Dreamers

Reference

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Feedback

1. CHORDS COULD BE CHOPPED AT AND USED SPORADICALLY

2. COULD CREATE A MOTIF AND TAKE EXCERPTS AND INTRODUCE

3. THE INTRO IN THE OTHER VERSION, REVERSEY THING UNDERLYING, SECTION A, SECTION REVERSED, GOING INTO PRETTY, AND THEN FINISHING MELANCHOLY REVERB TAIL OUT

4. C SUITE PLUG IN IN SPECIAL PROCESSING, C SUITE CVOX, USUALLY THE FIRST PLUG IN IN THE TRAIN PROCESSING OFF VOLUME AT ZERO BOUNCE IT OUT AND BOUNCE IT BACK IN

What I have done:

• Put the reversed guitar underneath the main guitar for the entirety (or most of) the track and it sounds wicked! It's really glued the whole track together

• Added 8 bars of reversed guitar in the beginning which has also helped tie it all together, and cut out the ending. It feels a lot more cohesive

• Introduced a couple of notes / chords that usually come in at the end at an earlier section in the track to help tie it together

What I have yet to do:

• Used the C suite plug in on campus to eradicate background noise

• Adjust the guitar chops up in the third section so they aren't clipping

• Created a motif of the reversed guitar to introduce sooner, although I think since it's introduced in the well, intro and also sitting under the entire track, it works as is.

• This wasn't in my feedback as I wasn't really up to there yet, but it needs some love in the world of mixing and more importantly, sample selection (808 bass for example). Thinking to select something from the Mad Zach pack.

• Transitions

• Rhythmic variation

• An outro

Reflection

I did not leave much time or energy for this track and it definitely deserves it. I went pretty overboard with giving it time over the course of almost 2 weeks, going really hard and really struggling with it. It started off magical, then got more magical, then got stuck.
I couldn't decide which direction to take the track and it just wasn't flowing. I kept thinking I'd stumbled upon the magic moment and then I'd be unhappy with it shortly after. I was worried the track had too many sections and was a bit confusing and tiring to listen to but I just wasn't sure what to keep and lose, and in the end the feedback was my saving grace. It turned out to be a lot easier and less that I had to do than I thought and it really gave the track what it needed. I was pleasantly surprised with this feedback in the class as I had really been anticipating otherwise. It can be hard to know as we lose objectivity.

The best part about this track was the collaboration:

• Bengee helped me come up with the initial chord progression

• Ethan played beautiful guitar

• I plan to let Lewie add some cool or trippy effect to give it a dreamy feel in a different way