The final track for my 5 track demo for erased tapes, lets just hope they like it.
a lot more stings used on this track than any of the others.
See if you can pick  out the various background textures that I recorded from around my house.

53 Weeks & 3 Days

Tom Collingburn - Timing

The title decribes the mood change in the middle.

Tom Collingburn - Melting Ice

I've spent the last few weeks pulling together unfinished pieces and completing them to make a 60 minute album.
While I'm still finalising a few things and deciding the finished order here's a 30 minute sample for you to enjoy.

Unmastered Album Sampler

This is my entry to the #LEWITTMusicChallenge Featuring Avec.
Details can be found here https://www.lewitt-audio.com/mix#mixing-contest-submit - I DID NOT WRITE OR PERFORM THIS SONG - IT IS A MIXDOWN COMPETITION ENTRANCE
I have just entered for fun really because I have only really mixed down ambient and classical music in the last few years so I just wanted to stretch my legs a bit and try something with vocals so I don't forget the techniques.
I made some changes to the arrangement, mainly removing guitar from some sections to give more dramatic & dynamic changes to the overall arrangement. I also decided to remove all of the drums as I just felt this song already shines enough with the fantastic vocal supported with some guitar & piano.
For those interested in some of the technical work, I triple tracked the vocal to give me a heavily compressed copy and a distorted distorted copy so I could mix those 2 very subtly back into the main vocal just to deepen and widen its position in the mix.
I double tracked the main guitar to give a second "amped" version of it to mix in and out in certain bits where i wanted more drive.
Also in one of the breaks I put in an effected version of the adlib guitar parts to accompany the lead vocal and piano, to give a ballad'y feel to that section.
I've mixed this to roughly -6db, so please consider it an unmastered studio mix down.
I'm happy to field any questions about certain techniques or any constructive criticisms anyone might have. Thanks

LEWITT MUSIC CHALLENGE FEATURING AVEC - TOM COLLINGBURN MIXDOWN

This is my entry to the #LEWITTMusicChallenge Featuring Avec.
Details can be found here www.lewitt-audio.com/mix#mixing-contest-submit - I DID NOT WRITE OR PERFORM THIS SONG - IT IS A MIXDOWN COMPETITION ENTRANCE
I have just entered for fun really because I have only really mixed down ambient and classical music in the last few years so I just wanted to stretch my legs a bit and try something with vocals so I don't forget the techniques.
I made some changes to the arrangement, mainly removing guitar from some sections to give more dramatic & dynamic changes to the overall arrangement. I also decided to remove all of the drums as I just felt this song already shines enough with the fantastic vocal supported with some guitar & piano.
For those interested in some of the technical work, I triple tracked the vocal to give me a heavily compressed copy and a distorted distorted copy so I could mix those 2 very subtly back into the main vocal just to deepen and widen its position in the mix.
I double tracked the main guitar to give a second "amped" version of it to mix in and out in certain bits where i wanted more drive.
Also in one of the breaks I put in an effected version of the adlib guitar parts to accompany the lead vocal and piano, to give a ballad'y feel to that section.
While this mix is not mastered I am running the master output around -3db just so i doesn't sound too quiet when people switch to this suddenly from listening to mastered music.
I'm happy to field any questions about certain techniques or any constructive criticisms anyone might have. Thanks

LEWITT MUSIC CHALLENGE FEATURING AVEC - TOM COLLINGBURN MIXDOWN-2

Today I felt like making a techno track, something I've not even thought about in 5 years, maybe it was hearing about the passing of Pascal F.E.O.S. , pioneer and musical influencer of Techno and early Trance, which put the idea in my head (I'm not saying this is a homage to him or his sound but he'd definitely had some influence on my musical tastes in my early years)

Here's some excuses.
It's a rough version, definitely not a finished arrangement (it probably never will be)
It's just been maximised so its loud enough to play in a DJ set along side mastered tracks.
It was just mixed on headphones, I don't have big subby speakers to master dance music any more, so there will probably be some things in the tonal balance which the proper Techno heads will pick up up on as not being right, but who cares, it's rough and ready and that's what I always liked about techno.

Enjoy it or don't. Thanks for your contribution Pascal!

Tom Collingburn - Today I Felt Like Making Techno

A slightly different version just for a laugh for a mate (and the rest of the world to download)

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