Good Mixing Is Good Arranging
A great mix isn’t simply good EQ and compression decisions, it’s more about great arranging than anything. As a mixer your job is to make the recorded tracks translate into a compelling and engaging...
View ArticleInvestigate Your Favorite Music For Mixing Clues
Here’s a fun mixing exercise: go listen to your favorite music. But don’t just lazily listen and enjoy it, listen with a purpose. Specifically today I want to give you three things to be listening for...
View Article5 Minutes To A Better Mix III: Drop The Bottom
Part 19 of 31 - The way to get a great mix is to create impact. But impact starts with a good arrangement of a good song. In the mixing phase however, you can still tweak the arrangement for maximum...
View ArticleRecording Advice From The Foo Fighters’ Nate Mendel
Nate Mendel has been the bass player for rock icons the Foo Fighters for almost 20 years now. He’s written, recorded, and toured on rock hit after rock hit with Dave Grohl and the gang. With that...
View ArticleBuilding Your Song Around A Loop [Video]
Have a great loop, but don’t know what to do with it? If you think like an arranger and producer you can actually create a rich and dynamic song built around a simple 4 or 8 bar loop. This summer I...
View ArticleThe Well Chiseled Song, And Why It Matters
I’ve written a lot of bad songs in my day. Some were just a bad idea to begin with. Some were half decent, but not my best work so I scrapped them. Others however have fallen in a tricky spot where...
View ArticleThe Radio Mix Test [Video]
You’re song isn’t ready to be released until it passes the radio mix test. No matter how good it sounds sonically, no matter how much you’ve referenced it to other mixes, no matter how many revisions...
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How To Get That “Wow” Kind Of Mix
Every time I crack open the latest issue of Sound on Sound or watch an interview with a top mix engineer sitting in his studio surrounded by racks of outboard gear, I’m reminded of one thing. Mixing is...
View ArticleThe Best Mixing Secret Weapon (That Few Use)
With so many mixing tips and tricks floating out there these days it’s easy to gloss over one of the most powerful secret weapons you have at your disposal that largely goes unused. This nifty tool...
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