Re: A jingle I recorded for a client.
Hey Kevin, that's really sweet. I love the two leed synths in the background and the jazzy bridge. Nice singer too. Bravo. JPR http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel - Original Message - From: Kevin Reeves To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 9:25 AM Subject: A jingle I recorded for a client. Hey folks. Just got through with this jingle I wrote for a client. I was going for that late 70's early 80's Smooth Jazz feel. Besides the fact that the mastering bus is a tad over compressed, let me know what you guys think. Be aware that my strengths are in writing, arranging, lead and backing vocals, keys, drum programming, sound shaping and design. I'm not a mix or mastering engineer. I hate mixing. If I had a Preset called Late 70's bob James, I'd use it. If I had a budget for hiring a mix engineer, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Needless to say, I am extremely proud of the arrangement and performances. All was recorded and mixed in Pro Tools 9. All sounds except for the drums were stock. Some of them are less than desirable, but for now, they'll have to do. The drums I used was the free Drumcore kits. Anyway, looking forward to hearing your thoughts. http://www.kevinreeves.net/WeTalk.mp3 Enjoy. Kevin=
RE: A jingle I recorded for a client.
Good job, Kevin. Ignoring the mix part which you said to do, the rest is very well done. I'd love to play with the mix part of that one. LOL I'm not in the same league, or even close to that league yet, as Slau is but would like to be some day. I figured out long ago that an musician, in terms of writing and composing, I'm not. But, I really love the tech part of the task. J. R. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Reeves Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:25 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: A jingle I recorded for a client. Hey folks. Just got through with this jingle I wrote for a client. I was going for that late 70's early 80's Smooth Jazz feel. Besides the fact that the mastering bus is a tad over compressed, let me know what you guys think. Be aware that my strengths are in writing, arranging, lead and backing vocals, keys, drum programming, sound shaping and design. I'm not a mix or mastering engineer. I hate mixing. If I had a Preset called Late 70's bob James, I'd use it. If I had a budget for hiring a mix engineer, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Needless to say, I am extremely proud of the arrangement and performances. All was recorded and mixed in Pro Tools 9. All sounds except for the drums were stock. Some of them are less than desirable, but for now, they'll have to do. The drums I used was the free Drumcore kits. Anyway, looking forward to hearing your thoughts. http://www.kevinreeves.net/WeTalk.mp3 Enjoy. Kevin
Re: A jingle I recorded for a client.
Excellent job Kevin! Pull that mono synth track down in the mix a tad so it doesn't stomp your very nice vocal tracks and I think you'll have a hit jingle! That's my amateur 2 cense worth. Cheers, Earle On May 9, 2011, at 2:25 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. Just got through with this jingle I wrote for a client. I was going for that late 70's early 80's Smooth Jazz feel. Besides the fact that the mastering bus is a tad over compressed, let me know what you guys think. Be aware that my strengths are in writing, arranging, lead and backing vocals, keys, drum programming, sound shaping and design. I'm not a mix or mastering engineer. I hate mixing. If I had a Preset called Late 70's bob James, I'd use it. If I had a budget for hiring a mix engineer, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Needless to say, I am extremely proud of the arrangement and performances. All was recorded and mixed in Pro Tools 9. All sounds except for the drums were stock. Some of them are less than desirable, but for now, they'll have to do. The drums I used was the free Drumcore kits. Anyway, looking forward to hearing your thoughts. http://www.kevinreeves.net/WeTalk.mp3 Enjoy. Kevin
Re: A jingle I recorded for a client.
Hi Justin, i had exactly the same idea esspecialy because the info was hard to understand but Kevin the arrangement was just a little over the top but this is a question of taste anyway it was a good job and if your client is sattisfied with it that's all that counts. maybe it helps to expand the background vocals and to mix them in the orchestra. but its a good example of the poweer of protools. grts. Peter. - Original Message - From: Justin Thornton drummer060...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 5:25 PM Subject: Re: A jingle I recorded for a client. hi I love the whole mix accept that the vocals both lead and backup need to be raised about 2 notches mor so thanks On May 9, 2011, at 3:25 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. Just got through with this jingle I wrote for a client. I was going for that late 70's early 80's Smooth Jazz feel. Besides the fact that the mastering bus is a tad over compressed, let me know what you guys think. Be aware that my strengths are in writing, arranging, lead and backing vocals, keys, drum programming, sound shaping and design. I'm not a mix or mastering engineer. I hate mixing. If I had a Preset called Late 70's bob James, I'd use it. If I had a budget for hiring a mix engineer, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Needless to say, I am extremely proud of the arrangement and performances. All was recorded and mixed in Pro Tools 9. All sounds except for the drums were stock. Some of them are less than desirable, but for now, they'll have to do. The drums I used was the free Drumcore kits. Anyway, looking forward to hearing your thoughts. http://www.kevinreeves.net/WeTalk.mp3 Enjoy. Kevin
