Really nice job Essesq! I’m hoping very much that you have more time to do some additional remixes here…and elsewhere for that matter! Keep it up!

In 1984, when I was a young lawyer just out of professional school, the Dallas music scene and the Austin music scene spontaneously generated dozens of bands and myriads of audiences for their work.

We gathered in clubs like Tango, where huge statues of musical frogs graced the rooftops (those frogs now are located atop a truck stop town called Carl’s Corner which I believe Mr. Willie Nelson has purchased with bio-diesel intentions), and where I saw the Dream Syndicate perform live one of the very best concerts that I have ever seen.

When I wanted to see a new band I might love, I would go to an unassuming bar called Theatre Gallery in the jazz-historical Deep Ellum region, which had become a place of what had only begun to be called “alternative music” and which we might instead call by more specific genre names, like “post-punk”, “Americana”, “new music”, or even “synthpop”.

I love the way the years blend impossible things into the mix, as in my mind I’m wearing a hand-painted Victoria Henshaw shirt I got years later to the show, and
every band could do synth work like this without a Fairlight, which I do not now believe could be done in 1984.

I particularly liked that our local scene, rather than merely scenes in NY or London, generated lots of bands which “got their hands around” the tremendous evolution in sound which the passing of the punk phase would bring.

My friends and I loved bands that could combine synths, rock stylings, and a sense of non-trite irony to the post-rock era. I still love songs that can do that.

In 1985, I would have loved to go to Theatre Gallery to hear this played, and would not have complained about the thick haze of clove cigarettes I’d have to endure to hear it.

I love the synths here, and the way you’ve gotten a full production sound without it feeling too overdone. I’m never much of a pitch-matching remixer in my own right, so I think it’s very impressive what you’ve assembled, despite your creditable self-effacement.

This is well-done, and it’s going to be downloaded and enjoyed by many.

very cool - a remix in the original sense of the word; love your alternative sound textures, and the stuff you’ve done around the bridge. Really gives it a different feeling.

Both of my thumbs way

Nice n’ hooky… I’m not going to get all quibbly with the technical stuff, because it’s minor, and the overall sound works very well- plus it’s a definitely thought-out, full-fledged remix!

Well as someone who really prefers to take a vocal and add to it I must say you have done a really nice job on this. At first I thought the percussion hits a little too overpowering but as the mix progressed I came to see this as a great idea. It really makes the mix special.

You’ve come a long way girl so make sure you keep the mixes coming.

Well done!!

This is a great feel for remixing this piece. I particularly like the way the equalization and effects bring the mix ‘closer’ at points but bring it back, making me feel that I’m going to be able to ‘grab’ the piece, then it simply folds away… Like looking in a mirror, it’s only an image. Very Nice:)

Hey essesq! Could you please add a “real” avatar or just a pick of a landscape on your profile?
I have overseen you and your new opus between all the coloured and artful pics of different members.
This remix is surprising, not only because you have used the first time drums and a conventionell song structure. I like the more “agressive” sound you have used for it. Nice flange/phase fx on the core sound. Always good to try new recipes and even if you spent a lot of time for producing it, it is fully worth it!

My respect, Madame!

The first remix of yours with beats!!!
Keep them coming Essesq!
Respect from all the way my friend!

I was suprised as soon as the first note hit!. I know theres lots of discussion on what a remix is but to me this is a true remix, hats off to you for just using samples to create something new. I know I joined up well after you first post over at the “other place” but its been a pleasure to hear and see you get just better and better.

I heard this mix the day it was uploaded and waited a while to see what would be said.

The reason being is a lot of people commenting here know your mixing history and where you began from.

In many ways its like when you comment on a young child’s drawing. It is the achievement of just making the marks on the paper not always the artistic quality that you are enthusing over. The praise leads to confidence and so to more drawings.

There comes a time though that ability and age or practice no longer count. Say when the child shows elements of perspective and scale , the judgement moves onto a more critical aspect of the work rather than just support and an encouraging pat on the back.

You are at that point with this mix. It does not sound like a beginner. It has form , thought and musical progression and is a seriously good mix.

For me you sound like you are not climbing the novice ladder any longer but you are on the bottom of another more challenging climb.

You have come of age and from now on Ess the steps are steeper.

I wonder if you really know how high you are on that musical ladder Jay is talking about. You have got a deep feeling for music, you have got taste, you have got style, you have got passion and now you took the extra time to learn the last things how to create wonderful music with your own two ears and hands. I think ‘How to handle’ was the last brick, from now on the sky is the limit. No surprise for me, I knew it would happen and I was very sure on this. And I was waiting for this one for some time and I’m very happy that I accidently found it over here just in time.

There is only one thing I wish for now: Please open the cellar-door and free your kids!! ;-) OK, and another wish: Keep on running!!

I am simply seconding all thats been said to you! Its a great joy to make music and creative discoveries. Keep up your explorations!

welcome to the world of remixing! For a first time, this is really really good. That bass riff is killer for starters and the use of effects (particularly the flange) is very expertly overlayed and not easy to manipulate the way you did. You also seem to have mastered some audio mixing complexities. Its clear you put a lot of thought and effort into this and I think its fabulous!!

MAN! That f*ckin’ groove is ssssssssooooooooo WICKED! I must’ve played it 6 times before I got to this review! Anyway, as you can tell, i’m loving this! It’s got this new wave-vibe but it’s got the single most important thing that all songs should have: it’s got a feel, a vibe, a groove. I’m waiting for the 14 minute remix! Excellent!!!!