckon our perspectives may be very similar - ie, it's not something as
> > obvious as the noisy bits being less musical than the bits containing hints
> > of tonality...
> >
> > More to do with "flow" and the fact that this tends to be inconsistent in
> > freely improvised music of this kind.
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> I've played with the file in WaveLab, and it's next to impossible 
> to mention bits that I do or do not like.
> 
> What I can say, though, is, that I like most of the things that 
> are not too chaotic, where you can hear the individual 
> instruments, and, as you mention, where there is some sort of 
> flow. Also parts that seem more or less "melodic" are cool.
> 
> Furthermore, I think it would be good if there would be some sort 
> of build-up. Now there's a lot of build-ups and break-dwons, 
> which is wonderful too, but, you know, something where in the end 
> you go like, wow - heavy! ;-)
> 
> Since I was playing with my headphones on in WaveLab, I felt I 
> could do some enhancing. So I:
> 
> * added low (especially good on the stick),
> * added some air,
> * broadened the stereo field,
> * added a very small tad of reverb (big hall) for "glue" purposes,
> * added a little bit of compression and limiting, also for "glue 
> purposes"
> 
> I didn't do any "loudness wars" stuff, so the dynamics are kept.
> 
> I will send a download link to your e-mail address. Just let me 
> know if you like the result.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Gert
> 
> gert van santen
> www.gertvansanten.nl
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