Just wanted to get some feedback from you guys. I posted a video on youtube last night of the song "Back on the Streets" (VVI version) with some added tracks (drums, bass and keys). It is basically a remix and remaster of the song. I wanted to know what you guys think about it because I am certain most people on this forum know the song backwards and forwards. I personally think it is one of VV best recorded works. I want to rerecord this song from scratch, but in the meantime, I decided to play around with the original track. I wanted to hear it with a different bass line, more pronounced drums (Kick, snare, toms and high-hat) and some keyboards on the chorus. One of the hardest things to overcome while recording this (and something that surprised me) is that the drums break time after each "floor tom w/ bass drum fill". The original drum track does not stay consistent with the set click track and it deviates from the timing after each verse to pre-chorus, and pre-chorus to chorus, then back to the verses. Triggering the drums was a little bit tricky.
Some metalsludge comments about the posted remix were:
1.) Guitar's too loud.
2.) Great song. Don't hear any difference though. The drum sound on that album sucked big time.
3.) Remix? You have the multi-track tapes?
I think you mean, remaster... as in you added EQ to it Damian Bandana.
4.) I still prefer Fleischmann to Slaughter.
Can't believe that's the guy who was Journey's singer for a hot minute though.
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Back on the Streets (2014 remix) question.....
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I like this remix Damian!
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Re: Back on the Streets (2014 remix) question.....
The drum intro sounded more natural that's for sure! Acoustic guitars really stand out! Cool bananas!
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Re: Back on the Streets (2014 remix) question.....
Really liked it. Only listen to in in the cans. So the only thing was that the hi hat synth drums sounded like a click track and a bit loud for the mix. I'd like to do a A/B compassion to really make a further comment on that. Really like the additional bass & keys were great too. With these additions in your remix it made it sound more organic and balanced out frequency wise, as the original mix leans towards the more mega high that Robert & VV had originally delivered. As Mark Slaughter said (in a duck voice) on ASG, 'Very good Boyz'
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- In ‘86, Vinnie Vincent released this first VVI album, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is “Back on the Streets ,” a song so catchy that most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself.
I got Jesus in my fax machine. I saw Ho Chi Minh down @ Burger King. I dated Vinnie Vincent as a Drag Queen. I still don't understand a f**kin' thing.
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I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubble gum.