Minor Project

Gunther Spriggs

Minor Project Proposal

Man About a Dog- Maggie May

I decided to do choose this song for the minor project after browsing around for some time on the gearslutz.com forums. Most of the work for this mix will end up being done at my home on my own equipment, however due to a recent move I will not have access to any monitors, so a large portion of the work will be done on headphones. Because of this I intend to work in 006 as much as possible. I am only available to use 006 on wednesday mornings before 2 and weekdays after 6. Since the majority of the mixing will take place on headphones I intend to make several bounces of the project, each time listening to them in as many different settings as possible. Hopefully this will allow me to smooth out any problems that can come from mixing solely on headphones. My reference tracks for this song are Steady as she Goes by the Raconteurs, and Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh. On the mix I will be trying to achieve a more modern version of classic rock, with a roomy drum kit like in Steady as she goes, but also with up front and very quirky sounding vocals to go along with the lyrics. The song has a lot of groove going on in it and instrumentation going on in it; so maintaining that throughout the mixing process will be one of my goals. I think the majority of the challenges will come from the bleed into all the mics, as most of the song was tracked simultaneously. Also working with the guitar tones will be a challenge, as they were recorded with a lot of distortion and sound like they make a buzz sound on the snare drum in the beginning of the track. I like the guitar tone somewhat but tweaking it will be more difficult now because of the amount of distortion that is already on it. Overall I am looking forward to working on this track for the minor project.