Spider-Man

[TripleM]

I did this one about 6-7 years ago or so. I listened to it recently and I thought that version sounded really bad. So I re-did it from the ground up.

Anyway, it's supposed to be a song that plays over the opening credits of a Spider-Man movie. Sometimes I like doing "project songs" like that. Let me know what you think.

Mix 1

SM1.mp3

Mix 2 - a couple of fader rides

SM2.mp3

Mix #3

SM3.mp3

[rayc]

When you dig in at the beginning of the 1st sung line your voice is a little buried by the guitars.
That happened in the 1st half of a few lines...may be your technique or the arrangement.
The rhythm section does really well.
The almost Ticket to Ride riff is cool too.
Cool, fun song.

[vomitHatSteve]

Wait... is it Ticket to Ride or Day Tripper?

Was that lyric "Spidey has a bounty worth its weight in cash"... so that would be 6 to 600 dollars?

The mix is pretty good. Maybe the 2&4 snare hits could cut through a little more (but not the fills, if you boost the fills, it would be overwhelming)

[TripleM]

Was that lyric "Spidey has a bounty worth its weight in cash"... so that would be 6 to 600 dollars?

<DrEvilVoice>Can I get some friggin' poetic license here?</DrEvilVoice>

[vomitHatSteve]

Was that lyric "Spidey has a bounty worth its weight in cash"... so that would be 6 to 600 dollars?

<DrEvilVoice>Can I get some friggin' poetic license here?</DrEvilVoice>

I blame the government for not offering denominations greater than $100!

I could very much picture that being a visual gag in a Mel Brooks film tho.

[TripleM]

New mix at the top. Just some fader rides. I boosted a couple off spots where the vocal was getting covered. I also thought the chorus was a little crowded, so I lowered the rhythm guitars to give the other stuff some room.

Mostly this is just bait to get some other people to comment.

[Armistice]

I think I remember you doing it originally back over at HR - did you post it? Or maybe I'm misremembering. It seems familiar.

Sounds good to me and nice work on the harmonies in particular.

And the place does seem a little slow at the moment. I think everyone's up to their ears with stuff.

[rayc]

Mostly this is just bait to get some other people to comment.

The bait tweaks are good though.
Things are slow but have been slower - I went eight months without a view or comment on a video I posted in the vid section...I broke the drought by commenting on myself.

Summer there & winter here seem to be down times. Perhaps we should hibernate the place until the change seasons. Mind you Armistice & I now live in a two season zone so that would be odd.

[TripleM]

Thanks again @rayc, @vomitHatSteve, and @Armistice.

Armistice - I can't remember myself where I posted it before. I only remember that I definitely did. So your vague memory is about as good as my vague memory.

[stratmonkee]

Very cool, yeah definitely hear the Day Tripper riff , great lyrics. DIg that guitar solo! Agree with VHS about the snare hits, would sound cool for it to really crack in there. I know I always say this, but, I love your vocals!

[JD01]

The drums on this sound quiet small to me, could do with the hi-hat being a bit louder to give it more of a groove.

Your harmonies and doubling is really good but they're really building up a bit, not sure where, but you could probably do with a scooping some stuff out of the backings so they don't become overwhelming.

[TripleM]

@stratmonkee and @JD01 thanks and good observations.

Mix #3 is at the top. Changes:

1. I lowered everything but the snare and hats by a db. I raised the hats. I brightened up the snare with a boost in the mid 4Ks.
2. On both the lead and harmony vocals I went back to some earlier EQ decisions I made. There are some bigger EQ cuts around 300hz on both of them.

[JD01]

OK, this is better - seems like the hi-hat drops in an out though - might just be that its getting really quiet in places and then jumps out when the hi-hat opens.

One thing I've noticed now is that the bass seems really "un-defined" There's one bit where you're just chugging away on one note that I noticed where the bass just sounds like a continual hum - I think this is contributing to the whole bottom end of the mix sounding really cloudy if you know what I mean. Have a listen to it all the way through and just try to concentrate on your bassline and you'll hear what I mean - there's places where there's no note separation at all.

Similarly, listen to it just concentrating on the hi-hat - it occasionally sounds like the drummer doesn't have a left arm.

[TripleM]

Thank you @JD01.

I dropped the hat's out in spots because I didn't want it to sound like the drummer had three arms. Let me check to make sure I did that right.

The bass issue is a tougher one. I'm just hitting the low open E in those sections you're talking. It's tough to get a level sound, smooth playing, and have well defined notes at the same time. I could try to do some fader rides to boost those sections - it might help a bit. The other alternative is to do the same thing, only an octave up - it's easier to control the playing that way. Not sure if I want to retrack it tho.

But I'm glad I cleared up the snare and vocals. Thanks again.