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Sorry to repeat myself, but you all did a great job. So great in fact that I needed another day to pick a winner.  I would like to make the following comments:

Alex Wells - Dude, you're only 18? This mix is brilliant. My only slight criticism is the vox are too dry during verses.

Do1 R - Great job. Its instrumentation reminds me of tracks by Smash Mechanics, Phaze's other project.  The drops are all on point - they make the arrangement interesting.  The vocals did slide a bit toward the end. This track was definitely a finalist for me. Can I get a WAV? I will def spin this when I DJ. Reverb on the kick? Ballsy move but it works. Let's finish working on this together.

Barry Felipe - The only thing missing is a good mixdown. Although the production chops are not there, the track is bangin'.  I am def down to help you finish the mixing and mastering. We'll talk. 

Phil Turney - Also a finalist.  Yours was Richie Roxx's pick.  Well produced, nice beats. Again, good use of new and old parts. Sick effects too!

Miss G - Love that filtered gtr and the use of our Juno chords.  Especially like the way you cut up the vox. That one synth loop arpeggio thing threw me off, though.  That's a tough sound to hear over and over again.

Noah & the Man - Nice big & full sound and great arrangement. Bassline was a little too "in your face" for me, but that doesn't take away from the fact that you kids know what the hell u r doing in the lab. Very pro.

Coleman Trapp - Good track and slick move to add an MC.

Lars - Interesting use of shuffle and off-beat stuff. Very original. Amazing tape sounds in intro.

L-D - This one shows that you will probably by a millionaire someday by making a huge dance rock hit.  However, I think it needed more variation.  Too much of the same gtr loops. Listen to some Chemical Brothers and beats made for the Beastie Boys and you'll hear how they keep the monentum by having sh*t constantly change.

Tomas L - Phaze & I both love the way you re-used our parts.  Beat is a little simple for my liking, but you should be proud, this is great work man.

Mike K - Dope production. Def a fan of the 808 rim madness that you have, the vox fx, and the kick is sick too (although slighty too loud). Richie Roxx loved this one as well.

Rick Sankev - Wow this is different. Love the samples and your unique approach. Nice vox processing & switching up the beats and timing of vox. Dope.

Secret Stash - I loved the old school breakers beat and the BDP/JB stab.  Vox timing needs some work, though.

Vit - Let me tell you how psyched I was when the contest started and the first mix was awesome!  Nasty synths, sickness.

 

This was an incredible experience all around. We'll def be doing this again soon. Thanks Indaba and all the participants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lord JingJing wrote on October 9, 2009:

Thanx for a great competition!

Barry Felipe wrote on October 9, 2009:

maybe it's time to upgrade from mixing on headphones and laying on my bed.

Barry Felipe wrote on October 9, 2009:

Congrats to Alex and everyone for a job well done.

Goodieboyz Entertainment wrote on October 9, 2009:

wow did ours suck that much?? didnt get a review. guess back to the drawing board.

rick sankey wrote on October 9, 2009:

thanks for the mention, tho not officially honorable, it is to me ...very much so. to be honest i was unhappy with my final mix....tired ears i guess.
there was some fierce competition and it must have been really tuff making the final final.
so congradulation to the winner and my respect to everyone. i'm inspired to work harder by everone's effort.

Phil Moffa | Vinyl Life wrote on October 12, 2009:

goodieboyz, not getting a mini-review doesn't equal sucking. i couldn't review all of them. to be honest, me and the VL guys were very excited about this submission when it came in. but since you are looking for feedback here it is:

i like the vocal filtering, placement and the dark vibe. i think that again this remix suffered from too much of the one bar guitar loop repition. it is present for almost the whole tune. maybe you could get away with it if it was processed more throughout or u used different versions of it: chopped, re-sequenced, effected, etc.

i did like the beat that picked up a lot (the one that sounds like a repeated fill with an open hi hat) but i think those drums were a little too clean for my liking. try some bit reduction, distortion or out of the box processing. some of your little vocal snippits were off-beat just a touch.

aiiight

Goodieboyz Entertainment wrote on October 12, 2009:

Phil
Cool. I should have put more time into this track jsut wasn't really my fav but I def appreciate the advice and will apply it to future remix contests. Wasn't trying to be difficult but if there were over 200 even 100 entries I be like ok thats alot to go through but when there were only 18 submissions (the least I have ever seen on indaba usually its around 300) and if you were one of the only 4 left out you can see why at least one person would be stuck on hmm... just giving you fresh perspective.

aiiiight

L- D wrote on November 2, 2009:

hey my man, vid's up an running here:

http://www.youtube.com/globalwarning

shame u never managed 2 get any footage, so had 2 go wiv wot i got, would've been a lot cooler wiv u guys messin around in NY, maybe next time eh, Phaze really looks da part, an his voice has got a real nice tonal quality 2 it,

shot mostly in Camden & the East End of London

all da best from London bruv

easy

LdashD

Mantis Evar wrote on November 4, 2009:

Nice job L-D!

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