I've been working on a song.Head brimming with exciting ideas.
But when I listen to the recording, it feels meeeeh
I want FULLNESS. Punch. Clarity. Depth.
So I keep tweaking EQ and add effects...
It sounds different – but not better.
Mixing feels really hard.
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It's demotivating.
In 2009, I produced my pop band
Keps’ first (and only) album.
We recorded everything ourselves.
Everyone was happy with the
songs.
But I kept putting off the mixing
I would sit down at my laptop. The lid felt heavy.
I'd start randomly tweaking knobs, thinking I could hear a difference.
It felt like stumbling in the dark
After just a few minutes all motivation would leave my body, like my soul wanted to escape
I would close my laptop and say to myself: "maybe tomorrow"
Eventually I finished the album, through sheer force of will. I felt … okay about it.
But it never felt like I got mixing...
It all changed when I met Björn.
He's a jazz bassist turned music producer (he has a Swedish Grammy nomination).
When I saw Björn work, things started to click.
- He had seen many situations before, so he quickly knew what to change
- He used listening methods so his ears never got stuck in "can't hear the difference"
- He didn't see mixing as a chore – he saw it as a creative process
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This is where most online courses get it wrong:
- Lack of real practice. For things to sink in, you need to listen and tweak in many different, realistic situations.
- Information overload. They talk about all the knobs on the compressor all at once. We teach one knob at a time
- No feedback. To develop your mixing ear, you need to tweak and hear the difference yourself. Watching videos is not enough.
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