A Brief Nostalgia Tangent: “Desperados”

Some time ago I wrote a post about the two hardest-to-crack mysteries every Goo Goo Dolls fan wishes they had solved. Today I received a message from contributor Christina, which featured her thoughts on one of them.

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The Cool YouTube Channel That Went Dark

YouTube is certainly one of the best sources where to find rare, amazing stuff, mostly due to the fact that it’s easy to use and quite flexible, on top of being one (if not THE) most famous platforms on the internet. Sometimes, explorers are bound to unearth some very cool Goo Goo Dolls material, like in the case of this now-abandoned channel.

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Is this a real “Name” demo?

Contributor Bailey today shares with us a recent discovery of hers. Did we finally get our hands on the demo of the song which forever changed the Goo Goo Dolls’ future for the best?

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Superstar Car Wash Demo Session #4 (1992)

Today, we add some more amazing content to our digital archive. Specifically, a collection of demos for the Goo Goo Dolls’ fourth album, featuring a total of more than one hour of music. Make sure to read the info presented below, as it contains details about this release, including how it compares to the previous “Superstar Car Wash” demo sessions we’ve already published in our blog.

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A Boy Named Goo Pre-Mixing Cuts (1994)

One of the (very few) leaks about the Goo Goo Dolls’ 1995 breakthrough album was a Pre-Mixing Cuts compilation featuring almost all of the songs which ended up in the final, retail version. Today, we share it with you all.

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Superstar Car Wash Pre-Mixing Cuts (1992)

As many of you already know, years ago a series of “Superstar Car Wash” demo sessions leaked online. One of those leaks included Pre-Mixing Cuts of the final songs which ended up in the album. What is a pre-mixing cut? Let’s have the experts talk about it for a minute. The information below was taken from this source.

Although most people won’t notice it, when done right, it turns a song it into something better. Mixing is more than adjusting the volume levels of vocal tracks and individual instruments. Even though there are other parts of mixing, what is audio mixing in music and why is it important?

Audio Mixing is a process of blending individual things in a recording to come up with as good as a possible version of a song. The mixing process includes:

  • Fine-tuning the sense or sound of each instrument using and EQ (equalization)
  • Balancing pre-recorded track levels
  • Panning tracks between speakers to come up with a stereo image
  • Compression, Adding reverb and other effects, improve the already recorded song.
  • Taking your song from Good to GREAT!
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