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Single Slice
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Reviews of Musicians' Singles by Strother Bullins.
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“Pray” | King’s X
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by Strother Bullins, 6.15.2008
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In the end, “Pray” represents a match made in heaven; here, a band’s band and an engineer’s engineer both do everything they do best.
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“If I Never See Your Face Again” | Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna
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by Strother Bullins, 5.15.2008
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After successfully sending other album tracks to radio, the band and producer/mixer Mark Endert were ready for a new challenge, one that involved re-cutting vocals.
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“Superwoman” | Alicia Keys
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by Strother Bullins, 4.15.2008
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“I tried anything and everything. It’s about whatever I have to do to get this sound.”
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“Fading In and Fading Out” | Ringo Starr
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by Strother Bullins, 3.15.2008
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5.1: The Surround Sound Collection is comprised of two albums’ worth of material — Ringorama and Choose Love — mixed for release on DVD-A.
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“Mr. Pretender” | The Lights, Fluorescent
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by Strother Bullins, 2.15.2008
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Careful microphone and preamp selection allowed Tavaglione to largely avoid the use of outboard EQ, but a hearty helping of post-tracking dynamics control was in order.
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“The Curtain Falls” | Evol Intent
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by Strother Bullins, 1.15.2008
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The majority of “The Curtain Falls,” the first single from Era of Diversion — came to life within Propellerhead Reason. “Reason is beautiful” offers Gigantor. “You can flawlessly open up files [cross-platform] … and always have it work.”
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“Walk of Life” | Shooter Jennings
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by Strother Bullins, 11.15.2007
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For the album version of “Walk Of Life,” Williams used the same Prism converters, Avalon 2077 EQ and a Prism MLA-2 compressor alongside the TC Electronic System 6000 running Massenburg DesignWorks dynamics.
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“Kingdom Come” | Jay-Z
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by Strother Bullins, 10.15.2007
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Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton — engineer, vocal engineer and co-mix engineer for “Kingdom Come” — insists that the catchy track came down to, as usual, the unique genius and immense talent that is Shawn Carter (a.k.a. Jay-Z).
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“You Wouldn’t Know” | HELLYEAH
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by Strother Bullins, 9.15.2007
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In May 2006, HELLYEAH — a metal supergroup comprised of musicians from Pantera, Damageplan, Mudvayne and Nothingface — recorded an intense self-titled debut release in three eight-day writing/recording sessions, ultimately producing 12 songs and a lead single, “You Wouldn’t Know.”
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“Say This Sooner” | The Almost
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by Strother Bullins, 8.15.2007
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David Bendeth, mixer of the two first singles from Southern Weather by The Almost, readily explains that stretching the boundaries of his client base is a top priority … even more so than guaranteeing his standard mix or production rate
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“Sights Set On Heaven” | Mitch Easter
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by Strother Bullins, 7.15.2007
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Mitch Easter, a noted aural architect of the American jangle-pop scene in the early 1980s, has finally released his first solo album.
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“Hey There Delilah” | Plain White T’s
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by Strother Bullins, 6.15.2007
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At the beginning of 2005, the T’s had completed and self-released their full-length, All That We Needed, only to discover that track 13 had more than a few miles left in it.
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“(You Want To) Make A Memory” Bon Jovi
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by Strother Bullins, 5.15.2007
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Notwithstanding the occasional cowboy lyrical theme, superstar rock act Bon Jovi had never recorded what could officially be called a “Country” album … until now.
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"Godspeed" Anberlin
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by Strother Bullins, 4.15.2007
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Last fall, supermixer Mike Shipley received a call from producer Aaron Sprinkle, who had just finished production on the latest from Anberlin, a quintet signed to Tooth & Nail Records.
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“It's Not Over” | Daughtry
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by Strother Bullins, 3.15.2007
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Producer Howard Benson became acquainted with Chris Daughtry just like the rest of the country did: while watching American Idol with his family.
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“A la Primera Persona” | Alejandro Sanz
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by Strother Bullins, 1.15.2007
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Already well known for his distinctive touches on a variety of modern Latin American music productions, prolific mixer Thom Russo has added yet another Spanish-language superstar to his discography:
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“Close To You”
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Dionne Warwick (with Mya)
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by Strother Bullins, 12.15.2006
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Currently celebrating her 45th year as a vocal superstar, Dionne Warwick has no dearth of hit singles.
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“Call Me When You’re Sober” | Evanescence
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by Strother Bullins, 11.15.2006
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Everyone at Wind-Up Entertainment can now breathe: “Call Me When You’re Sober” is proof positive that Evanescence —†the sonically-epic, gothically-tinged hard rock band fronted by Amy Lee, a dramatic vocal powerhouse — did not suffer from the oft-dreaded “sophomore slump.”
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“SexyBack” | Justin Timberlake
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by Strother Bullins, 10.31.2006
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By now you’ve probably all heard that Justin Timberlake is “bringing sexy back.” Regardless of your own personal opinion on the subject (or whether you even knew that ‘sexy’ had wandered off somewhere) the singer/songwriter’s song that boasts of finding and bringing it home is an unequivocal success.
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"Tanis" | Lynam
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by Strother Bullins, 9.01.2006
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Lynam, an arena rock-style indie band from Birmingham, Alabama, is now experiencing some of its favorite era's "bigness." As of August 2006, the first single from Slave To The Machine - entitled "Tanis" - is generating enough buzz to land the band at #19 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
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