I did get to remix one song from this record for an upcoming An Introduction to Elliott Smith album. We tried to make it no louder than Either/Or from 1997 so it would sit well in his catalog. The picking of this song is really fast I think that the technique he uses is to alternate quickly the thumb for low strings and the forefinger for the higher ones. Then I oversaw mastering at SAE with Roger Seibel, where he performed slight EQ and limiting. ELLIOTT SMITH - ROMAN CANDLE Beautiful song from his debut album. I spent almost _ weeks working on the tracks. #Elliott smith roman candle zip pro#"I found a DAT copy if the final master (which seemed more like an assembly of tracks than a real master) and I went to work in Pro Tools LE at home, reducing loud acoustic guitar squeaks, hard S sounds and other tiny bits of spectral repair with iZotope's RX plug-ins. Luckily, Larry's done a great job of sonically rescuing this album. I'm a big fan of Elliott's music, but I rarely listened to this album as the excessive string noise and extremely strident upper mids and top end was almost painful it certainly wasn't enjoyable. The last time he passed through town, he dropped a vinyl copy of this remastered album off with me and it's become one of my favorite spins of late. Roman Candle has been remastered for the re-release by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Elliott’s family Kill Rock Stars will also be releasing Roman Candle on vinyl. As we're reviewing contributors here, we can't end this column without mentioning our own editor, Larry Crane.
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