Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - 'Pray' mixed by David Reitzas

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'Pray' mixed by David Reitzas

We recently got a glimpse of Ayu in the studio with David Reitzas in the latest ViVi Deji Deji Diary and since we know Jaycen Joshua mixed Feel the love/Merry-go-round, I figured that there was a possibility that he mixed Pray... and after asking, it seems I was right! He could not comment any further though, obviously.

I feel that this ups the chances that this song is going to be a ballad, haha.

http://i.imgur.com/IAUb7tk.jpg
(photo from Ayumi)

David Reitzas is also credited as mixing the following songs:
SEVEN DAYS WAR
Virgin Road
do it again
November
progress
beloved
how beautiful you are

I am excited, since his mixes are extremely well done!

I kind of hate his mixing, tbh.
but if beloved turned out well i guess Pray might too.

Well, he has Virgin Road, do it again and progress on his list, so yEAH GIMME DAT SONG AYU

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Originally Posted by ComatoseBunnySnatcher (Post 3043446)

I kind of hate his mixing, tbh.
but if beloved turned out well i guess Pray might too.

same here...his mixing is not really clear and High quality for me. I really hate the mixing of Virgin Road...
also progress and how beautiful you are, i think her voice is too crisp on both songs...

she's so cute in the pic <3

I think he's really done a good job so far. Looking forward to it!

i rly dont know what to say, i completely love 'do it again' but the other ones are just ok songs for me..

I have no idea what mixers do. Or even producers, for that matter. You may as well tell me that Big Bird mixed the song and Yoda produced it, because it means absolutely nothing to me. :shrug

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Originally Posted by Earth_maiden (Post 3043536)

I have no idea what mixers do. Or even producers, for that matter. You may as well tell me that Big Bird mixed the song and Yoda produced it, because it means absolutely nothing to me. :shrug

Same!

November
progress
beloved
do it again

So I am looking forward it.

I've got no idea what a mixer does as well, but given the list of songs: yay!

I love his mixing so much.

From wikipedia:

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"A mix engineer or mixing engineer is a person responsible for combining ("mixing") the different sonic elements of a piece of recorded music (vocals, instruments, effects etc.) into a final version of a song (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"). He or she mixes the elements of a recorded piece together to achieve a good balance of volume, while at the same time deciding other properties such as pan positioning, effects, and so on."

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"A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording (i.e. "production") of an artist's music. A producer has many roles that may include, but are not limited to, gathering ideas for the project, selecting songs and/or musicians, coaching the artist and musicians in the studio, controlling the recording sessions, and supervising the entire process through mixing and mastering. Producers also often take on a wider entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, and negotiations.

Today, the recording industry has two kinds of producers: executive producer and music producer; they have different roles. While an executive producer oversees a project's finances, a music producer oversees the creation of the music.

A music producer can, in some cases, be compared to a film director, with noted practitioner Phil Ek himself describing his role as "the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, like a director would a movie. The engineer would be more the cameraman of the movie."[1] The music producer's job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music. The scope of responsibility may be one or two songs or an artist's entire album – in which case the producer will typically develop an overall vision for the album and how the various songs may interrelate."

I really have high expectations for this.

He mixed November and do it again?

Yay, can't wait :luv2

Wow, he only did GREAT songs with Ayu! I'm really excited!

I would say most people shouldn't be all that excited because of him, considering we as mostly music fans without that much knowlegment on the technical aspects of music can't really notice the difference between a good mixed and a poorly mixed tracks xD

^
It's what I think too lol

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 3043589)

My thoughts exactly... xD

Usually, people are able to pick up on a badly mixed track. (the BGM is too loud and overpowers the singer, or certain instruments don't really get focus when they should)

He's very well known in the business it seems, having worked with like every diva ever, haha.

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 3043589)

agreed..

I believe they tend to choose him for very specific projects. Most of the songs he works on are pretty epic imo.

November and beloved sound the same and are interchangeable, so this explains a lot.

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Originally Posted by dreamlover13 (Post 3043661)

November and beloved sound the same and are interchangeable, so this explains a lot.

He put the song together, but the arrangements don't really have anything to do with him.

As mixer, he uses the pieces that the arranger makes along with the vocalist. How the song sounds when it comes to the music (not volume/balance/whatever) is something he doesn't really have control over.

A lot of fans (including myself) believe the LOVE again album tracks were mixed poorly. SAKURA especially sounds tinny. I don't know what happened there...

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 3043589)

Pardon? I beg to differ. Grab a decent pair of headphones and take your sweet time to listen to your music. You'll notice a difference.

I mainly notice bad mixing through distortions, for instance on "progress", "reminds me" and generally songs from Party Queen.

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Originally Posted by Coelacanth (Post 3043675)

A lot of fans (including myself) believe the LOVE again album tracks were mixed poorly. SAKURA especially sounds tinny. I don't know what happened there...

The way I see it seems to be contrary to your point of view as I frankly consider "SAKURA" as the brightest, most colourful and rich sounding part of "LOVE again". I'd wish to have more songs of her future works sound like that...

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Originally Posted by Coelacanth (Post 3043675)

A lot of fans (including myself) believe the LOVE again album tracks were mixed poorly. SAKURA especially sounds tinny. I don't know what happened there...

And Bye bye darling. And petal. Omg, especially petal, it could have been so much better if those guitars were more incisive! SAKURA is another issue for me, because I think those verses are so uninspired compared to the gorgeous chorus, and the result is much worse than it could have been if they didn't focus only on those choruses.
But, well, you know, that's just the opinion of a woman who didn't know what mixing is till like, two seconds ago, so...XD