Stewie - Old Winner Takes All demo

Blind - Locker 70 Attic Records demo

You can hear the original cd got scratched and I tried to rip it anyways, check Blind for an idea of how the overall demo sounded...before there was "remix" there was "premix!"

Mean Streets (damaged) - Locker 70 Attic Records demo

I went for the unconventional with this mix.  I really loved the raw, un-electronic nature of the song and the band.  I wanted to keep my hands off as much as possible!  First, I tried not to mess with the dynamics much.  My 4 year old can squash any mix and turn up the volume, doesn't mean it sounds good (ok ok, he doesn't know how to mix yet!)  Next, I tried to use subtle, subtractive EQ, only to clean up some muddiness and not too much more.  The only exception was the snare drum where I did a fair amount of processing only because the ring and HH bleed was so strong.

The biggest thing I did that I consider to be unconventional was I only used FREE PLUGINS.  That's right, no Waves, no UAD, no McDSP.  I'm a home studio owner and frankly I can't afford them.  I'm a bit disheartened when I see mixes that say "I used the SSL channel strip on this track and my API bundle on another track all in ProTools and blah blah blah."  Sorry kids, I'm not going to use stolen plugins to win real gear like a DAW that took real people to research and develop.  My plugins were primarily Reacomp, ReaEQ, EpicVerb, and one of the Variety of Sound plugins (can't remember which I settled on!) for a little saturation on the master all mixed ITB using Reaper.

I hope you enjoy my artistic interpretation which was simply, let the artist be the artist, let the listener experience the dynamics, and where there needs to be tweaking, use tools that were honestly at my disposal.

mattdavey