Zen and the Art of MIXING

When I think back to my best mixes--regardless of their commercial success--in each and every case I can only describe the experience as one in which I was working from deep within outside of any external forces. I wasnt thinking; I was doing. I wasnt scared of what anyone would think. I wasnt scared of failure. All my decisions were made with confidence and once a judgment was made I didnt second-guess myself. I allowed the music to guide me and I based all of my mix decisions on nothing more than one simple criterion: Are the song and production doing what theyre supposed to be doing?That sounds nice huh? I mean thats the headspace you want to be in when youre mixing! The problem is you cant get there if youre focused on all the wrong things and were all susceptible to distraction and self-doubt. Great mixing involves trusting yourself first and foremost. And I can promise you that trust is downright infectious to everyone on your project. Great mixing isnt about manipulating sound. Its about the decisions you make in regards to the music the balances and how you use the arrangement to push the listener forward through the song. This is accomplished thought concrete strategies and techniques. You can spend the next decade mixing two songs a day to get there. Or you can get Zen & the Art of MIXING 2021 and Ill explain the thinking behind great mixing. And then watch your confidence soar.