Mixing/Mastering

You have a great song, but you're somewhat struggling to get it sounding perfect. You've spent hours and hours on it, and you just need that extra bit of help to get it crisp. You hear that it's best to get a second pair of ears on it, but when you go and search for prices, you realise you don't have a spare £100/$100/€100 to splash for someone else to do this. 

I'm here to help. Firstly, I want to mention that I've got my 1st Class Honours BA(Hons) Professional Sound Production, specialising within Electronic Music Production from the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford. Please, feel free to do your research and ask any questions. Putting any money into your music is a big investment, and I want for everyone who I work for to get the BEST possible service. 

Don't get me wrong - I'm not here to do it for you and send you on your way. You likely want to learn how to do it yourself, and you don't really want to be paying for someone to do it over and over. Of course not! 

Mixing and mastering takes years to learn properly, and even then it'll be very difficult at times. Believe me, I know first hand - my career would have gone much further had I have learned everything from an early age. But firstly, let me define the two terms for you from my perspective:

Mixing - This is the process of gathering all the individual elements of your song, and making sure that they all work coherently. This means making sure everything has it's place on the EQ spectrum, the levels are fairly balanced, the stereo width of individual components are adjusted to where they need to be, and so forth. I can't stress this enough - if you do not have a good mix, you will NOT have a good master. If the mastering process doesn't fix any problems, you need to dig into the mix to address the issue. 

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