17 Crafting the Mix, and Finalizing the Production
The successful and effective mix is a vehicle for the music and its story. The qualities of the mix complement the qualities of the song, in all of its dimensions. The mix creates and establishes the context for the song—a world of sound qualities and relationships unique to the piece of music, to the recording.
Each mix will be unique, just as each song is unique—each mix composed as a unique set of ideas and relationships, some tried and true, and some newly devised. The mix does not need to be revolutionary to be unique; it just needs to effectively present what is unique about the piece of music. And yes, some mixes are revolutionary and astonishingly different from all others that have ...
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