new Alestorm Song in my myspace Player

[Lasse Lammert]

check it out please.....and then buy the CD or LP or Digi or....all of them

this song is called "that famous ol' spiced" and is featuring brass, tinwhistles and a violin (all real instruments!)

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James did the mastering...thanks again mate

 

[Sickan]

Sounds huge and pretty epic
Is that a slate kick or own-made?
Any specific reason on why the vocals are so dry?

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Hi Lasse, really digging the mix as well as the song, but for some reason vocals aren't doing it for me , seems out of place with the song, really dry, but rest is fucking awesome

 

[Lasse Lammert]

yep, twas on purpose (similar thing on the first CD), it's really important that the vox are on top and fully intelligible....you'll understand if you see them live

no slate-kick in there....primarily my Yamaha Kickdrum with some things blended in....mostly a combination of my own samples and one from the D4 I think...not really 100% sure which one though....too long ago

 

[lonestarwolf]

that famous ol' spiced what kind of music is this?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

that famous ol' spiced what kind of music is this?

true scottish pirate metal

 

[Soundlurker]

Sounds great! Huge, punchy and smooth. Well done
Must have been a big challenge mixing all that stuff together.

I agree about the vocals but it's not a huge deal.

 

[2000ContourSVT]

Sounds great man! As always, I love the guitar tone. The song is pretty cool too. I like the brass and violin in there.

 

[26]

Excellent work.
Really impressing.

 

[Felix Neumann]

Awesome mix!!!

 

[Descent]

v nice mix!
guitar tone is great!
With a new singer this band could almost be passable.
Seriously that dude has to be one of the worst vocalists ever!

 

[Lasse Lammert]

v nice mix!
guitar tone is great!
With a new singer this band could almost be passable.
Seriously that dude has to be one of the worst vocalists ever!

thanks.

haha, no, I think he's actually perfect for the job...it's a scottish pirate metal band...you get exactly what you'd expect IMO

 

[NNotN-ENN]

I really like the cymbals, funnily enough! Stuff like that doesn't usually stick out to me too much. Heaps of separation and punch and some nice sounding cymbal work too.

As someone else said, smooth, is how I'd describe the whole mix.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

thanks a lot.
Cymbals were sabian AAX mainly I think Miced with km184.
m160 on the china (dunno if there's a china being in this song), c414 on ride and sm7 on hats.
API preamps

just a HP on cymbals....I think I didn't process them individually this time (hats and ride I mean) but just bussed them all the the OH group).

the drummer does some nice things with cymbals, I always liked that about him, he hits very controlled also...very little automation to be done

 

[Felix Neumann]

I would not say, the singer is bad! I think the vocals are exactly like I imagine a rum drunken Pirate...singin´ his salesman songs on a ship Atmospheric and credible! It matches perfectly IMO.

The production/mix is one of the best, I´ve heared in the last time..especially the real brass and other real instruments. THAT is the real art of recording..catching a human performance. Congrats for that. I´ll definitively catch the final product.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I would not say, the singer is bad! I think the vocals are exactly like I imagine a rum drunken Pirate...singin´ his salesman songs on a ship Atmospheric and credible! It matches perfectly IMO.

The production/mix is one of the best, I´ve heared in the last time..especially the real brass and other real instruments. THAT is the real art of recording..catching a human performance. Congrats for that. I´ll definitively catch the final product.

thanks Felix!

 

[Metaltastic]

haha, no, I think he's actually perfect for the job...it's a scottish pirate metal band...you get exactly what you'd expect IMO

Agreed! Sounding awesome dude!

 

[HandsOfDespair]

I really like this song and your mix man! Really like the drums!