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https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/pensados-place-mixing-competition-adrian-daniel-havoc/submissions/91e4cadc-a08f-11e7-8946-0e23ec8b8f61
Nothing added nothing taken away, just mixing. I was looking for a warmer natural sound with better dynamics (something if felt the original was lacking). Hope you like it!? 😀
Mixing and Mastering by Doctrus…
https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/pensados-place-mixing-competition-jesus-on-the-mainline-always-with-me/submissions/f7189d7a-b751-11e6-96b3-0ef6abf8e455
Great song to mix. Wanted to warm things up a little, use a little more of the stereo-field, and keep that chorus under control.
Sadly Indaba is no longer with us, so am not able to share this remix competition output. To quote Indaba: ‘The Indaba Music community is made of 1.2 million music producers – from emerging artists to Grammy Award winners. We are committed to giving musicians the tools, resources, and opportunties they need to create music in the 21st cenutry.’
Hear the excellent original from LIRA:
LIRA – Be About It
Music Video by Lira performing “Be About It from the “Born Free” album. Check it out on… iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/born-free/id1091610965 Amazon: http://amzn.to/1oS0Z39 OTAREL MUSIC
This was a great collaboration with Cherry3Blossom, and there is quite a few elements we each contributed, however, I particularly liked the tweaks on the chorus vocals that Cherry3Blossom did, really helps create an almost Celtic feel!
https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/pensados-place-mixing-competition-regret-the-hour-distance/submissions/80538e12-1a2f-11e6-822a-0e96eb01b4a7
Had a go at the Pensado’s Place competition on Indaba Music. This is a very tricky mix, that need a fair amount of work on getting the percussion and guitars balanced through the stereo field. I thought I would go for a warm and live sound with this mix. Enjoy 
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https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/puremix-mixing-competition/submissions/bc1d9234-fe79-11e5-ae60-0e8b89ba5cff
Really enjoyed working on this mix, for the Puremix.net competition on Indaba Music with Fab Dupont judging, quite challenging in places. I went for an overall warm feel, a touch of edginess on the guitars to keep it moving, and also kept a fair amount of the dynamics.
I completed the Golden Ears challenge successfully… Not easy to complete, but a great way to learn and or test your listening skills. There is actually quite a noticeable difference between low and high quality MP3s…Â More tricky was the tests requiring higher frequency listening, most people do not have hearing up to full 16KHz, very much age dependent.
UPDATE: Sadly this fantastic audio test is no longer available…
This is what it looked like before they pulled it down (all the way to the gold at the end):
PHILIPS Golden Ears Level Test
Uploaded by goals515 on 2014-02-17.
https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/telefunken-multitrack-sessions-live-mixing-contest-11-jessica-childress-slow-down/submissions/1754c70a-3160-11e4-83be-22000b3584c3
Great vocals from Jessica Childress, enjoyed mixing this foot tapping track. I wanted to give it a little more edge without loosing the warmth in the vocals for both backing and lead.