> What's up everybody? Still won't be doing no mixtapes for a little
> while but I didn't want to leave this space empty. So here's a little
> remix that I was goofin around with in the summer time. It's a remix
> to Skee-Lo's "I Wish". Everybody knows that joint. Anyways, I made my
> own beat, tried it out and I thought it worked alright. It actually
> makes the song sound depressing now! Great for the winter weather.
> Anyways, excuse the timing of the beat and the raps. They don't mesh
> that well and that's I cause don't have time to spend more than 5 mins
> doing this sort of stuff. Blame it on the A-D-D. Enjoy.

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> Comments are appreciated. jsidh...@hotmail.com

> If you have internet explorer 7 then go here:http://jsidhu.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2

> or directly download the file here (right click and save target as):http://jsidhu.jellycast.com/files/audio/Skee-Lo%20-%20I%20Wish%20%28J...

> or if you have iTunes you can just subscribe to the podcast here:
> itpc://jsidhu.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2

> If you have any trouble let me know.
> Jay

> I had problem with your recording right away.  what bitrate did you
> record it at?  It sounded all squelchy and archived.  For real...
> start with a 192 or better mp3... 128 at least if you don't want high
> quality versions floating around.

> Now for construct...

> the acapella wasn't syching with the beat.  Even if you are going for
> an off-tempo remix - there has to be some sort ofconsistency... and
> the acapella was bouncy around way too much.

> If it doesn't fit... make it work.  Great thing about editing software
> is that you can chop that bitch up line by line and put each line on a
> different track - and nudge it until it works.....  not like straight
> mixing where you have to rely on source material.  It's time
> consuming... and I'm only now getting to the point that I spend 1/2
> hour or so tweaking on subtle nuances... but the moral is:  if you put
> time into it - the results will show the work and effort.

> I always checked out your mixes BTW... and now that I'm in this mix
> blog biz... I know how important feedback can be.

> I'll try to listen and comment whenever you post shit.

> On 20 Nov, 20:51, Brown Hornet <jsidh...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > What's up everybody? Still won't be doing no mixtapes for a little
> > while but I didn't want to leave this space empty. So here's a little
> > remix that I was goofin around with in the summer time. It's a remix
> > to Skee-Lo's "I Wish". Everybody knows that joint. Anyways, I made my
> > own beat, tried it out and I thought it worked alright. It actually
> > makes the song sound depressing now! Great for the winter weather.
> > Anyways, excuse the timing of the beat and the raps. They don't mesh
> > that well and that's I cause don't have time to spend more than 5 mins
> > doing this sort of stuff. Blame it on the A-D-D. Enjoy.

> >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11380735284

> > Comments are appreciated. jsidh...@hotmail.com

> > If you have internet explorer 7 then go here:http://jsidhu.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2

> > or directly download the file here (right click and save target as):http://jsidhu.jellycast.com/files/audio/Skee-Lo%20-%20I%20Wish%20%28J...

> > or if you have iTunes you can just subscribe to the podcast here:
> > itpc://jsidhu.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/2

> > If you have any trouble let me know.
> > Jay

> kool!
> you're into this new remixing thing like me!
> Nice one!

> I don't know what to say really because it works
> i suppose i could give some constructive pointers from the threadbare
> knowledge i've gained (im only on my 6 th remix).

> Firstly, dude you picked a hard acapella.
> The original skee-lo song is all summerry and nice,
> you slapped a big dark hip hop beat behind it,
> I like the beat but maybe with another darker acapella
> in the same bpm..?

> Mix..panning...alot of the instruments/samples etc seem
> to be dead centre in the mix, usually you put the Bass-kick
> and vocals in the middle, and spread the others either side
> sometimes with mashup you have no choice because the
> insrumental you use has evrything fixed and you cant
>  play with them.

> Eq-delay... sometimes using delay eq ,and panning
> you can really seperate hi hats, by making them ping at the extreme
> right and left while cutting all the mids, low end.

> also eq out all the highs on the kick and bass, then compress
> those suckers till they shake the room. that warm thud can be created
> by
> using a very low pitch sine wav that matchs the
> rythem of your kicks.

> i could go on....but , really i'm a beginner.
> what's your setup by the way?
> mpc? software, how did you do the mix?

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