Mix Analysis 8

Dio- Stand Up and Shout
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: about 220


Producer- Ronnie James Dio

Mixing Engineer & Studio- Angelo Arcuri (Dokken & King Kobra) & Ray Leonard (Touch & Think Out Loud) @ Sound City, Los Angeles

Mastering Engineer & Studio- George Marino (Stevie Wonder & Gregg Allman)@ Sterling Sound, New York


Time Code
Intro:
00:00-00:05    Guitars (stereo)
00:06-00:19    Drums and bass enter

Verse 1:
00:20-00:37     Vocals Enter, same melody continues from intro

Chorus 1:
00:38-00:44     Chorus and new melody
00:45-00:53     Pinch harmonics on guitar and revert back to intro melody

Verse 2:
00:54-01:13    Continues melody from intro through verse

Chorus 2:
01:14-01:30    Same melody as first chorus

Solo (Guitar):
01:31-01:49    Just guitar, bass and drum. Guitar is very squeally and fast. Some what harsh

Breakdown:
01:50-01:57    Still guitar, bass, and drums however new guitar part enters over intro melody, quick fill at end

Verse 3:
01:58-02:16  Back to intro melody, second guitar part from breakdown is dropped

Chorus 3:
02:17-02:26  Chorus melody re-enters
02:27-02:28  Crowd chants
02:29-02:37  Return to chorus

Solo 2:
02:38-03:11  Second guitar solo until the end

End:
03:12-03:15  Quick fade out to silence


Levels:

Kick                  7
Snare                8
Hi-Hat              8
Toms                5
Cymbals           8
Bass                 5
Guitar 1            7
Guitar 2            7
Vocals              9
Crowd              5

Pan:


Kick                 C
Snare                C
Hi-Hat              4
Toms                3,5,6
Cymbals           -5.5
Bass                 -4
Guitar 1            -5,5 (except during solo -C)
Guitar 2            -5,5
Vocals              C
Crowd              C





This is my 3rd mix that was mastered by George Marino which is why I chose it. Given that this song is basically a standard rock (A-B-A-C-A-B-C) format there wasn't a whole lot going on and was really straight forward. This simplicity of instrumentation as well as overall mix could be due to the fact that this song is from the Holy Diver album from 1983. The panning isn't hard left and right but it might as well be. The guitars and overheads sound like they were done in stereo. The overall tone of this mix is very "trebley" (high mid range) and is kind of harsh. However this suits the genre very well and the cymbals seem to carry the high range while its mostly the bass that fills out the low as opposed to the kick which is more lower mid range. Overall I think it is a really good balance given that there wasn't a lot going on.