Song Structure
I believe I have kept to Justin's standard Remix structure. I have extended a song beyond the 10 minute marker as seen with all his remixes. I have also Had a simple sound evolve over time.
Over All Sound
I think the guitars sound like warped metal and like an ebow effect. Justin tends to use an ebow an sustain effect on his guitars, this can be seen on "Pelican - Angel Tears (JK Broadrick Version)". The vocals of the song were lowered so not to be in the foreground but the voice sample to appear in front of the music. This is another typical Justin style, ask can been seen on "Godflesh - Streetcleaner".
Improvements
The improvements I could have done if I had another week to spend on the project would be as follows.
I would have added some reverberant strings and male choirs into the mix, as this is a very famous thing that Justin uses in his own songs as well as his remixes.
I believe I could have also put some programed drums in the songs, nothing fancy but a simple beat throughout the song, this can be seen on "Jesu - Farewell"
The Finished Remix
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/be-free-you-can-never
Side Note
Justin along with many of his Label mates at Hydrahead like to put self indulgent or second meanings into songs. These are some of the things woven into my final remix.
The track is 11:11
This is because if A=1, B=2, C=3 then Euler would be 5, 21, 12, 5, 18. Added together this equals 61,this can be converted into 1:01. Thus 11:11 being a multiple of 1:01. The idea was then to have a significant event to happen on certain parts of the song that these numbers fall on. This would have been 0:55, 4:46, 6:58, 7:53, 11:11.
Another thing is when I listened to the track saying about being free and you can do what you want, it reminded me of the sample at the start of "Godflesh - Streetcleaner". So I twisted the meaning by having Police radio messages talking about unsuspecting people, this implying nobody is free and we are always being watched.
Finally, the last words in the song are 10-98. The 10 code used by this division use 10-98 to mean "Assignment Done".
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Final Remix V5
I have added some more percussion into the song now, shifted a few bits of audio round, added some different effects, and re-leveled all tracks.
I have added the odd cymbal in the track now and again
A few pieces have been moved in the song to blend better or to stand out a bit more.
The bass and guitars have changed tone quite a bit, this is due to using different plugins and different EQ's.
Then after all these changes the track had to be re-level and panned.
This is now the final product: http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/be-free-you-can-never
I have added the odd cymbal in the track now and again
A few pieces have been moved in the song to blend better or to stand out a bit more.
The bass and guitars have changed tone quite a bit, this is due to using different plugins and different EQ's.
Then after all these changes the track had to be re-level and panned.
This is now the final product: http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/be-free-you-can-never
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Remix V2 Mix 4
Nothing new added so far. This is just a new mix with tweeked EQ and Pan.
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/remix-v2-mix-4
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/remix-v2-mix-4
Friday, 11 March 2011
Remix V2
I have found this website that is perfect for my Remix. As I was looking to use samples like on the song "Streetcleaner", this website combines ambient background music with a live broadcast of police radio frequencies from certain American states.
I have also tweaked the levels, effects and composition of the previous version.
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/remix-v2
I have also tweaked the levels, effects and composition of the previous version.
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/remix-v2
Songs for inspiration.
I am going to adopt the vocal sample style of Henry Lee Lucas from this song and incorporate it into my mix.
"Godflesh - Streetcleaner"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naj0hmlDM6s
I am also going to draw inspiration from these three remixes.
"Isis - Hym" (Remix split in two because it is over 13 minutes long)
(Original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQWv60AmVW8
(Remix Pt.1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zurK0YDmb4A
(Remix Pt.2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9YIr9jtes
"Pelican - Angel Tears"
(Original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8a-PvtV4o0
(Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfBgPWzlP8
"Explotions in the Sky - The Death and Birth of Day"
(Original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnTCwg7-UKg
(Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72py-TNrhg
"Godflesh - Streetcleaner"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naj0hmlDM6s
I am also going to draw inspiration from these three remixes.
"Isis - Hym" (Remix split in two because it is over 13 minutes long)
(Original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQWv60AmVW8
(Remix Pt.1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zurK0YDmb4A
(Remix Pt.2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9YIr9jtes
"Pelican - Angel Tears"
(Original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8a-PvtV4o0
(Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfBgPWzlP8
"Explotions in the Sky - The Death and Birth of Day"
(Original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnTCwg7-UKg
(Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72py-TNrhg
Chosen Producer
I have decided to go with Justin K Broadrick.
Producer, Re-mixer, Musician general all rounder.
He has been in the music industry since the early 80's. He has been in bands such as Godflesh, Jesu, Napalm Death and more. He as also remixed many artists including Isis, Pelican, Pantera, Knut and more.
This means that he has dealt with many different genres of music. I am particularly looking at his days in Godflesh, and the remixes done for Isis, Pelican and Explosions in the sky.
Justin's Mark on the Industry
Just was part of the NWOBHM when he was in such bands as Godflesh starting in 1988, he is considered one of the big metal bands to come out of Birmingham, like Black Sabbath Judas Priest and Napalm Death.
Justin became the main artist on Earache Records for a long time, through this he met many other independent labels in America.
This can be seen with one of his more recent bands Jesu. Jesu are on Hydrahead records owned by Aaron Turner. Justin has done remixes for Aarons band Isis, among other label mates such as Pelican, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Knut
He has done remixes for other bands is the same genre such as Pantera and Explosions in the sky. All of these being bands very well know in there genre.
Justin has furthered his relationship with Aaron Turner and Hydrahead records with his most recent band called Graymachine.
More proof to show how well renowned Justin really is, both Faith No More and Danzig have asked him to join their groups, both bands been giants in the metal scene. However Justin turned down both offer to carry on work with his own projects.
Justin tends to not care about chart success or and success at all. Its more about the music and if he enjoys it he hopes others will too.
I will now post the songs that I will draw my remix ideas from in the next few posts.
Producer, Re-mixer, Musician general all rounder.
He has been in the music industry since the early 80's. He has been in bands such as Godflesh, Jesu, Napalm Death and more. He as also remixed many artists including Isis, Pelican, Pantera, Knut and more.
This means that he has dealt with many different genres of music. I am particularly looking at his days in Godflesh, and the remixes done for Isis, Pelican and Explosions in the sky.
Justin's Mark on the Industry
Just was part of the NWOBHM when he was in such bands as Godflesh starting in 1988, he is considered one of the big metal bands to come out of Birmingham, like Black Sabbath Judas Priest and Napalm Death.
Justin became the main artist on Earache Records for a long time, through this he met many other independent labels in America.
This can be seen with one of his more recent bands Jesu. Jesu are on Hydrahead records owned by Aaron Turner. Justin has done remixes for Aarons band Isis, among other label mates such as Pelican, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Knut
He has done remixes for other bands is the same genre such as Pantera and Explosions in the sky. All of these being bands very well know in there genre.
Justin has furthered his relationship with Aaron Turner and Hydrahead records with his most recent band called Graymachine.
More proof to show how well renowned Justin really is, both Faith No More and Danzig have asked him to join their groups, both bands been giants in the metal scene. However Justin turned down both offer to carry on work with his own projects.
Justin tends to not care about chart success or and success at all. Its more about the music and if he enjoys it he hopes others will too.
I will now post the songs that I will draw my remix ideas from in the next few posts.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Preview, Basis V1
Here is the Basis of my remix. This is before I have chosen my final producer.
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/remix-v1-unfinished
http://soundcloud.com/jamesbarber/remix-v1-unfinished
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Prelude
Before I explain my chosen Producer I listened to all 4 tracks that have been given to us. Seeing what ideas came to mind I went for the "Euler - Be Free" track as it was the track with the most going on in it dynamically and sound wise.
My Idea was to create a Brian Eno/J K Broadrick/Isis styled track. Depending on how my songs basic structure turns out I will choose my final producer.
So far I have mixed and sent all tracks to appropriate stems. After this I bounced the tracks as .WAV ending in the suffix Pre PS.
I then used a program called Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch. After rendering at different Stretches and Window sizes, I was happy with the sounds of x8 Stretch and 7.324K Window Size.
I then Rendered my stems again in 24bit .WAV with the suffix POST PS.
I then imported them into logic and start creating my basic song structure.
My original basic song structure ended up being 34 minutes. After realising this is too long and only satisfying my self indulgence I managed to cut it down to 11:11. However I still have managed to get some self indulgent ideas in there that I will reveal later. The length is now perfect as all 3 of my semi-final producers create tracks normally longer than standard radio tracks. These songs range from 9-15 minutes.
My Idea was to create a Brian Eno/J K Broadrick/Isis styled track. Depending on how my songs basic structure turns out I will choose my final producer.
So far I have mixed and sent all tracks to appropriate stems. After this I bounced the tracks as .WAV ending in the suffix Pre PS.
I then used a program called Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch. After rendering at different Stretches and Window sizes, I was happy with the sounds of x8 Stretch and 7.324K Window Size.
I then Rendered my stems again in 24bit .WAV with the suffix POST PS.
I then imported them into logic and start creating my basic song structure.
My original basic song structure ended up being 34 minutes. After realising this is too long and only satisfying my self indulgence I managed to cut it down to 11:11. However I still have managed to get some self indulgent ideas in there that I will reveal later. The length is now perfect as all 3 of my semi-final producers create tracks normally longer than standard radio tracks. These songs range from 9-15 minutes.
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