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Track 1 Bob James 'Spunky'
Original album "hands down'
From 24bit digital master taken from the analog tape.
1981 Production remastered in 1997 for demo purposes.
Time 6min:58sec .45
Genre: Jazz/Smooth
I loved this track on vinyl. I had the oppurtunity to do work with Bob James in 1995 and told him that SPUNKY was a must do for CD. He said he would consider doing "hands down" for a release due to the fact that he owns the rights to his albums and is Chief of "Warner bros jazz space". His brainchild "fourplay" has magnificent productions and I invite you to buy all of them. They are all stellar. I received the DAT and here is the song. This was also released on SACD but they fouled up the mastering. this redbook is superior to the SACD. Eventually, many SACD's will need to be re-released in the future IF the format takes hold. Right now, DVD-A is most promising since I have a DVD burner, the software to render to DVD-A and blanks are 80 cents each. Anyone now with a 400 dollar investment can not only make their own DVD-A's but can play them back. Same cannot be said about SACD and 24B/192k is a really good translation of the master.
Track 2 Jeff Golub 'Nubian Blue'
Original album 'Soul sessons'
From 24 bit digital master.
2003 Production
Remastered 2004 for evaluation purposes
Time 5min:09sec .42
Genre: Jazz/Smooth
All of Jeffs albums have been great but "Soul sessions" had bass problems in the mastering. The mastering engineer simply had an uncalibrated system. Across the board, all of "soul sessions" was too "thick" sounding on the 100hz down. This came from the master to show the mistakes. Subsequent pressings may use my skills. It is in the works. This is for critical evaluation of my work. It will blow you away as it is as good as the state of the art gets right now. Buy the album to compare. See what you like best!
Track 3 Raquel Turbinton 'Walkaway'
Original album 'Mixed Emotions'
From 16 bit production copy
1996 Production (Willie Tee)
Mixed by Mark Hewett (Sound services New Orleans)
Repanned and balanced 2004
Time 6min:49sec .48
Genre R&B Ballad/Love song, Female Vocals
Raquel is Willie Tees Daughter. When I worked with her 9 years ago, She was young (19) and could sing. She had not matured in her vocal authority yet or her intonation but she had the vibe. We began production for "mixed emotions" and the money ran out for doing it the way we wanted to do it. It takes so much money and time to do a production correctly. Mark Hewitt of Sound services agreed to donate his nice facility for a reduced fee and his skills to get this album finished. At the time of mixdown, I was doing 5 other albums and could not be there. I trust Mark since I have worked with him on many projects but his monitors do not do a great job in the translation department. Altec Duplex 15" drivers in plywood boxes built into the walls simply can lie. They are colored and they subtract and add certain ranges and especially the dynamics if not calibrated to the nth degree. His nearfields never grabbed a nice pocket either. Simply put, at that time, the best Mark could do needed serious mastering skills to correct for balance coming out of his facility. Their is some magic but the vocals are always too hot from his facility during that time. I did what I could to it. The kick leans a shade right to get the vocals correct. The song and talent was good enough for me to place this on this CD as a reference to see how different things can be from studio to studio and engineer, no matter what you can do in mastering. It is a great song.
Track 4 Wilson Turbinton (Willie Tee) LIVE 'Song for Jilly'
Live 16 track recording/digital 24 bit
2003 Production
2004 Mastering
Time 5min:08sec .04
Genre Jazz
What can I say, Live Jazz! The mic location did not capture the drums as it could have. They all are there but this was done by someone else, I simply fixed what I could. The performace is there!
Track 5 Little Rock Wind Symphony
Guest Conductor:The legend: Colonel John Bourgeous
1999 Production Live 2 track/digital 16 bit
2002 Mastering
Time 15min:28sec .22
Genre: Wind symphony composition
Colonel John Bourgeous
Read this..........
http://www.musicbiz.loyno.edu/bios/cv/bourgeois.pdf And this
http://www.sjws.org/bourgeois.htm It is always exciting to see go to the American Bandmasters association masters meeting and see 60 professors play for a community band under his baton. He scares them! Meter problems with an Oboe after the intro....but the quiet bassoon work was my EX wife playing. Dynamic range is over 50dB signal to signal. Beware of this track. 800+ people were in attendance and it still is dead quiet at times. Talking about respect!
The crying baby escorted out was captured
Why folks go to a concert without getting a baby-sitter is beyond me, you can hear the hall door shut as well..it registered on the specturm analyzer at 4hz and the hall air conditioning was between 7 and 13hz. You want it all, it is here.
The poor Oboist was not having a good day, complete with the misic getting knocked off the stand...oh well, being frightened under the baton of Colonel John Bourgeous is nothing new.....
BEWARE!
Track 6 Arkansas Tech University Symphonic band.
'Blue Shades' an Excerpt from
Edited 2004
Recorded 5 track live 1999
Mixed 1999
Mastered 1999
24/96K recording
Time 2mins:40sec .16
Genre: Symphonic composition (except from)
Seriously dynamic
Blue Shades was written by this guy....
http://members.aol.com/mbmband/html/blue_shades.html I could not fit the composition on the CD due to length...plus, for demo, I did get premission to take a nice part out of it for this track. This performace was an evaluation of the composition for the composer himself. It is my production and the Symphony did quite well under the Baton of Hal Cooper. It was over 120dB on stage during the Creshindos. This is powerful. The concert bass drum, I tuned it to 36hZ. It reverberates through the hall in shock waves you will feel. Watch the gain, you can destroy a woofer if you clip your amplifiers. Even though the unity of the gain is there, the impacts are simply stunning. This is how it was recorded without EQ, compression or any doctoring. Compression can be your friend.
Track 7 Paul Revere and the raiders 'Let Me'
From analog 2 track master
Refurbished, repanned. No Noise reduction. Redynamisized.
1968 Production.
Remastered 2004 32/384K PCM
(This shows how older songs can be remastered)
For evaluation/demonstration purposes.
Time 3mins:57sec .43
Genre 60's Rock
This track has been a favorite since I first laid my ears on it in the late 60's. I wish I had the vinyl because the master I got was in not a good condition at all. I could not get it to what I remembered it sounding on Klipschorns in 1975 with 500 watts/ch but if you have heard this tune, it will bring back some memories. Crank it up to lease breaking levels. No surprises except the dynamics were intact beyond the vinyl...just it gets a little clustered during loud passages. The rendition was worthy to be included on this CD.
Track 8 Brothers 3 (Intro)
Recorded Live at First United Methodist Church of Ft Walton Beach Florida
2 track live 32/384K
Recorded 2 14 2004
Mastered 2 15 2004
Time 6min:09sec .17
Genre: Folk/Celtic/Acoustic (very percussive)
The opening song to the concert. Their was no sound check. The mics were placed so that it sounds like you are on stage. I multitracked this but this is a 2mix foldback of the live performace. The snare is too hot..but it is dynamically correct to the perception of a musican on stage. It gives the impact to die for. Nice song, way dynamic, musicans mistakes and warming up is apparent. It is quite raw and quite fun. A rare treat!
Track 9 Brothers 3 'da Shetlands'
Recorded 2003
Mastered 2003
Time 6mins:19sec .56
Genre: Celtic acoustic (upbeat)
reefus' favorite track. Check it out. Good production, my mastering.
the next 2 songs, on the same album. Enjoy!
Track 10 Brothers 3 'Buttermilk Mary'
Recorded 2003
Mastered 2003
Time 4mins:54 sec .11
Genre: Celtic Folk acoustic
Track 11 Brothers 3 "Pigeon on the gate'
Recorded 2003
Mastered 2003
Time 4mins:41sec .03
Genre: Celtic acoustic
Track 12 Wilson Turbinton (Willie Tee) 'Deturbination'
Recorded 2004
Mixed 2004
Mastered 2004
Time 5min:22sec .64
Genre: Smooth Jazz
Test mix to get a recording contract. Finally hear it how it comes out of demo stage before polish. Especially designed to sound good on a cheap stereo. The bean counters usually have a 100 dollar Sony boombox to hear tunes on. It got the deal! It will be completely redone from scratch.
Track 13 Arkansas Tech University Chorus (70 piece)
'Joshua'
Recorded 1999
Revisited 2003
Remastered/restored 2004
Time 1min:56sec .22
Genre: Chorale (Dynamic, no accomplement)
This was done on a 14 bit recorder. (sigh) The dynamics are there, the performace and hall is there, the balance is there. Low level resolution suffers. This is the only take I have. Live with it, it is music and stirrs emotion. Not perfect, but forgiven!!!!
It will definitly test your dynamic coherncy. Make certain you are ready for the dynamics!! They will get you at the end!
Track 14
30 seconds of silence. You should hear NOTHING. My Meters read -infinity-
Get ready for track 15 (it even says it on the TOC readout!)
Track 15
Test tones at -12dB (which is loud btw)
Set your reference level first by going to track 14 then to track 15.
10 seconds of 36hz -12dB
This should resound. Set it to 90dB at or about. Setting it so, your system must be able to reach 106 to 108dB on the peaks without distortion or distress. If you have an amplifier/seating/room limit of 100dB, set these tones at about 84dB.
10 seconds of 440.7hz-12dB
This should "sound" no louder than the 36hz note.
10 seconds of 2350hz-12dB
This will be slightly painful as this is the frequency in which our hearing is most sensitive. Use caution at 90dB. It only last 10 seconds but if you have a meter and it "ain't" hitting 90dB when the others do, then your room is severely damped. It should be close to the threshold of pain at 90dB. I certainly could not deal with it longer than 10 seconds!!!
That is it.
I entertain the idea of making any corrections that the majority sees fit in mastering. It is not easy to do this...but I feel you will like this album. It was created with ulitmate sonics and enjoyment in mind. I would love to revisit it some to iron out anything that you hear that is correctable. With my schedule, I had to get this out with about 1/2 the amount of time I would have liked to spend on it..but I am pretty pleased overall.
