Mixing music is an art form. Just as important as the art of your music, how you present it to your fans affects their experience.
Some Mixing Engineers have a very strict process they follow when they mix, and others start with the main instrument. Some start with the drums, others start with the vocal.
Finding your “Inner Mixing Engineer” is a process that starts with doing it over and over, just like you would practice the song your mixing.
With just a few simple things to remember, you will be well on your way to mixing stellar soundscapes your fans will love you for.
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I recently tweeted about a song by the band Otep.
As a musician, I’d like to pose this question to you…
How do you know if your music is changing someone’s life?
Does Otep Shamaya know I’m talking about her? Will she friend me on facebook? Did she see me twitter about her?
Probably not.
It’s very likely I am just background noise in the continuous waterfall of constant chatter in the realm of her and her band’s multitude of fans.
Is that a good thing? Well, it most likely means she has enough fans to make a living making music if there are so many that I disappear in the noise of it all.
What about the independent musician still trying to make the transition to full time music maker?
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Next in this series we will take a look at Propellerhead Software’s Reason. Let’s start by asking some of the questions we have covered in the earlier parts of this series. Don’t let the No answers fool you, Reason has a specific reason for its uniqueness, and a power that can’t be matched by any other DAW.
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Next in this series we will take a look at Apple’s flagship audio program, Logic. Let’s start by asking some of the questions we have covered in the earlier parts of this series.
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Let’s take a look at one of the more popular options on the market today. Ableton Live. Let’s start by asking some of the questions we have covered in the earlier parts of this series.
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