to lord fickle and daniel vz

thanks for what you have done , make's a 37yr old queen fan beam lot's . keep doing what you are doing . you guy's should collabirate on something ( hint hint SHEER HEART ATTACK ALBUM ) . as brian would say (YOU GUYS ARE GREAT ) .

Well, thank you! :)

But one topic is enough :)
Or do you expect so many reaction :p

Indeed, thank you!

Hi Lord and Dan,
just wanna say I like most of your mixes very much - quite inspiring (since I'm fiddling around with some songs myself ...) - so: Thanks to you both!!
Mike

Y'know, an entire-album remix might be a nifty idea.
Like that Queen II Uncovered album circulaterin' the Web.

I'll take the next DVD-A! ;)

If we're really gonna do this, I think I'll take 'The Miracle' album ;)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lord Fickle wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'll take the next DVD-A! ;)[/QUOTE]

Amen to that!

Peace,
Adam.

I've heard some of that QII 'Uncovered' remix, and, to be honest, I thought most of it was quite poor. There was also other remixes on that site, and one I heard of Breakthru was laughable. I couldn't believe how good mine was, in comparison, so I think we can collectively do a lot better than 'Uncovered', and the like.

However, I have two issues:-

1. Sooner or later, some bastard is going to find this site, copy our remixes, and make a profit from them. This would annoy me immensely, but currently, I see, and know of, no measures which could stop this.

2. Secondly, I don't think I would want to commit myself to doing a whole album, but collectively, we could all choose x number of tracks to try, and I think that would be better. Personally, I think I would get bored sticking too long to one album. I like the spontaneity of hearing a track, and thinking, yes, I could do something with that.

I'm not inclined to remix tracks I don't like, so if, for example, like Dan, I chose The Miracle, I would then have to endure dross like Party, My Baby Does Me and Rain Must Fall, which, to me would be totally uninteresting, and would probably produce an equally uninspiring remix.

So actually what you're saying is that the way we're doing it now is the best way?, could agree with that :)

In my opinion, yes, Dan. I prefer the more casual approach.

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!

Sometimes I wonder if some of you have heard the "old" fanmixes that have been around the web since early 1997. That was the time: almost no instrumentals (except some b-sides and the then very hard to get japanese karaoke VHS or the even harder to get LD), no Freddie box, no 5.1 releases to get "clean" channels from, etc. A whole "generation" of fanmixers did it the hard way, so let's show some respect ...for the old.

I am pretty sure that when you get tired of all the cross-flattering you will get bored too or perhaps you will get your ears on more exciting stuff (sound-wise - do not get me wrong;-) so you will have to cut down your time for amateur mixing. The point is that sooner or later you will find that everyone, no matter how good you are, can make "crappy" stuff.

Ron has been a pretty good critic of his own work. Maybe he knew he should not "release" the whole bunch of "uncovered mixes", but he did it anyway just to be true to his original idea.

By the way, I quit doing this in 1999. Then I was hired by RIVENDEL (a local QUEEN cover band) to produce their recordings and nowadays I am still connected with the QUEEN sound in various projects. But no more fanmixing for me - being my last mixes pure crap. Now I feel lucky that at least I did not expose myself to the hard criticism of the "new generations" of fanmixers. ;-)

Still, I must confess that I love this section. Do not get mad at me.

Some of the 'old' fan mixes I have heard were truly dreadful. I heard one of Breakthru, and the transition from the 12" mix back to the album mix, was a totally out of sync cross fade, with practically a gap in the middle! Granted, maybe the software wasn't available then, and we have that to our advantage now.

Wilki, I'm not quite sure where you are coming from here - is this a genaral slagging off of 'new' mixers, or do you genuinely consider our mixes to be "crappy"? Personally, I do these for my own enjoyment. I also have the opportunity, though this forum, to share these with other like minded people, which I would otherwise have little chance to do. "Cross-flattery"? I would call it credit where credit's due, and acknowledgement of people's time and effort in producing these "amateur" mixes, which most people here seem to enjoy.

why can't people just say thanks and enjoy these mixes that people put up here and stop pulling and picking and judging and just turn up the volume and relax . thanks to everyone for the mixes . good wekend to you all .