When You Say (Juicebox) (Cover)

For the last 2 weeks that have just passed I've had the pleasure of working with a friend of mine from work and some of his friends in the recreation of a popular song by AJ Rafael entitled "When you say" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMe_1oL8tg). It's a sort of acoustic take on the original, with all instrumentation and vocals performed by Daniel Nguyen, Mia Gonzales, Billy Pangilinan, José de Leon except for the orchestration near the end, which was arranged by my self.

Naturally, all recording, mixing and production was also done by my self here in my studio.

This track was a huge learning experience for me, if only because the pop rock genre is something i've simply never produced before, consequently, I learned a ton from working on this particular track, especially in terms of vocal work. I'm not completely satisfied with how the vocals turned out in light of the fact i'm really not too confident I know what it is i'm doing exactly, but the track nonetheless still came out pleasing to listen to, even if the music style isn't quite my cup of tea. I've put the track up on my soundcloud, have a listen below!

Also, yes, I do have more of my own music coming, i've been having some trouble finding a satisfying way to finish some of my current tracks in production. Writers block, I guess. I'll get there, eventually, I hope!

Come Red Tide

Right, so this particular piece took me an unusually long time to finish, as in like, a month and a half worth of work.  It's a nearly 6 minute long epic prog rock sort of mashup with orchestrated elements, guitar solo wankery, and... well, the same old from me, basically.

Once again i've tried to push my mixing skills to their limit, with a VERY busy and complex mix in this one, probably my fullest mix to date, there is a TON of layering that took a lot of time in order to get to blend without sounding muddy, but the song seems to flow well with a rather nice acoustic/solo section near the beginning which i'm pretty fond of, and it has probably one of my most powerful and heavy climaxes to date. This is likely to going be the last really heavy song from me for a while as i'd like to experiment with some other styles in the coming weeks.

Anyways, enjoy!

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