A master class in pop-punk! Eyal Levi takes you on a guided tour of the raw multi-tracks for “Secrets” by State Champs from their 2015 album “Around The World And Back,” originally produced by Kyle Black and featured on Nail The Mix back in October of 2016! A few of the highlights: Lots and lots of layers of subtle elements …
Behind the scenes of Nail The Mix in Los Angeles!
It’s a double header! October 2018’s Nail The Mix took us to Los Angeles, where we streamed TWO sessions: First Warren Huart (of Produce Like A Pro) mixed Whale Bones, then Tyler Smyth (of Dangerkids) mixed “Cutthroat” by Blessthefall. We got to see Warren’s very cool hybrid ITB/SSL console setup, he talked shop with Joey Sturgis, we hung out with …
DIMMU BORGIR “Vredesbyrd” – Metal Mix Hall Of Fame
A masterpiece of arrangement and automation Welcome to our first episode of 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 tackles Dimmu Borgir’s “Vredesbyrd” from their 2003 album “Death Cult Armageddon” which is an absolute …
Mixing LAMB OF GOD vocals w/ Machine The Producer
Decapitator on everything? Why not! Learn how Machine uses Soundtoys Decapitator to add thickness and presence to Randy Blythe’s vocals in “Redneck” by Lamb Of God by strategically adding some distortion to the lower mids. He uses the Soundtoys Decapitator plugin (which is amazing and awesome), but if you don’t have it you can create a similar effect using any …
Unboxing Dance Gavin Dance raw multi-tracks
Take notes on this arrangement! Eyal Levi takes you on a guided tour of the raw multi-tracks for “Young Robot” by Dance Gavin Dance, as seen on Nail The Mix in October 2018! This is a very, very well done rock session with fantastic recordings of some extremely good performances that will be a joy to mix. A few of …