Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Mix Analysis 1


Artist: Skylar Grey
Song: Words
Album: The Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey
Year: 2012
Genre: Pop

Level Pan

Intro/First Chorus Guitar 6 -10
Piano 7 Stereo -4, 4
Vocals 9 Stereo -2, 2
Electric Guitar 8 -3, 3
Bass 5
Tambourine 6 not stereo but in background
Electric Keyboard 7 Stereo -3, 3

Song Length 5:06
Intro 0:00-0:26; Hard Pan left for the guitar, everything else is centered
Verse 1 0:26-1:16; Really clear vocals. A bunch of reverb on the instruments. 
Chorus 1 1:16-1:57; A building of power at the end of verse 1 beginning of chorus 1. It holds the power well throughout the chorus.
Verse 2 1:57-2:46; It drops back to a soft for this verse just like the first one. 
Chorus 2 2:46-3:13; This is a really quick one that rolls right into the bridge. 
Bridge 3:13-3:39; Not as driving instrumentally as the chorus' but the vocals dont let up.
Chorus 3 3:39-4:36; Long that steps the power down preparing us for a soft outro. 
Outro 4:36-5:06

I had never heard this song before I began looking for this project but I had heard other things by her before. This song is very vocally driven but for the chorus the instruments are pushed up to make us feel the “loudness inside” her head. The intro is a slow fade in of a guitar hard panned left and the bass is centered, the piano starts after the guitar reaches its full intro level and carries the song through the first verse. The electric guitar and a tambourine are added in for the first chorus. They drop out for the second verse and it is back to a simple piano. The second chorus is much like the first but it rolls right into the bridge. The bass and piano drive the bridge and help make a clear distinction between the that and the chorus. The vocals are pretty clean for the genre there is some reverb but looking are her live videos there isnt a lot changed. That being said for the bridge and final chorus the vocals are doubled.

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