Just did this mix and wondered what you thought?

I love a good kicking so don't hold back (what am I saying?)

Believe me this was a difficult one to do with a lot of juggling, cutting, pasting etc.

Edited April 3, 201114 yr by steveluigi

:thumbsup: and they tried to mix frank with chris......DO I LOVE IT? :thumbsup:

i have definitely heard worse ....

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by staceys dad

BEST MIX IVE EVER HEARD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TWO ARTISTS.........THE DRIVELER DID A GREAT LUTHER INGRAM " EXUS TREK" ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO....WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE A COPY OF THAT!!

not for me, the voices don't complement each eath other at all, plus they're out of synch........... soz

I heard that Luther Ingram mix years ago too but I don't remember it as by Driveller - unless someone else did it too?

Sure it was one of the non-UK guys

Richard

not for me, the voices don't complement each eath other at all, plus they're out of synch........... soz

I could have got the voices perfectly in synch, but I thought that slightly out would sound more realistic. I you listen to an actual live duet, both singers normally sing in their own style adding their own bits here and there, not exactly together.

Wish I could do stuff like that , I liked it !

But you will get slated for it !!!!!

Nice one

Cheers

Swifty

I have a broad back don't worry :-) It's only a bit of fun, no intentions whatsoever of releasing it or even playing it out, just did it for my own pleasure.

..nice one mate..different

Hi Steve

Don't know if you could do this but I would love to hear the following duet please

Johnnie Mae Matthews and Calvin Williams - Lonely You'll Be

Johnnie Mae was released on Art, Jam and Atco. Calvin Williams was on Northern Del-La and Atco.

I could supply sound files from original vinyl

Fancy the challenge mate?

Cheers

Richard

Like It !!

Keep doing it mate ! by the way , how do you do it ?

Swifty

Dusty seems a little to 'up ' in the mix for me mate, but otherwise a fine effort.

Hi Steve

Don't know if you could do this but I would love to hear the following duet please

Johnnie Mae Matthews and Calvin Williams - Lonely You'll Be

Johnnie Mae was released on Art, Jam and Atco. Calvin Williams was on Northern Del-La and Atco.

I could supply sound files from original vinyl

Fancy the challenge mate?

Cheers

Richard

100% mate, wing em over to me and I'll ave a go.

Steve , might sound a daft question but hey Ho , are they both the same backing tracks ?

Swifty

Dusty seems a little to 'up ' in the mix for me mate, but otherwise a fine effort.

That is how she sounds on the original, there are no key changes in there whatsoever. If you start changing keys it either makes them sound like Mickey Mouse or Herman Munster LOL!

Steve , might sound a daft question but hey Ho , are they both the same backing tracks ?

Swifty

No, the backing tracks are the same but played differently which made this mix so much harder to do.

Thanks Swifty

Steve , what others have you done matey ?

Swifty

No, the backing tracks are the same but played differently ...

What you mean like Eric Morcambe - "I'm playing all the rights notes. Just not necessarily in the right order" ?

Hi Steve

Don't know if you could do this but I would love to hear the following duet please

Johnnie Mae Matthews and Calvin Williams - Lonely You'll Be

Johnnie Mae was released on Art, Jam and Atco. Calvin Williams was on Northern Del-La and Atco.

I could supply sound files from original vinyl

Fancy the challenge mate?

Cheers

Richard

100% mate, wing em over to me and I'll ave a go.

OK Steve - good man

Will sort out the tracks tomorrow

Will be interesting to see if it works

Cheers

Richard

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by Premium Stuff

OK Steve - good man

Will sort out the tracks tomorrow

Will be interesting to see if it works

Cheers

Richard

Got both the tracks here Richard, on first listening the Calvin Williams is quite a bit slower than Johnny Mae Matthews, so will take a bit of work to get it right, but I'll see how it goes.

Steve

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by steveluigi

What you mean like Eric Morcambe - "I'm playing all the rights notes. Just not necessarily in the right order" ?

Heheh!! one of my fave sayings that LOL!!

What you mean like Eric Morcambe - "I'm playing all the rights notes. Just not necessarily in the right order" ?

classic line

Got both the tracks here Richard, on first listening the Calvin Williams is quite a bit slower than Johnny Mae Matthews, so will take a bit of work to get it right, but I'll see how it goes.

Steve

Excellent stuff Steve

Wish I could do stuff like that , I liked it !

But you will get slated for it !!!!!

Nice one

Cheers

Swifty

Got to agree with you it, it sounds ok to me.

Than again I am going abit deaf but yeah it was ok with my ears.

No I wouldn't know where to start to mix two songs together.

Dave.

Here ya go then, sounds a tiny bit strange cos the backings are quite different, but hope you like it all the same.

Johnny Mae Matthews & Calvin Williams - Lonely you'll be.

https://www.theleedsgallery.com/tunes/lonely youll be.mp3

Here ya go then, sounds a tiny bit strange cos the backings are quite different, but hope you like it all the same.

Johnny Mae Matthews & Calvin Williams - Lonely you'll be.

https://www.theleedsgallery.com/tunes/lonely youll be.mp3

Steve I'm not sure how you do these but if you haven't already got it, try a little program called 'amazing slow downer' on which you can alter the pitch, speed, anything you like, and also a good karaoke program will help quiten the backing but keep the vocals.

I thought the radcliffe springfield one worked really well apart from the choruses.

Here ya go then, sounds a tiny bit strange cos the backings are quite different, but hope you like it all the same.

Johnny Mae Matthews & Calvin Williams - Lonely you'll be.

https://www.theleedsgallery.com/tunes/lonely youll be.mp3

Good man Steve

Yeah - agreed it does sound a bit weird in places, and it also shows how differently Johnnie Mae and Calvin approached their own recordings vocally too.

Much appreciated - thanks!

Richard

now lets have bernie williams / gene woodbury

Steve , what others have you done matey ?

Swifty

I did the Nolan Chance and Denise LaSalle. This was a simple and early attempt.

Northern is not the easiest music to do this to as all early recordings were done live so the BPM is never the same for long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ymzVuyp05o

Edited March 24, 201114 yr by steveluigi

I did the Nolan Chance and Denise LaSalle. This was a simple and early attempt.

Northern is not the easiest music to do this to as all early recordings were done live so the BPM is never the same for long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ymzVuyp05o

I applaud and appreciate your efforts Steve .

Here is one for your consideration .......... Barbara Acklin and Dusty Springfield " Am I The Same Girl " .

Malc

Steve

Good work.

I'd love to hear a version that has just JR's voice on the first verse and chorus.

Then Dusty alone on second verse and chorus and voices together on the two choruses at the end as you have already done.

To my ears that would give a better BALANCE and BUILD.

But I appreciate that may not be the effect you were looking to achieve.

Just a thought.

MB

(P.S. Knowing Dusty's sense of fun - I bet she would love this.)

Edited March 25, 201114 yr by MBarrett

Steve

Good work.

I'd love to hear a version that has just JR's voice on the first verse and chorus.

Then Dusty alone on second verse and chorus and voices together on the two choruses at the end as you have already done.

To my ears that would give a better BALANCE and BUILD.

But I appreciate that may not be the effect you were looking to achieve.

Just a thought.

MB

(P.S. Knowing Dusty's sense of fun - I bet she would love this.)

Thank you for your input, That could quite easily be done.

I applaud and appreciate your efforts Steve .

Here is one for your consideration .......... Barbara Acklin and Dusty Springfield " Am I The Same Girl " .

Malc

I wonder if there is a male vocal version of that, that would sound nice me thinks!

I wonder if there is a male vocal version of that, that would sound nice me thinks!

Obviously the title would have to be changed Steve ........

A male vocal ? i would love to hear Jerry Butler .

Malc

Thank you for your input, That could quite easily be done.

Steve

This is the sort of vibe I was thinking of.

i.e. I think it's nice to hear the purity/integrity of the separate voices - then bring them together either just before or just after the instrumental break.

So if you've got a spare half hour some time . . . . . . . !

MB

Yeah I get the picture, I'll give it a shot when I have a bit of spare time.

Obviously the title would have to be changed Steve ........

A male vocal ? i would love to hear Jerry Butler .

Malc

Yes Malc, in these 'PC' times, maybe 'Am I the same person'

Edited March 25, 201114 yr by steveluigi

Nice One!!

now lets have bernie williams / gene woodbury

Have To Agree!! C'mon Steve 'Ave A Go At this!!

Have To Agree!! C'mon Steve 'Ave A Go At this!!

I will, no problem, do have MP3s of the tracks? if so, direct me to them and I'll sort it out.

Thanks

Another one for you to kick the shit out of LOL!!

Hope you enjoy!

Edited April 3, 201114 yr by steveluigi

Nice one keep on keepin on

Cc

Hi Steve

Don't know if you could do this but I would love to hear the following duet please

Johnnie Mae Matthews and Calvin Williams - Lonely You'll Be

Johnnie Mae was released on Art, Jam and Atco. Calvin Williams was on Northern Del-La and Atco.

I could supply sound files from original vinyl

Fancy the challenge mate?

Cheers

Richard

Might as well chuck the Platters- going back to Detroit ,into the mix as well while yor at it..lol

Steve I'm not sure how you do these but if you haven't already got it, try a little program called 'amazing slow downer' on which you can alter the pitch, speed, anything you like, and also a good karaoke program will help quiten the backing but keep the vocals.

I use Audacity. Magic programme.

Now, let's hear you do 'Do ya wanna ride?' - Joss Stone & 'Soulful strut' by Peter Nero!

Dusty seems a little to 'up ' in the mix for me mate, but otherwise a fine effort.

I don't know if it was personal choice or what, but Dusty was usually well up in the mix. It used to be general practice before rock'n'roll came on the scene. I guess Dusty was just the last of the great divas.

I use Audacity. Magic programme.

Now, let's hear you do 'Do ya wanna ride?' - Joss Stone & 'Soulful strut' by Peter Nero!

The programmes I use are state of the art kit, approximately £7-8000 worth of software, but still Northern is not easy to mix as the BPM is never the same for long with being recorded live, so there is always a huge amount of cutting, pasting and beatmapping to do, and even then sometimes it doesn't sound perfect. But I do love doing it all the same

Have To Agree!! C'mon Steve 'Ave A Go At this!!

would love to hear this aswell

The programmes I use are state of the art kit, approximately £7-8000 worth of software

Ouch! I'm afraid if I had access to that kind of dosh I'd be spending it on a laser vinyl player. So far the fund stands at about £2,000. It was higher but I have to keep paying for stupid things like getting the tree cut back to stop the neighbours complaining, taxing the car, buying petrol, repairing the roof (The house, not the car)....

Life gets teejus, don't it?

Ouch! I'm afraid if I had access to that kind of dosh I'd be spending it on a laser vinyl player. So far the fund stands at about £2,000. It was higher but I have to keep paying for stupid things like getting the tree cut back to stop the neighbours complaining, taxing the car, buying petrol, repairing the roof (The house, not the car)....

Life gets teejus, don't it?

Heheh!! Yeah i know what you mean, but I have friends in high places, well! a recording studio actually.