Major Proposal

The song I will be working with is called “Dead Roses” by Andrew Cole.  I think this is going to be a really fun song to work on.  It is an Acoustic Folk-Pop song, which is a little closer to my preferred genre than the song I worked on for the minor project. I found this song on the Cambridge site.  I did a lot of browsing before I settled on this one, and I think that I can come up with something creative with this.  Listening to it, I think that some emphasis can be switched up.  I think the drums are a little loud.  The mix, overall, can be evened out. 

For my timeline, I can work in 006 Wednesday nights after class.  Once my hours in there are complete, I have access to Pro Tools at home so time in the audio labs will not be necessary.  I will be working on the surround sound mix first, to ensure that I have the time in 006 to get that done.  I will not be able to work on a successful surround mix outside of that room.  I’m also pretty excited to work on surround sound, so I want to jump right in to that. Having the surround mix mostly finished for the rough draft will put me in good shape to make changes after receiving notes back and to start work on the stereo mix.

I think this song has some elements of Fun. In it.  The sound of the piano reminds me of some of the songs on their first album, Aim and Ignite.  I think that is going to be a big influence for me when working on this song.  I think that Ben Kweller is going to influence my mix as well. I think I am going to use fun.’s “Carry On” for a reference track on this song.  I will need to keep looking for a surround sound reference though, as I have not found one as of yet. 

I think I can bring a unique perspective to this project.  I really like the sound of the song, and I think that’s going to help me have the patience to work on it for an extended period of time.  A problem that I have had in the past is losing interest in a song that I may not particularly like.  I think this song will have a nice folksy feel to it, and will benefit quite nicely from my choice of reference tracks.  Some things that I might have trouble with are the acoustic guitar and the drums.  I don’t particularly like the way they sound in the mix posted online.  I’d really like to change them, but I don’t know what I would like from them just yet.  I want the mix to sound a little less “live” than it does right now.