Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Nail The Mix”
Dissecting one of the most iconic solos of all time Heavy music can essentially be divided into two categories: before Meshuggah and after Meshuggah. They completely changed the game with not only their songwriting, but also the groundbreaking and unique production on “Destroy Erase Improve” courtesy of the one and only Daniel Bergstrand. We consider ourselves insanely fortunate to have …
It’s a bit counterituitive… As we’ve said a million times, vocals are the most important part of almost every song – even in guitar-driven genres like progressive metal. It’s just a fact of human psychology that we’re drawn to the human voice, and therefore it’s always going to be the central element in a mix. Which makes it kind of …
If it sounds good, it IS good – period. You know what drives me nuts? The idea that there are rules to music (or art of any kind, for that matter). It’s kind of ridiculous, especially when the self-appointed authorities making and enforcing the rules are a bunch of random people on Facebook. The fact of the matter is that …
Guaranteed you’ve effed yourself many times because of this. You’ve heard people tell you countless times to watch out for phase issues, but if you’re like most people it went in one ear and out the other because phase issues can be hard to spot, hard to fix, and definitely aren’t a sexy or fun part of the mixing process …
The secret to amazing guitar tone? A great bass tone! You’ve heard us say a million times that the key to great guitar tone is dialing in the right bass tone – and you know why we keep saying it? Because it’s effing TRUE – and yet you still see people spending a fraction of the time on bass that …
