Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Re-Post Metallica Fuel (1st Song)

First Song: Metallica- Fuel 
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2jgTMz4s_c
BPM: about 130
Time Signature: 4/4

Time Code:
00:00-00:06 Car Tires Screeching and Engine noises
00:07-00:10 James Hetfield Vocals enter briefly
00:10-00:21 Drums enter with cymbals followed by guitar and bass with the main melody
00:22-00:26 New guitar melody is introduced before verse. 
00:27-01:02 Verse
01:03-01:25 Chorus
01:26-01:42 Bridge/ repetition of main theme before verse again.
01:43-02:16 Verse with echoed words at the end directly into chorus
02:17-02:40 Chorus
02:40-03:20 Breakdown 
03:21-03:45 Solo
03:46-04:20 Vocals slowly re-enter into another chorus, slightly modified
04:21-04:24 Original chorus 
04:25-04:38 Guitar, Bass and Drums play bridge with short vocals overtop.

Levels (1-10, with ten being loudest)

Guitar (Lead) 6 at times and others 8
Guitar (Rhythm) stays fairly constant at about 8
Bass 6
Kick 6
Snare 7
Cymbals 7
Vocals 8

Pan (negative values indicate left and positive indicate right):

Guitar (Lead) 5
Guitar (Rhythm) -5
Bass -4
Kick 0
Snare 0
Cymbals 0
Vocals 0


This song was produced by Bob Rock in cohesion with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Brian Dobbs and Randy Staub were the engineers for the entire ReLoad album in which "fuel" was released in 1998. Brian Dobbs has also worked with Bon Jovi and Motley Crue. The mastering engineer was George Marino, who also worked with AC/DC and Black Label Society. In terms of mix I think that for the genre it is what I want to hear. Everything in the mix is very clear and nothing his really hidden or abstract. I think for the "gear heads" that this song appeals to the mix really does the song justice by just being straight forward., almost like all they engineers wanted was to just capture the performance and make it a little loud. There's seemingly very little "fancy tricks" in this mix. In terms of effects it seems like there might be some slight reverb on the vocals if any, and at times a subtle delay. This song was, to me, mixed in more of a "pop" style than a heavy metal one.

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