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September 9, 2013
Getting Started as a Mixing Engineer or Music Producer

Here's a question I got via email this morning: What one piece of advice would you give to someone starting out at producing/mixing music? I can't quite decide if I'd rather wear the producer's hat or the mixing engineer's hat. I ask because I want to take music production more seriously, but I am a […]

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August 21, 2013
Must Have Tools - UAD Cambridge EQ (High pass filters)

Haven't written for a while, because I've been super busy in the studio with several big mixing projects, as well as some remixing/reworking type projects. However, I just wanted to add a quick article to my "Must Have" series to point out the UAD Cambridge EQ, which I use on somewhere around 80% of the […]

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April 11, 2013
Words of inspiration from Young Guru

Tuesday night we had the opportunity to attend an inspirational presentation from Young Guru.  This was an event put on by the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Recording Academy, and their Grammy U program. I was able to bring a guest, so I brought my wife along.  Although my wife has nothing to do with […]

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January 20, 2013
Mix Automation - Beyond Volume

Using mix automation for more than just volume. In this article I want to share with you how I used automation for my award winning mix of Bo Bice's song November.  This mix was done for the Sennheiser/Nuemann Bo Bice mixing competition, which was judged by a panel of top producers/engineers, including: Al Schmitt, Tom […]

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January 2, 2013
How to prepare for your recording session

  Barry Gardner is the sole mastering engineer at SafeandSound online mastering So you have booked your recording dates and hopefully they are a few weeks off so you can make preparations to get the most out of investment. Preparation for recording makes a lot of sense because it means you will get better value […]

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December 9, 2012
Preparing your tracks for Professional Mixing

How to prepare your tracks for Professional Mixing Once you have decided that it may not be best to try to do it all yourself, and you think you have a song that is good enough to get professionally mixed, you need to prepare your tracks to send to the mixing engineer. Most professional mixing […]

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December 3, 2012
The Mixing Process

How to Mix a song - The Mixing Process Mixing is not something you can learn to do quickly.  It takes many years of practice and experience before you get really good at it, just like learning to be a great guitar player or singer.  My belief is that if you are an artist, you […]

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November 30, 2012
Must Have Tools - The SPL Transient Designer

The "Secret Weapon" behind many great recording and mixes! Here is something that not too many people talk about any more, and thus many beginners might not know about.  But, it's one of those tools that I can't live without!  The SPL Transient Designer is a cool piece of hardware, that has also been ported […]

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November 11, 2012
Should you mix your own music?

Don't underestimate the importance of great mixing! There is no denying that many artists are choosing to purchase recording gear and record themselves at home.  There are certainly many advantages of recording yourself at home, not the least of which is the potential cost savings versus recording at a big recording studio.  The cost for […]

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November 9, 2012
My Favorite Recording and Mixing Gear - Hardware

For recording & mixing, I love my analog compressors! There is just something about high quality, real hardware analog compressors, that just seem to make my job so much easier!  I have nothing against software plugins, and I have a huge assortment of plugins that I use extensively, including software compressors.  I've been a computer […]

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