Reviews for "Mourning Dew (Ana Dolu Mix)"
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Mon, Jan 21, 2008 @ 5:37 PM
That guitar with the little backing atmosphere is a good way to get a song going. It’s just a slight bit treble-y for me, as the backing drone fades in, I’d like to hear it a bit deeper and with a bit more mix in the lower register.
It’s a pretty prelude, which makes the succeeding beats an interesting contrast. Then the beats kick in and things really get going. The delay on the vocals works well, so much so that a second “call and response” vocal might have been even more fun. This is a mix with a great deal of imagination and spirit. The varied and disparate parts which add together into the mix make for a nice song,although in the rapid parts there’s not that *pop* in the way the mix works that I’d expect for this material. I like the “don’t condemn me because I’m lonely” which starts around 3.10 because the delivery works better to “sell” me the idea of the song rather than the earlier, more “impasssioned” vocals. This is really creative, accessible, good stuff. I’d love to hear it roughed up a bit more in the mix, and made a bit more dynamic. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that this is a really solid listen. |
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some good stuff to chew on here. I know what you are saying about ‘pop’, I just couldn’t make it happen,and I am somewhat impatient about uploading, although I must say I consciously cut up the song in a way to avoid the Dessert Rose syndrome of Sting.
As for selling the lyrics, this is something I am rarely interested in doing (selling a song lyrically) and sad as it may be, these lyrics somewhat describe my December of 2007. I was hoping to invoke some of the tones of a prayer call, but wrapped inside something sexually desperate and impotent. The vocals were done in a double track, one with a very low cut eq and pounds of delay feedback, and the other a bit more straight. I appreciate your feedback because it is always balanced and helpful (or seems to be for other people). I was never a mixer until about 5 months ago so it has definitely been a process. KT |
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I think that the cutting up of the song is what really worked, and perhaps I want the song to be even more cut-up and unpredictable, with things panning about and EQ shifts to give it all a dynamic feel. The vocal double-tracking worked so well it might have been fun to do some similar things with the other backing, particularly the beats and the electronica atmospherics. I still like the idea of a second set of vocals to do a ‘response’ to get that quasi-religious longing thing you’re going for.
The lyrics themselves are good and direct, and there is a bit of near eastern religious song urgency in the delivery, but perhaps you need a few samples like an oud sample or something laced in to make the reference clearer. I don’t know—you’ve done a good job as it is, and I don’t mean to take away from it. You’ve really made a lot of strides here very quickly—it’ll be fun to see what you do next. |
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Mon, Jan 21, 2008 @ 9:27 PM
Thanks for including us in this great mix. I love the lyics and the plaintive delivery. I’ve always thought Turkish love songs are so sad…all desperately tragic…and you’ve somehow caught that feel wonderfully.
Just as an aside, Ian (who played the guitar on Velvet) is actually a Turkish Saz player. We’ve been trying to get him to record some riffs for awhile. Maybe this will inspire him to lay down some tracks. Great work! n9 |
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Mon, Jan 21, 2008 @ 9:43 AM
this is good! i love the lyrics. you arent just a great vocalist, you are very creative too.
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J.Lang
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Mon, Jan 21, 2008 @ 10:42 AM
Yeah This is pretty cool.
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demir
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Tue, Jan 22, 2008 @ 9:25 AM
Everything’s fine here.
Murat is Murat as always, Father of Anadolu Pop and Electric Levantine. Murat’s groovy material with your vocal makes a great work. Lyrics also fine and has this Anatolian flair. Great! |
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