4 hours

‘Holes in the Smiles’ was played live but it didn’t work was expected and therefore it was not added to the set list. Unfortunately, there was no time to play through Something to Nothing but the two sets were played and confirmed for the next two gigs.

Confirmed new Set for Gig 3

Confirmed Set for Gig 4

There are only two tracks remaining to be mixed, both of which again purposely sound very different from each other.

The Vocal has a delay and reverb but with a short pre-delay to help it sound close and personal to the listener.

The Backing Vocal has been purposely moved out of time with the main vocal so that it responds to it. I has also been used back very far in the mix using a large church style reverb and long decay time. 

The Rhythm guitar is panned 40% left in the mix to give space for the vocal but to still keep the performance sounding close and personal to the listener. 

The Lead guitar has been left as it has been recorded because I was so happy with its sound. It has been panned 40% right to balance the mix with the rhythm guitar.

The Drums have been treated individually with an E.Q added to the toms to increase the power in the low end. They have been panned to either side of the listen to give more impact. The snare has a large reverb with quite a short decay time to make it sound big and increase its impact.

The Bass was mixed in the same was as on other tracks panned centrally but with a slightly smaller boost to the low end so that it sits further back in the mix.

Reverb has been added to the master to push all of the instruments slightly back in the mix and give a dreamier feel.

This mix was very simple with the bass mixed as on most tracks with a low end boost to add power. All other parts were left as recorded apart from the vocals which had a delay and reverb added to make them stand out from the rest of the mix.

The mix of A Face to Hide the Doubt is embedded below:



Track testing:

Upon the completion of the mixing stage each of the tracks were tested in a variety of environments listed below:

Testing over such a large number of systems allowed me to ensure that any listener would hear a high quality mix.

Upon completing the mixing and testing stage, 4 tracks were posted on Myspace to promote the new album. The tracks used were By Yourself, Moving Inside, Gone and Not Really Here. These tracks were all potential singles but sounded different enough to show the different sides of the band. The Myspace page can be viewed at: 

 http://www.myspace.com/manillacrescent

As well as posting these tracks, bulletins and messages were posted which had the myspace player embedded on them as below:

Note: The Myspace player will constantly be updated as the songs are updated on the Manilla Crescent page so if viewed at a later date may not contain all the songs listed.

The code was also placed separately on the page so that fans could place it on their pages. One example 
of a fan that has the player on her page is below:

 http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=119769280&MyToken=566f8691-8dd6-4167-8b44-3bb9c1ad6174 

As well as this a Myspace promoter conducted an interview which was posted online as part of the promotional campaign. A link to this is provided below:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=262647315&blogID=341426676

Note: An error occurred on Myspace with the date placing the interview in December.

In an attempt to encourage more people to come to the next gig Myspace bulletins, messages and comments were sent out stating that anyone who brings 4 friends to the next gig gets in free. This is possible for putting them on the guest list. The number 4 was chosen as it is achievable but still a challenge, also it costs £5 to get in so if the group go together they can all save £1 each.