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The painting of the over-door construction for the electric guitar mount in a matt white is now finally finished. And I'm really satisfied with the result. )) ... The master painter who carried out the work and who had quoted me a price of 100 to 150 euros for the paintwork after my previous inquiry, subsequently even lowered the price to 90 euros. But out of sheer joy at the good craftsmanship and as a small token of appreciation for a job that wasn't easy and that I might have ruined on my first attempt, I added another 20 euros and paid 110 euros. I always do this with such commissioned works when I notice that people make a real effort with their work and obviously don't just see the quick buck, but have passionate dedication and high quality in their focus or even go about their work with a really blatant spirit of perfection. Because it is precisely in superficial and lifeless societies, where the focus is increasingly shifting to quick money, profit maximization and other forms of selfishness, that quality, longevity, a genuine spirit of innovation and valuable content (both in products and services as well as in people themselves) often fall by the wayside. ... As you can see in this picture, I have already attached furniture glides in matching colors to the wooden construction, which should protect both the door and the electric guitar from scratches and other forms of accidental damage.

I have not heard any of the revisions prior to this one, so I'm rolling with the one I see here.  I'm liking the approach with the theme variation, the breakdown, the brief referencing into the sisters' battle theme, then back into a theme variation at the end - and all the melodic florishes that I am hearing and the change of tonal moods have broken the sources enough for them to be their individual thing.  I can't fault the writing direction - keep that as it is. But the thing I noticed first when listening is how muffled the entire mixdown is.  Joe mentioned the comparison to a pillow, which makes sense with the scooped mid secton that I'm hearing.  It's interesting because I'm able to hear everything in the mix as standalone instruments, but the flat impact tells me that those holes need patching before it's ready for primetime.  Whether it be tweaking anything on the master chain that might be causing it, or adjusting EQs on instruments with tones in those ranges, anything that can be done to add those values again can bring this over the bar after all the time it's spent like this. I can definitely vouch that this is almost there.  If it fails this time, then another mixdown pass is all it needs to hit the mark. NO (resubmit)

I can confirm that the source quota fit the scope well, even with moments with the A section's chord progression being the only usage present and entire parts of the arpeggio getting cut away in favor of a half-time approach.  It can be "building blocky" as Larry said, but that is the nature of progressive trance - the slow builds into the crunchy bass,  then the dip into a second faster groove and into the outro.  But as long as everything evolved within that framework, that is not a concern to me. However, that half-time groove established at 1:14 went back in at 2:27 and 3:40, restoration of the A section and all - and again for the ending at 4:38.  And that standard A-section as it was appeared five times throughout under different textures.  This is something that I can't chalk up to the genre itself due to the sound choice of that FM-sounding bell synth.  The rest of the mixdown is already strong, with the beefy drums, bass and rhythm parts.  But this bell not only sounds louder than everything else, but also has such a bright tone to it that I'm hearing more of its resonance more than its pitch.  This is something I would've liked to have heard an EQ cut to get rid of the resonance as well as any other layers to add some warmth, but the way it repeated phrases as it did added up to one big issue. I do like this, but the bell synth's mixing and its patterns need more TLC before it's ready for the front page.  I hope you still have the project file, because this is otherwise a sweet homage for a friend.  Keep going! NO (resubmit)