Team members present: Mike, Lee and Bob
What was planned
Improve drum sounds. Add Bob's intro and outro parts. Mix and master the track.
What was achieved
Lee routed the snare drum to its own reverb unit in Reason to thicken the snare sound. Lee also added some new big sounding outro drums (with lots of reverb to push them back in the mix). Lee also changed the MIDI velocity on some of the rides and toms to give a more organic and human feel to the drums. Mike deleted the delayed guitar part on the first section of the song. This gave the song more room to build as it progresses. Mike also deleted the lead guitar to feature the bass guitar solo in the middle of the song. Again this added more interest and variety to the song. Bob added low synthesiser sweep sound plus a stuttery synth sound to the start of the track. This stuttery synth slowly fades out and the delayed guitar rhythm slowly fades in. This builds tension up to the point where Mike's lead guitar kicks in. The same stuttery synth sound was also added to the song's outro section which together with Lee's drums gives a big industrial style sound. The synth sounds were slowly faded down and abruptly finish with a long reverb tail to give a sense of poignancy.
Next Steps
Critically listen to track over next few weeks to see how well the mix stands to repeated listening with fresh ears. Show it to other people to get critical feedback. Review feedback obtained and re-mix and re-master if required.
