Unboxing NECK DEEP raw multi-tracks

Now that’s what I call pop-punk! Eyal Levi takes you on a guided tour of the raw multi-tracks for “Can’t Kick Up The Roots” by Neck Deep. It was originally recorded and mixed by Andrew Wade and was featured on Nail The Mix in May 2016. This is a beautiful pop punk session with lots of great details to absorb, …

Warren Huart: how to get more clients!

Unpopular opinions? We were fortunate enough to have Warren Huart of Produce Like A Pro (and countless top rock and pop mixes spanning decades) on Nail The Mix last month, and even more fortunate to sit down and pick his brain about something almost all of us struggle with at one point or another: getting more clients! As always, Warren …

SLIPKNOT “Psychosocial” – Metal Mix Hall Of Fame

Deceptively simple (and brilliant!) Welcome to Metal Mix Hall Of Fame, where Eyal Levi deconstructs important metal songs from a songwriting and mixing perspective with the goal of helping you level up your next song! In this episode he deconstructs Slipknot’s “Psychosocial” from their 2008 album “All Hope Is Gone.” While there are a million smart details in Slipknot’s “Psychosocial” …

Mixing BLESSTHEFALL drums w/ Tyler Smyth!

All about those details! Watch Tyler Smyth mix the drums in “Cutthroat” by Blessthefall in this clip from his Nail The Mix session. He uses a variety of EQ, compression, saturation and other plugins from Universal Audio, Waves, Drumforge, Wavesfactory and Slate Digital in Cubase. Click here to instant access to these multi-tracks and Tyler’s full mixing session! Nail The …

How to get the clanky metal bass tone

You know the one I’m talking about! In this tutorial you’ll how to dial in that sought-after “clanky” bass guitar tone you’ve heard in so many of the best metal mixes. Joel Wanasek shows how to do it in Cubase and the stock amp simulator plugin, but the same approach will work in any DAW with similar plugins. He duplicates …