I agree 200% on that Michael. *Except* on Derrick Carter's mix! :-) That has got his killer, subtle Chi-Town compression just before the kicks and it rocks.
Ken >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:06 PM >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: (313) Blaze - My Beat remixes > > > > > > >I've been listening to a few different mixes of this tune and I really have >to wonder why would someone put a basic plodding 4 beat without any accents >under a vocal that says "as we dance to a beat that seems out of time to >the one you feel in the metronome of your mind - does it offend you that >our rhythm looks strange or causes your thinking to be rearranged" and then >follows up with "so as you struggle to catch the rhythm with your feet ask >yourself can you dance to my beat" > >yeah I can but I don't want to because your beats are so damn >pedestrian/vanilla - I wish these people would actually put some thought >into these remixes instead of just laying down some boring thud thud thud >beat and think that a "deep" house tune underneath is going to cut it - >a message to any future remixers of "My Beat" - listen to the lyrics and >then do something as dynamic as the original that reflects the message of >the tune! > >MEK > >