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Topic subjectCouple of ideas:
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37850, Couple of ideas:
Posted by Soon, Sat Jul-05-08 09:45 PM
Cut out at least one if not two instruments EVERYWHERE. Not the same ones, of course, but like, let the electric piano and guitar chill while the acoustic piano and the synths duke it out, or let the synths relax while you riff on the e. piano.

You've got every instrument going at full steam the whole time, and everyone's playing improv-style licks. Overkill! Scale it back. I'd say let those dual synths breathe the most; they kind of run into each other as it is (try adjusting the timbre on one to give them more individuality, and the way you have it panned should take care of the rest). Really, those kinds of synths seem to work best if they kick in, do some damage, and drop out, and just coming back every once in a while for effect.


Like, there's great ideas and the overall groove is hip, but it's all getting buried in the sheer mass of the parts playing simultaneously.