Indie Soul = Freedom

Indie is a shortform of "independence" or "independent", it may refer to independent media. But what I'm about to talk here is indie music. It shows how musicians express their idealism for creating and playing music, out from pop culture mainstream, i.e. rock, heavy metal, punk, grunge, etc.

So here we have Human Radio, some indie rock band from Memphis, TN with their tune called "You And Me And The Radio".

Human Radio - You And Me And The Radio


You can feel freedom, isn't it?

This track, once again, was provided by hi specs microphone manufacture Telefunken, recorded through a D&R Cinemix console in Pro Tools HD at 24/44.1 through Black Lion modified 192 converters. No EQ or compression was used. 

Microphones featured in this session include the AR-70 Stereo on drum overheads, M80 Dynamics on snare and toms, and the new M82 Kick Dynamic on the kick drum. The M81 Universal Dynamic and AK-47mkII were employed on guitar rig, with the M80 Dynamic and CU-29 Copperhead positioned on the electric bass amp. Organ was tracked with a stereo pair of ELA M 260s and a stereo pair of CU-29s were stationed on the grand piano. The male lead vocals were cut using multiple microphones including the ELA M 251E, U47, CU-29, AR-51 and AK-47mkII. 

I mix this song totally in the box with various plugins from Avid/Digidesign, Waves, and a bunch of free plugins.

So, can you feel freedom?

Nashville Vibe

Nashville, the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee, center for healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities, and off course music industries. This city best know called Music City. Everything from pop, rock, to heavy metal has been produced there, but country music was probably most shine.

Here we have a band called Uncle Dad with their song called "Who I Am" was recorded flawlessly by high spec microphone Telefunken. Let's take a listen:

Uncle Dad - Who I Am

It was a good song, isn't it?

This song was produced and engineered by Dan Frizsell at Legends Studio, Nashville. I'm not done much editing and processing while mixing because the tracks is already great. I only accentuate the Nashville vibe on it.

So here some comments from engineer's friend:

So, how about yours?

Modern vs Retro

It's hard to believe these kind of music is still exist. This song was live performance provided and captured very well by hi-end microphone manufacture Telefunken. Support this amazing band at: http://www.theabletones.com/Dan_Gabel_and_The_Abletones/Welcome.html

This time I'll show you an example how mastering process could really affect your entire mix. 

Here first example of modern "clean" version of mastering:  

Next example is more retro sounding. I just simply added tape saturation plugin (massey Tapehead) and push it until some harmonic distortion warmth is heard. So, which one you would like best?

Maroon 5 with steroid

Some raw tracks that provided by hi-end microphone manufacture Telefunken, very VERY well recorded performance. I'm not doing editing, or sample replacement on drums, or retracking, whatsoever. Just pure raw live performance that has captured flawlessly by great mics, great engineer, great gear.

I mix this song totally in the box with various plugins from Avid/Digidesign, Waves, and a bunch of free plugins.

 Support the band by clicking here: www.thebrew.biz/ Let see what people say about this mix: