Better Horses
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Mixing ca be maddening, but some times it is mandatory.
Among bipeds with biases, Stolen Horses is one of my more popular tunes. Yet the mix has never quite been right. After laying down a new vocals track (that better reflected the aghast of the narrator) certain weaknesses of the mix because painfully obvious.
In this latest version, some minor tweaks have been made which made all the difference in the world.
First, I’ve quit being shy about panning instruments mid song. When the vocals need an unobstructed center, shifting guitars to the side makes perfect sense, and bringing them back to middle ground in solos works.
The accent electric sounded too mellow, so running it through a distortion stack gave the sounds more urgent and angry overtones, which match the theme of the song.
Finally, pumping up the volume on the drums gave it a bit more drive.
In MP3 format, there is too much mud, but that will be dealt with another night. In the mean time, these horse will run their course.
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