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Jake James

Posted by Jake James on May 30, 2009 at 3:45am

MeekRock

This is a nice site

I got a question which Im positive you guys get all the time but Im honestly lost and I need a starting point. Im just about to graduate school (audio engineering obviously) and I want to work in a studio its my dream job and always has been. But with the current economic state it seems like a lot of studios dont even want interns( just my luck all I want to do is learn and be a great engineer someday). Ryan and Bassy what should I do I just want some advice from someone who has been in my shoes… Continue

Posted by MeekRock on May 15, 2009 at 2:58pm — 1 Comment

Ryan West

EOM 3!!!

Hey all!
Bob, Chris from Legacy and I are thinking of doing a new event here in NYC on June 20th, 2009. Anyone who would like to attend should email Bob and I at elementsofmixing@gmail.com so we can estimate how many might attend and adjust the schedule and specific studio accordingly. Hope to hear from you soon!!!
Thanks,
RW

Posted by Ryan West on May 9, 2009 at 11:06am

bassyb

Attention Mixers who attended EOM one and/or two!

We are preparing the outline for the Elements of Mixing Seminar three, and we would like to include a few comments form the students about what they took away from the last seminar...maybe your mixes sounded immediately better, maybe not? Or you were able to hear something in your own mixes that you didn't hear before. We welcome your comments and will publish probably 4 or 5. Thanks

Ryan and Bassy

To all new members who joined recently ryan and I have been holed up in a cave working on the ne… Continue

Posted by bassyb on April 3, 2009 at 7:55am — 3 Comments

bassyb

Selective Perception (Mixing concept)

Much of what I do as a mixer over the course of developing a finished mix for a song is what i call Selective Focus. It's basically a glorified term for paying attention to one thing, or maby two things at a time while listening to playback. When I begin a mix, I always start with all the faders at unity and I start to sort of clumsily put together a perspective for the song, moving elements like bass, drums, guitars, and keys into a rough perspective. From that point on, I begin "shaving" off e… Continue

Posted by bassyb on February 17, 2009 at 1:20pm

 

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