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Originally posted by BevvyB
Epiphanies
My initial moment of wow was
Stravinsky 'Rite Of Spring'
Somehow Mr Stravinsky seemed to have mixed this without the aid of a mixing desk
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Ha! I just got into this the other day - mind-blowing stuff. "Rite Of Spring" is the definition of the term "dynamic range". Compressors? We doan need no steenkin' compressors!!!!
Life- Changers:
1) Beatles - "Yellow Submarine", "Imagine", "Sgt. Pepper", etc, etc, etc. I was too young to know about mixing, but I knew I wanted to make music that sounded that good.
2) "Rastaman Vibrations" - Bob Marley & The Wailers.
What can I say? Warmth, clarity, definition, solid lows, crisp highs, amazing songs, awesome arrangements. Classic. "Exodus" is awesome as well. A lot of this stuff was done on 16-track. In fact, most of the pre-"Rastaman" stuff was 8-track: drums, bass, guitar, piano/organ, percussion, lead vox, backing vox, spare track!!!
3) Anything by Quincy Jones/Bruce Swieden - esp. "The Dude", "Off The wall/Thriller", Brothers Johnson. Not Quincy, but "Dangerous" was still a serious landmark. We are not worthy...
4) Donna Summer/Georgio Moroder/Kraftwerk -
Turned my head inside out and hooked me on synths for life. Most modern dance/electronic music doesn't even come close!! (Honorable mention - Thomas Dolby "Flat Earth" album.)
5) "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" - Yes.
Trevor Horn has landed! "Take me to your Fairlight!" Mind-blowing - sent me back to school. At the time I had NO idea how half the sounds on that record were made.
6) "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel. My reference track for a number of years
7) "Fixx" - Blackstreet - perfectly balaced, perfectly slammin' - still my reference track of choice. At the time, the loudest record I had ever heard.
8) "Murder Was The Case/ Natural Born Killers" Snoop Dogg & Dre
Creepy songs but awesome mixes. Shotgun-sized hole in the mix for the vocals to punch through - still don't know how it was done...
9) "OK Computer" - Radiohead/"Mezzanine" - Massive Attack
Back to school again - UK very much OK.
10) Watching Steven "Tarzan" Stanley (Talking Heads/Sly & Robbie/Steely & Clevie) at work. Mixing as performance art. Has to be seen (and heard) to be believed! When was the last time YOU mixed while doing automation from under the console or while dancing blindfolded????