You’re most likely familiar with the concept of mixing, but let’s recap real quick.
Mixing is a careful craft of reducing clashes between instruments, balancing frequencies, brightening or darkening some sounds, tightening the grooves, emphasizing important song elements, creating depth, adding tonal color and much more.
Mixing music comes down to a combination of art and technology. It’s not enough to have technical skills and equipment, a good understanding of the musical aspects and how to prioritize them is crucial. The mix must convey the intended message of the song and bring forth emotions. A good mixing engineer can balance all the elements in an artistic way, staying true to the song and bringing it to life.
First impressions are important. This applies with music also, the first few notes play an important role in capturing the listener. And this is where a mix can either make it or break it.
TL;DR: To get your music heard, your sound should be of impeccable quality.
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