Interesting conversation White Punk Overdive, I cant imagine being responsible for selecting a winner. Nor could I even fathom haven to read and relate to ~100 thesis. I would give them all a quick listen, remove the ones that jumped out with some negative points, highlight a select few, and pick the rest out of a hat. It’s not really fare to the contestants, some mixes take fresh ears or a different perspective to really appreciate. But that’s the nature of a contest: Always some amount of luck involved, right down to the critiquers mood that day and what mix he or she heard before/after yours. I’m sure their focus isn’t the same for every mix either.White Punk OD wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 22:39 CESTI would appreciate to handle the mixes like a "thesis", that will get challenged in many ways, and has to be defended, for the sake of education and finding one's own position in a fair but intense way.
There have been a few artists I would love to work with (Paint Me in Colour more than most), and even though I know I could deliver an excellent mix working closely with the artists, if my mix doesn’t fall nicely on their ears, day of critique, I will not have much of an opportunity to get to know them. Without that relationship I usually just mix to my own preference (with a lot of saturation and color to my own taste). Definitely not for everyone (especially if you’re under 35, over 45).
I have been in mix challenges for 14 months (missed 2 though), and only placed in the 2nd round once (on a jazz song I’d actually mixed before for some local artists, so I had some experience working with talent on that song in that genre). Most of my feedback has been “good mix, not great”. Took me some time to accept that failure. I’ll be honest, it was tough at first. Over time I’ve gained some perspective, and learned a lot getting to work on music coming out of other countries. Maybe someday I’ll even win one... But it’s always interesting, and good experience.
I forgot to thank Mister Fox with my entry this month, you are awesome, the world is lucky to have you.
Best to all,
SNarowitz
"Has there been an update to the evaluation of Mix Round 1?"
So that takes it down to 7 mixes, just before I list the revisions I'll just say that there we're one or two things that I'd say was a revision for more or less every mix. The tom overdubs we had in our heads as a super subtle effect in the background and to sound as if they were to be played muffled and "under water" as we described it haha, also the break in the last chorus should be super dry to give it more impact, other than that it's all individual revisions...here we go!
