![]() ![]() It’s very challenging, and I love to be challenged. Tim is always going on about being able to hear the music, and he taught me that the vocals have to stand out too. Mixing is about making sure that all sounds work with each other, that certain moving parts, lead lines stand our more than other parts, and that the vocal is at the centre of it all. Then I’d go back to my car and listen and I’d learn from that. When I was an intern I would sneak into the studios when they weren’t used and I’d put up anything I could bring in, and I’d just practise and practise and practise. Recording is an art in its own right, but mixing is where it’s at for me. I’ll get creatively sicko from time to time, stretching sounds and making rhythms out of things that don’t yet exist in the file. “I’m like a mad scientist when I’m in the studio,” she says. In recognition of her idiosyncratic approach and her tendency to hit her Pro Tools keyboard and mouse very hard and at breakneck speed, and further inspired by her short name Marcy, Araica earned the nickname Murciélago, after Lamborghini’s supercar, which in turn has been adapted to ‘Ms Lago’. His suggestive talking at the end of ‘Scream’, for instance, was recorded while I was already mixing that track, and was completely improvised! I was on the floor laughing.” Faster Than Lightning They come out as part of a vibe, and he goes with it. Tim’s very comical, and all the funny voices that he does are spontaneous. The recording and mixing was spread out over some time, and was creative and hilarious. As far as Shock Value is concerned, Tim said that he wanted Demo and I to mix half of it each. Right from the beginning I knew I wanted to mix, and I got my answers as to what mixing is from watching Jimmy when I was assisting him. “When I started, Demo basically took me under his wing, and I learned so much from him that I consider him one of my mentors. “I’ve worked with Tim for five years now, and it’s probably the biggest gift I’ve ever encountered,” comments Araica, speaking from Danja’s room at Hit Factory Studios in Miami. Despite having had to overcome music industry resistance to women behind the mixing desk, Araica has worked with several notable artists as an engineer and a mixer, among them Missy Elliott, the Pussycat Dolls, Jamie Foxx, Nelly Furtado, Britney Spears and, of course, Timbaland. Others include mixer Jimmy Douglass (who featured in Inside Track in July 2007), engineer/mixer Demacio ‘Demo’ Castelleon, and producer, keyboardist and programmer Danjahandz, better known simply as Danja. Like several other tracks on Shock Value, ‘The Way I Are’ was mixed by Marcella Araica, one of a small band of engineers, mixers and producers that Timbaland regularly employs. Featuring singer Keri Hilson and rapper DOE, it is driven by an arpeggiated synth line and Timbaland’s trademark heavy–but–spacious drums. Among the hit singles the album has spawned is ‘The Way I Are’. It featured, among many others, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, The Hives, Fall Out Boy and Elton John. Indisputably the biggest hitmaker of the 21st century so far, producer Tim ‘Timbaland’ Moseley made a serious push for world domination as an artist in his own right, with his second solo album Shock Value. For the mix of his hit single ‘The Way I Are’, he turned to Marcella Araica. The unrivalled status of producer Timbaland is built on a hand–picked team of engineers, mixers and producers. ![]()
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