Hard Lee :: Strings & Rope
Strings & Rope by Hard Lee on Mixcloud
Its been nice to finally get back into the mix.
Spent a weekend working on this mix. The mixes are a lot more structured now.
I will spend a certain amount of time gathering music into a playlist. Working & sorting a playlist for several days if not weeks. Next I will practice mixing the playlist multiple times. Often recoding the mix several times and listening to the mixing.
After a time I will record the mix one last time and then publish to the web. I’m not sure if the practice improves the mix. But its an process I really enjoy. Spending time with the music, geting to know the tracks, working the mixes, finding favorites.
Eventually I feel intimate with the tracks, with the sounds. I think this improves the mix. I feel more confident in the mix, making changes, picking stems.
The playlists do develop out of moods & threads. Musical ideas or phrases I hear that influence me, get caught in the subconscious and will influence the tracks I select that the tones or modes in the mix that I want to create.
