Recorded Superstition..

OzZie

OzZie

OzZie

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For my next project, my group has to record a song and mix and master it in three weeks.

Me and the three others decided on Superstition by the great Stevie, and decided to make it dirty. We're all into rock so it is beefed up a little ;)

This was my mix that i made quickly tonight.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F5P45IGA

Please tell me what you think as three weeks is actually only around 10 hours of studio time, and i value other opinions greatly when it comes down to how the listener percieves the sound.

Many thanks. :)
 
You asked for it.

You have not beefed it up, in fact you've weakened it.
I suggest you listen to the original, Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I've done a version somewhere with heavy guitars.
The singer sounds as though he isn't bothered and its bland.
The only time he tries to get any balls in it he goes out of tune.

HOWEVER, you have captured the song very well although its in dire need of a decent mix.
The music is bob on, you've kept the original drum beat, the brass sounds accurate and I can't really fault it but it definitely isn't dirty.
To do that you'll have to heavy the drum sound up, use heavy guitar sounds and perhaps have a bass line that follows the main riff AND definitely a singer who can put a bit of balls into it.
 
sounds like you auditioning for a pub kareokee. sorry theres no feeling , funk depth to it.need to find a niche for your self.voice aint bad though matey maybe its just rehearsing more and bit more experience.oh by the way thats a very hard song to sing.hope you do well from a fellow nottswellian.
 
Couple of things I've picked out:

The first thing that hit me in the face was that the vocals sound like they've been recorded in a cathedral. Good rule of thumb I got taught was to put some reverb on, then reduce the wet/dry level until you can't hear it anymore. Then add half a smidge, and it's right.

The kick drum sounds a little "doof", when it should be a proper "D!" Somehow, it needs tightening up, more punch in the sound, more....kick! Whether that can done with re-mastering, or whether it needs re-recording, I don't know.

Brass sounds pretty tight (I'm a brass player incidentally) but they're swinging their 8th notes on your recording. As far as I can remember, it was straight 8ths on the original. The swing feel on the brass makes it sound too "jazzy" I think, and detracts and counteracts the straight and heavy feel you've got going up till there. It needs to be straight(er), perhaps could get away with a biiiit of a shuffle, but nowhere near the amount of swing that's going on at the moment. It's a feel thing, hard to describe in words.

One specific point - at the end of the second verse, just after the little chord turn around, the brass hit their 4 straight notes, the trumpet player hits an awesome little upwards lip bend at the end of the slightly longer last note (awesome!) and then there was a bit of a lame little bish bosh down the low toms on the drums, which killed it.....(boo!) There needs to a be a big fill there!
 
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