you're right. groove is everything of music. there are phygical groove and emotional groove. can you dance or choreograph or lip sync on the music? then what's the problem? I think, subtle things doesn't matter. mix1. 55% / mix2. 57% / mix3 59% anything will be fine. important thing is writer's intention. what do you think about your lover? when is she/he perfect? they are USUALLY perfect. so subtle thing doesn't matter too much. if there is fantastic track on your mix, other tracks are not important as much as that. so, make the glowing track of most important track(=A). then make shiny tracks(=B). B should be shine when A is off. then people can listen glowing and shiny music not boring.
The guy who mixed Billie Jean was on his 80 somethingth mix when Quincy Jones comes in for a listen. A long pause later Quincy looks at him and says, "let me hear mix #2✌". They listened through and Quincy says, "that's the one". To this day the Billie Jean that we all know and love is mix #2 of eighty something.
Guy who mixed Jackson 5 ABC mixed the song numerous times to meet the deadline for radio . Later when he was on vacation he heard the song on the radio & didn't like it so he mixed it over again . He called Berry Gordy & told him the new mix he just did was " the right mix " . Berry Gordy was like you can't just stop the old version & send a new version to radio it's already in rotation . The engineer asked Gordy to listen to the new mix . Well after Gordy heard the new mix he agreed this mix was magical & pulled all the old records then sent the new mix to the radio stations . Indeed the song hit number one & is now the legendary version we all know & love .
@@TheHouseofKushTV This is one of those videos i like to rewatch when i get stuck... Just let things go... Although i wish it was available 10 years ago at least thru this year it saved my sanity. So thank you for being psychiatrist for free :D
I make electronic music and occasionally dable in other genres, but these videos are a saving grace to any producer or musician who is a sponge to all genres and takes in the info you provide... it’s really what I’ve been needing to hear for many months (haven’t had teaching like this since audio school with a few professors) and I watch these before a lot of studio sessions to get into these habits and mindsets/ practices! Please keep them coming as they are insanely valuable to the music production community, or whoever stumbles on them 💚
The transition from working as a mixer to listening as a producer for me is to get out of my chair, turn the display monitors off, and just listen to the music from another part of the room and feel the music as a whole rather than individual elements and plugins and effects. Also, I feel that listening with someone else, anyone else, forces you to listen from a wider perspective. This process has helped me come to a mix decision so much faster and be confident with my mixes. I feel a good mix is one you are confident about.
@@LyleNorman so true. Also, I feel even if someone else is listening without any critical input or reaction - just the fact that they're there in the room will cause me to listen differently. It's a strange phenomenon that I've heard others experience too.
Waddy Wachtel has a great story about producing Werewolves Of London. Mic Fleetwood insisted on many rhythm section takes - like an all nighter of takes. They listened back and I think they chose take 2 as the keeper. 8 reels of 2" tape and 3K worth of blow later. lol
This is basically what i was going to say. I stopped waffling over mixes when I started paying for studio time and clients started paying me. It happened fast.
My trick, not having a boss or paying for studio time is: one evening, one song. Recorded, mixed and mastered 👍 It's a great way to learn and have prepared me for more ambitious projects. I was a totally useless perfectionist before, but never satisfied and rarely releasing anything. Now I'm much happier and get stuff out! BTW, thanks for a great channel, really like it!
Sneaky little devil imo is 1000x better than most of the more renowned artists today. Idgaf who else listens to your music, but from me you have a new fan ✌🏽
Seriously. When I went and listened to it I had fairly high expectations given how much these videos resonated with me but I was blown away. There might be different music and mix's out there but there certainly is not better.
**MY NEW RITUAL** - when a new video from The House of Kush appears in my feed I unplug my Sennheiser HD's... anoint my Focal Spirit Professionals with a tiny dab of Japanese hair gel... plug in the Sony Hi-Res dac and Focals ... pour a mug of hearty black coffee for a humble libation... and play the vid! ;)
I guess it doesn't matter if you live in Vancouver or Dallas, we do have some things in common. I pour myself a cup of Java and soak up all the wisdom Greg has to share.
Nailed it!! This is the trap I've started falling into of late with mixing (of my own stuff)... overthinking, over listening and eventually overworking and hating the results!! Even with complex and multi layered tunes, you still can't beat the universal "less is more" rule it would seem!! Loving the chilled lectures by the way!! ^_^
I remember back in 2006, when I needed to buy a new Bach trumpet (Pro Model) and the prices had gone too high for me, I decided to buy a Yamaha Pro Model instead and tried out all of the different models, but the one that sounded right to my ears turned out to be the same bore size (Bach Model 37) that I had played for the last 25 years. I bought that one and never regretted it. Your video underscored that truth: We are drawn to what our ears are used to. Thanks!
Thanks a great deal Greg Your mentorship transcends the everyday TH-cam tutorials we see all over the place You don’t need to open up a DAW to make things clear for understanding Definition of a true teacher Thanks again and again
Before even playing the content.. I just honestly smiled at me.. knowing very well how deeply I'll enjoy your presentation as well as the heavy handed knowledge I'm gonna gain.. Thanks millions Greg.. God bless ya... 👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎇😍
Honestly, I can’t get enough of these videos. I suffer from every symptom you speak of and it’s so humanizing to know I’m not alone. Everyone is so caught up in perfection that they forget the real reason of writing music in the first place. Can’t thank you enough for your thoughts and inspirations!
Guy who mixed Jackson 5 ABC mixed the song numerous times to meet the deadline for radio . Later when he was on vacation he heard the song on the radio & didn't like it so he mixed it over again . He called Quincy Jones & told him the new mix he just did was " the right mix " . Quincy was like you can't just stop the old version & send a new version to radio it's already in rotation . The engineer asked Quincy to listen to the new mix . Well after Quincy heard the new mix he agreed this mix was magical & pulled all the old records then sent the new mix to the radio stations . Indeed the song hit number one & is now the legendary version we all know & love .
I definitely can relate to mixing an entire song from scratch multiple times and having it more or less sound the same. It used to frustrate me but I embrace it now. It's great that we all have our own unique finger print as a mixer. The key to achieving more professional sounding mixes isn't trying to change your signature sound, it's about enhancing and improving individual elements of it to become the best possible version of itself.
This was precisely the sit down chat I needed to hear today. I just finished two mixes in 11 minutes and 41 seconds by watching this BEFORE applying the minute tweaks I was planning to do on a couple of tracks that already excite me. Thanks dude!
I love this channel. Learning from previous work and getting better is only possible by letting go and moving on to the next one. I believe in that. I like that you often bring up things we're all obsessed about but actually don't matter that much.
As much as I don't want to admit it as an engineer or a musician - the guitar can scratch, the snare can be out of tune, the bass can have no low end. But if the vocal sucks, it's so difficult to listen to anything.
Zero argument from me! The remix I did recently - the first version I sent to the client, was shot down due to vocals just being well... Mixed poorly, frankly. The vocalist was not happy. Which was a bit of an issue... The second version (well V2 .6 if I'm being honest) was received much better.
one thing i try to keep in mind is not losing sight of where i want the music to go. this give me the road map on how to plot the course to how the listener will experience the song and lay down the that groove. NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE DESTINATION. once you have that, everything else is trivial. You’ve spent time learning how to drive your gear, software and plugins. you’ve trained your ear to hear the differences of fast or slow attack times. but all too often it is easy to forget how feel and enjoy the music.
I'm an experienced mixer/producer myself and I must say I'm really enjoying your videos as well as finding that some are really useful. Most youtubers that post tips and tricks on mixing just concentrate on superficial things, your channel on the other hand, emphasizes more on "the big picture" and the wisdom involved in music producing. Thank you Gregory for dissecting the most important aspect of music production, "emotional impact for the listener".
As a very small content creator, I totally know what you mean by "letting go". When I'm working a video, I put so much time and attention into it, you'd think it was the only thing in my life that mattered, lol. Then once I upload it and give a it a quick watch, I never think about it or look at it again. It's set in stone, there's nothing more to do with it. That's a really a good feeling.
Every videos I watch on this channel literally improve my mix. Like objectively each of them has a better effect on my mix that I can point out. That's amazing. Thank you so much Greg. Owe a lot to you. Peace!
I have figured that out myself already. Your older videos have showed me this way of thinking outside the box and stuff... so thanks to you I don't need you anymore. hahaha But still watching ;-) Big THANK YOU!!
Being able to call it quits and move on is a great detachment skill to have. The more time you put into mixing a song the more skewed your perception will be of it. It's not the last song you'll ever mix and the next mix will be better for sure. That's how we evolve, not by doing 100+ mixes of the same material.
Great points! One thing I keep in mind is that the musicians are also “listeners” to my mix. I think about all the hard work that they each put into their craft and the song and I hunt for things to highlight important aspects of individual perfomances - even if its very brief. I weigh this against what I think is best for the song, but most often, there is room for both. As a multi-instrument musician who sometimes mixes, I want to honor the artists and the song at the same time. Take a blast beat for example. The drummer will often begin with a few louder snare hits that taper down quickly. This intentional. If I dont pay attention to this I can lose the whole dynamic of the snare. But when I do pay attention to the important aspects of a song’s genre and artist intentions, I make the drummer smile.
Gosh this so hits home! Usually I make a quick mix (usually already halfway done during the recording), and then later I start listening to details and try to make everything "right" and then too many times get lost into details and stop hearing music. Music gets interesting when something is a bit "off" but intentional in the moment, and making a "technically perfect mix" is a great way to undo all that what made it a fun production to begin with. Iterate long enough that way, and you end up with a totally flat and boring production (or with a lot of wasted time). I'm learning to deal with this, and this video is a great lesson that at least teaches me that I'm not alone in this and that it's really something to be aware of.
wanted to say i am sad about ubk hfth - BUT - very happy to hear about all the growth you and nathan have done during that time, all while sharing it with others. excited for what's next.
Thank you so much for all your videos. I love your work, your philosophy in terms of mixing approach in general. It is so rare to hear such good advice! You are as inspiring as your plugins ! 😎👍👍
I'm a very recent passenger on this train, but after watching every single episode, making notes, going back to a song my band is working on, and remixing it using my new wealth of knowledge and techniques/ advice from you, my bandmates are asking me how the hell I did it. In a month, my mix has gone from sounding pathetic to something I'm very proud of. The videos on vocal eq, drum compression, LCR, checking in mono, transitions, no de-esser, automation and instrumentation in 2s is just gold dust. I've already thanked you once this week but I'm doing so again. Hope life treats you well, you're doing such a lovely thing sharing all this for free and in such an entertaining way 🙏
I found a great discipline to letting things go. The bass forum I frequent has a monthly composition challenge, and the deadline is always a week before month -end. You simply have to post your piece and let it go. It really is quite liberating.
I knew importance of mixing, but I never considered it as something fun or artistic, it was a must. One day my producer friend recommended me your vid about compression and it changed the way I look at mixing process. Mixing never brought me so much fun! Thank you for your videos!
I love your videos. I really appreciate how you break things down and bring so much clarity to the overall picture of what we are to do as music producers. Can’t wait to have my own question to ask. Keep being a legend!
You are excellent at explaining production processes, and I know for real. I watched your hearing compressors video, and soon after I turned a corner in my mixing, and I’m forever grateful. I am making great mixes and I’m happy. This video is GOSPEL! Cheers!
This Video is GREAT...I absolutely love tthe fact on all your videos you actually EXPLAIN THINGS and we actually LEARN. I learn more from you (just talking) than most of the videos that do hands on, its mind blowing .I bet if you made a course alot of people would join. Thanks Mr. KUSH BTW i know your name is Gregory Scott i just like calling u Mr. Kush LOL
That was not a rant. That was empathy and generosity of spirit, knowledge, and experience. Thank you for helping me to sound better and to actually enjoy the process again. :-)
Dude, you speak the truth on so many things when it comes to mixing,really enjoy your videos , they have helped me immensely at being objective but also critical in my craft, keep em coming
I super appreciate your videos, your vibe, and the focal points that you decide are crucial for you! Incredible inspiration and a fresh perspective that isn’t 10 WAYS TO GET YOUR MIXES LOUDER AND FATTER BASS AND WILL GET YOU TO FEEL ACCOMPLISHED. No. You seem like you go for /feel/ and that’s the most respectable perspective in my opinion. Love the plugins, and love the videos. Keep on.
You should make a video about how to hear certain frequencies and what words those frequencies commonly correlate to so we can become better at finding which frequencies we need to boost or cut!
I keep coming back and listen to the master advice, over and over again. Lol And yea, he definitely makes me change and Improve my process. Thanks or sharing your experience Gregory 🔥🙏👊
Thanks, everything you say makes complete sense to me. Here's another thing. After doing maybe 8 mixes, thinking I'm making progress, adjusting this and that, I go back to the first mix and guess which sounds better? Yep, the original mix, hours spent refining the crude to a point where you just lose your way completely. Striving for clarity when the good bits pop out means I usually have to perform major surgery on the guitars 'cos there's layers of 'em and they all thrash about, fighting for supremacy.
I'm frankly brutal when it comes to a mix - I sneak it in on a playlist and hit random.... So it kind of ambushes me. At that point - I'm lost in just LISTENING to music. If a track I've mixed comes up and it hits the ear wrong. It gets deleted. I start again. From the mix. Pretty much right back to the beginning. Insanely - it saves time. I don't want to destroy everything. So NEXT time I remember that moment when I delete (sometimes it's difficult - seriously) stuff when I'm mixing. I pay REAL attention and give the next track the love it needs to be the one.
@@TheHouseofKushTV it's harsh - but it does work. Oh and that tip in one of your other vids about NOT zoning in on things - hadn't really thought about it, but that "microscope every sound" way of doing things you described.... That was EXACTLY how I used to mix. It took days (well nights if I'm honest) to mix anything. These days, I rarely solo stuff in a mix - because it seems like a good way of forgetting how the tracks work together... Which really, is the important thing if we're being honest. Now my production times are measured in hours not nights and days.
Love the perspectives you give over, thank you! One thing I’ll do is listen on earbuds whilst doing the dishes and kinda not paying attention. It helps me listen as a fan and really see if it’s good to go or not by the way it makes me feel. Love this channel Gregory.
Good question! If I spend too much time on one mix in one sitting I find that my tired ears stop hearing specific nuisances of the tune and I also notice that as time goes on I have to keep turning the volume up. For me It’s best to get to where I’m satisfied with a mix, save it and walk away. When i come back the next day I start working on something else and then, maybe days later revisit the previous mix outside of the studio on say, your home receiver and take notes on what work and what doesn’t, so the next time you pull the mix up in the studio you refer to your notes and only address the things you have written down, save it, call it done and stick to it, otherwise you’ll never be finished which is a vicious cycle for us with ADHD 😂
The college that I’m afforded us the privilege of downloading the original session of “Summer of 69” by Bryan Adams, just so we could practice mixing. It’s somewhere around 22 tracks. At first, I was in technical mode; grouping, processing, analyzing, manipulating, etc. Somewhere along the line, I really got to to that groove that you’re talking about here. As an artist and producer myself, this just so happens to be a nostalgic song for me. Hell, I was 9 years old when it came out. Long story short, once I got into that groove; I really started enjoying the process of mixing that song. It felt like I was in the original session, jamming with all of the greats involved in the process. Such a privilege. What a time. It took me about 4 hrs,. I didn’t use a reference, I rent completely off of memory from how I knew the original sounded; using the sounds and emotions that stuck out to me, even as a child. I was satisfied with my first mix, I bounced it to a WAV file, and shut my computer down. I felt good about it. I had fun with it. The mix conveyed what I intended, in my opinion, and I was satisfied. That’s really what it’s about to me. Remembering why you do what you do in first place; connecting with the passion and emotion of the song. Having fun, not overthinking it. Being patient with the process, and confident in your abilities. As I continue to learn, I’m finding so many parallels between audio engineering and life in general. I love this shit.
Love your videos Greg. I went down the rabbit hole with a mix last couple of weeks. My duo partner and I cut two songs about three weeks ago. We were coming from a special place in those few hours and delivered two emotionally impactful performances. 2 acoustics and 2 vocal played in real time. We were both capoed on 3 and playing with our fingers. In the room is sounds ok but that's a BITCH to mix and get some clarity. I fought it like mad for days. I decided we should recut the tune and approach the guitars a different way. We did and the guitars were clearer - but.............the performance didn't have the same emotional mojo as the first. We both agreed on that. I went back to the first version and on your suggestion, mixed those guitars in mono. It helped a ton. The sounds are the sounds and I still wish they were better but it's not worth sacrificing the take we got for the sake of the guitar sound I'm obsessing over. We're back in the studio tonight - that tune is DONE. Time to move on. (armed with the wisdom learned from session one) :)
Great topic (as always)! My solution to this is to set a deadline and stick to it. Push it out the door and move on to something else. Maybe think of the mix (or whatever) as a live performance - sure, you can go back and analyse it, looking for ways to improve it, but save the "learnings" for the next project.
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you're right.
groove is everything of music.
there are phygical groove and emotional groove.
can you dance or choreograph or lip sync on the music?
then what's the problem?
I think, subtle things doesn't matter.
mix1. 55% / mix2. 57% / mix3 59% anything will be fine.
important thing is writer's intention.
what do you think about your lover?
when is she/he perfect? they are USUALLY perfect.
so subtle thing doesn't matter too much.
if there is fantastic track on your mix, other tracks are not important as much as that.
so, make the glowing track of most important track(=A).
then make shiny tracks(=B).
B should be shine when A is off.
then people can listen glowing and shiny music not boring.
I'm pinning this comment, because I need the reminder much as anyone.
This describes it perfectly. Thanks for sharing this my friend!
Beautiful!
Groovin comment...Thank-you for the "enlightenment", I was completely unaware of any "phygical aspects of music"...now, I'm in the know...fa-show!
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You know what's the best thing about him!! Even without touching his pc or daw he make a change in my process... Best teacher ♥️✨
So refreshing to be taught through a change of attitude and perspective rather than a change in technique / ‘use this plugin’ etc
Imagine him actually showing it🤯
@@dasein3317 I would love to see him work, but there's so much of that out there. Make sure you binge the whole podcast, it's equally amazing!
@@dasein3317 the compressor video bro
I’ve said this before on one of his other videos; I wish this guy was my teacher for every subject throughout grade school
The guy who mixed Billie Jean was on his 80 somethingth mix when Quincy Jones comes in for a listen. A long pause later Quincy looks at him and says, "let me hear mix #2✌". They listened through and Quincy says, "that's the one".
To this day the Billie Jean that we all know and love is mix #2 of eighty something.
Guy who mixed Jackson 5 ABC mixed the song numerous times to meet the deadline for radio . Later when he was on vacation he heard the song on the radio & didn't like it so he mixed it over again . He called Berry Gordy & told him the new mix he just did was " the right mix " . Berry Gordy was like you can't just stop the old version & send a new version to radio it's already in rotation . The engineer asked Gordy to listen to the new mix . Well after Gordy heard the new mix he agreed this mix was magical & pulled all the old records then sent the new mix to the radio stations . Indeed the song hit number one & is now the legendary version we all know & love .
@@elicross3191 maybe so, but I would love to hear both versions for any obvious differences
@@bronson1392 are you SURE ? ;-)
@@elicross3191 I don't believe Quincy Jones had anything to do with the Jackson 5. I think his first hookup with Michael Jackson was The Wiz.
@@MichaelCosta_ Ayeeeee my bad I meant Berry Gordy !
Quiet class... The teacher is speaking*
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Teaching is a gift that not everyone possess. You definitely have the gift. Love these vids.
I appreciate that!
@@TheHouseofKushTV This is one of those videos i like to rewatch when i get stuck... Just let things go...
Although i wish it was available 10 years ago at least thru this year it saved my sanity.
So thank you for being psychiatrist for free :D
I make electronic music and occasionally dable in other genres, but these videos are a saving grace to any producer or musician who is a sponge to all genres and takes in the info you provide... it’s really what I’ve been needing to hear for many months (haven’t had teaching like this since audio school with a few professors) and I watch these before a lot of studio sessions to get into these habits and mindsets/ practices! Please keep them coming as they are insanely valuable to the music production community, or whoever stumbles on them 💚
Seriously I feel like I've been looking for someone to explain shit like this my whole life!
I feel its totally worth looking into this. (I make techno) Its about the feeling in the music, and he teaches where to look and how to listen.
The transition from working as a mixer to listening as a producer for me is to get out of my chair, turn the display monitors off, and just listen to the music from another part of the room and feel the music as a whole rather than individual elements and plugins and effects. Also, I feel that listening with someone else, anyone else, forces you to listen from a wider perspective. This process has helped me come to a mix decision so much faster and be confident with my mixes. I feel a good mix is one you are confident about.
listening with someone else, 100%. walking out of the room i'm still mixing usually.
yeah! its crazy how every different person or group of people gives you such a unique insight on how your mix/song can be perceived.
@@LyleNorman so true. Also, I feel even if someone else is listening without any critical input or reaction - just the fact that they're there in the room will cause me to listen differently. It's a strange phenomenon that I've heard others experience too.
What's missing when you mix more than once is a deadline 🙃🙃
Waddy Wachtel has a great story about producing Werewolves Of London. Mic Fleetwood insisted on many rhythm section takes - like an all nighter of takes. They listened back and I think they chose take 2 as the keeper. 8 reels of 2" tape and 3K worth of blow later. lol
Aka "a boss" 😛
@@TheHouseofKushTV 😂😂😂
This is basically what i was going to say. I stopped waffling over mixes when I started paying for studio time and clients started paying me. It happened fast.
My trick, not having a boss or paying for studio time is: one evening, one song. Recorded, mixed and mastered 👍 It's a great way to learn and have prepared me for more ambitious projects. I was a totally useless perfectionist before, but never satisfied and rarely releasing anything. Now I'm much happier and get stuff out! BTW, thanks for a great channel, really like it!
Sneaky little devil imo is 1000x better than most of the more renowned artists today. Idgaf who else listens to your music, but from me you have a new fan ✌🏽
Seriously. When I went and listened to it I had fairly high expectations given how much these videos resonated with me but I was blown away. There might be different music and mix's out there but there certainly is not better.
Yep. This is no doubt the most important mixing video in existence at this point in time.
**MY NEW RITUAL** - when a new video from The House of Kush appears in my feed I unplug my Sennheiser HD's... anoint my Focal Spirit Professionals with a tiny dab of Japanese hair gel... plug in the Sony Hi-Res dac and Focals ... pour a mug of hearty black coffee for a humble libation... and play the vid! ;)
I guess it doesn't matter if you live in Vancouver or Dallas, we do have some things in common. I pour myself a cup of Java and soak up all the wisdom Greg has to share.
Nailed it!! This is the trap I've started falling into of late with mixing (of my own stuff)... overthinking, over listening and eventually overworking and hating the results!! Even with complex and multi layered tunes, you still can't beat the universal "less is more" rule it would seem!! Loving the chilled lectures by the way!! ^_^
You did it again, Greg Scott. Awesome lesson. Thanks so much for all you do!
I remember back in 2006, when I needed to buy a new Bach trumpet (Pro Model) and the prices had gone too high for me, I decided to buy a Yamaha Pro Model instead and tried out all of the different models, but the one that sounded right to my ears turned out to be the same bore size (Bach Model 37) that I had played for the last 25 years. I bought that one and never regretted it. Your video underscored that truth: We are drawn to what our ears are used to.
Thanks!
that was great. It's all about that GROOVY THING . absolutely. Thanks Gregory!
Mr Scott, stop secretly looking at my project folders!! Not cool dude!! >:(
I'll stop looking at yours as soon as you stop copying mine! 😛
Thanks a great deal Greg
Your mentorship transcends the everyday TH-cam tutorials we see all over the place
You don’t need to open up a DAW to make things clear for understanding
Definition of a true teacher
Thanks again and again
Before even playing the content.. I just honestly smiled at me.. knowing very well how deeply I'll enjoy your presentation as well as the heavy handed knowledge I'm gonna gain.. Thanks millions Greg.. God bless ya... 👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎇😍
Honestly, I can’t get enough of these videos. I suffer from every symptom you speak of and it’s so humanizing to know I’m not alone. Everyone is so caught up in perfection that they forget the real reason of writing music in the first place. Can’t thank you enough for your thoughts and inspirations!
Guy who mixed Jackson 5 ABC mixed the song numerous times to meet the deadline for radio . Later when he was on vacation he heard the song on the radio & didn't like it so he mixed it over again . He called Quincy Jones & told him the new mix he just did was " the right mix " . Quincy was like you can't just stop the old version & send a new version to radio it's already in rotation . The engineer asked Quincy to listen to the new mix . Well after Quincy heard the new mix he agreed this mix was magical & pulled all the old records then sent the new mix to the radio stations . Indeed the song hit number one & is now the legendary version we all know & love .
I definitely can relate to mixing an entire song from scratch multiple times and having it more or less sound the same. It used to frustrate me but I embrace it now. It's great that we all have our own unique finger print as a mixer. The key to achieving more professional sounding mixes isn't trying to change your signature sound, it's about enhancing and improving individual elements of it to become the best possible version of itself.
Well said!
This was precisely the sit down chat I needed to hear today. I just finished two mixes in 11 minutes and 41 seconds by watching this BEFORE applying the minute tweaks I was planning to do on a couple of tracks that already excite me. Thanks dude!
Yeah, mission accomplished!!
I love this channel. Learning from previous work and getting better is only possible by letting go and moving on to the next one. I believe in that. I like that you often bring up things we're all obsessed about but actually don't matter that much.
As usual, great advice. This is the man at the top of the mountain. Thank you for your help.
As much as I don't want to admit it as an engineer or a musician - the guitar can scratch, the snare can be out of tune, the bass can have no low end. But if the vocal sucks, it's so difficult to listen to anything.
absolutely
Zero argument from me!
The remix I did recently - the first version I sent to the client, was shot down due to vocals just being well...
Mixed poorly, frankly.
The vocalist was not happy.
Which was a bit of an issue...
The second version (well V2 .6 if I'm being honest) was received much better.
Another fantastic video by the HOUSE OF KUSH
you're lowkey making the world a better place. this info you're throwing around is gold my guy
keep it up
one thing i try to keep in mind is not losing sight of where i want the music to go. this give me the road map on how to plot the course to how the listener will experience the song and lay down the that groove. NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE DESTINATION.
once you have that, everything else is trivial.
You’ve spent time learning how to drive your gear, software and plugins. you’ve trained your ear to hear the differences of fast or slow attack times. but all too often it is easy to forget how feel and enjoy the music.
I'm an experienced mixer/producer myself and I must say I'm really enjoying your videos as well as finding that some are really useful. Most youtubers that post tips and tricks on mixing just concentrate on superficial things, your channel on the other hand, emphasizes more on "the big picture" and the wisdom involved in music producing. Thank you Gregory for dissecting the most important aspect of music production, "emotional impact for the listener".
Great timing on this video!! I am literally pondering this exact subject right now. Thanks!!
As a very small content creator, I totally know what you mean by "letting go". When I'm working a video, I put so much time and attention into it, you'd think it was the only thing in my life that mattered, lol. Then once I upload it and give a it a quick watch, I never think about it or look at it again. It's set in stone, there's nothing more to do with it. That's a really a good feeling.
Freedom 😊
Totally get what you are saying!
Every videos I watch on this channel literally improve my mix. Like objectively each of them has a better effect on my mix that I can point out. That's amazing. Thank you so much Greg. Owe a lot to you. Peace!
you literally have the best videos by far. this shit helps musicians of any experience level. love u
I have figured that out myself already. Your older videos have showed me this way of thinking outside the box and stuff... so thanks to you I don't need you anymore. hahaha
But still watching ;-) Big THANK YOU!!
A real mentor. Thanks, Gregory.
50% the time i watch this videos because of the content and 50% as an asmr video. thank you sir
Being able to call it quits and move on is a great detachment skill to have.
The more time you put into mixing a song the more skewed your perception will be of it.
It's not the last song you'll ever mix and the next mix will be better for sure.
That's how we evolve, not by doing 100+ mixes of the same material.
Love the psychology/thought process side of things you address... more of this, please!
Great points!
One thing I keep in mind is that the musicians are also “listeners” to my mix. I think about all the hard work that they each put into their craft and the song and I hunt for things to highlight important aspects of individual perfomances - even if its very brief. I weigh this against what I think is best for the song, but most often, there is room for both. As a multi-instrument musician who sometimes mixes, I want to honor the artists and the song at the same time.
Take a blast beat for example. The drummer will often begin with a few louder snare hits that taper down quickly. This intentional. If I dont pay attention to this I can lose the whole dynamic of the snare. But when I do pay attention to the important aspects of a song’s genre and artist intentions, I make the drummer smile.
Fascinating content as always sir. Thanks for your time 🙏🏼💯🙌🏼
HAHAHA! "Tremendous similarities" - you are cracking me up! Fabulous wisdom...this really hit home! Thank you as always!
Gosh this so hits home! Usually I make a quick mix (usually already halfway done during the recording), and then later I start listening to details and try to make everything "right" and then too many times get lost into details and stop hearing music. Music gets interesting when something is a bit "off" but intentional in the moment, and making a "technically perfect mix" is a great way to undo all that what made it a fun production to begin with. Iterate long enough that way, and you end up with a totally flat and boring production (or with a lot of wasted time).
I'm learning to deal with this, and this video is a great lesson that at least teaches me that I'm not alone in this and that it's really something to be aware of.
wanted to say i am sad about ubk hfth - BUT - very happy to hear about all the growth you and nathan have done during that time, all while sharing it with others. excited for what's next.
Thank you so much for all your videos. I love your work, your philosophy in terms of mixing approach in general. It is so rare to hear such good advice! You are as inspiring as your plugins ! 😎👍👍
words to live by “learn to let things go”. Amazing!
I'm a very recent passenger on this train, but after watching every single episode, making notes, going back to a song my band is working on, and remixing it using my new wealth of knowledge and techniques/ advice from you, my bandmates are asking me how the hell I did it. In a month, my mix has gone from sounding pathetic to something I'm very proud of. The videos on vocal eq, drum compression, LCR, checking in mono, transitions, no de-esser, automation and instrumentation in 2s is just gold dust. I've already thanked you once this week but I'm doing so again. Hope life treats you well, you're doing such a lovely thing sharing all this for free and in such an entertaining way 🙏
happy birthday to me! a new episode of Kush After Hours! Thanks, Gregory. You're so thoughtful.
This series of videos is incredible! Super excited to get that notification!
You’re great Gregory! Thanks so much
WHICH is the BEST? You my friend. Hands down. The most underrated channel for mixing on TH-cam.
Wow, thanks!
@@TheHouseofKushTV Thank you, for the great content brother!
I found a great discipline to letting things go. The bass forum I frequent has a monthly composition challenge, and the deadline is always a week before month -end. You simply have to post your piece and let it go. It really is quite liberating.
I knew importance of mixing, but I never considered it as something fun or artistic, it was a must. One day my producer friend recommended me your vid about compression and it changed the way I look at mixing process. Mixing never brought me so much fun! Thank you for your videos!
You never fail to deliver the goods Gregory. I really look forward to every instalment.
great topic! You read my mind. I just asked that question during Warren Huart's & Marc Daniel Nelson's live chat this morning.
Brilliant advice and just what I needed 👌
This series of videos is just so encouraging!
Checking out mix 11 this morning, glad I saw this video, thanks 🙂
I love your videos. I really appreciate how you break things down and bring so much clarity to the overall picture of what we are to do as music producers. Can’t wait to have my own question to ask. Keep being a legend!
Oh man Greg, God bless you! Thanks for these series, sincerely!
You are excellent at explaining production processes, and I know for real. I watched your hearing compressors video, and soon after I turned a corner in my mixing, and I’m forever grateful. I am making great mixes and I’m happy. This video is GOSPEL! Cheers!
You seriously helped me with mixing. I can’t thank you enough.
Thank you for the final podcast. Will miss you, all the best to you Gregory!
Immaculate advice. Really helpful for when you're on master #6 as well haha.
This Video is GREAT...I absolutely love tthe fact on all your videos you actually EXPLAIN THINGS and we actually LEARN. I learn more from you (just talking) than most of the videos that do hands on, its mind blowing .I bet if you made a course alot of people would join. Thanks Mr. KUSH BTW i know your name is Gregory Scott i just like calling u Mr. Kush LOL
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Gregory, keep the nuggets of wisdom coming :)
That was not a rant. That was empathy and generosity of spirit, knowledge, and experience. Thank you for helping me to sound better and to actually enjoy the process again. :-)
I swear every video you make is about one of the major problems I'm trying to work through. Thank you for consistently being a huge help!
Dude, you speak the truth on so many things when it comes to mixing,really enjoy your videos , they have helped me immensely at being objective but also critical in my craft, keep em coming
Emotionally impacting the listener. You could say this 10,000 times and it would not be enough. This could be your best video ever!
Just want to say. So happy when u put out a new vid, G. Thanks for ur work.
I super appreciate your videos, your vibe, and the focal points that you decide are crucial for you! Incredible inspiration and a fresh perspective that isn’t 10 WAYS TO GET YOUR MIXES LOUDER AND FATTER BASS AND WILL GET YOU TO FEEL ACCOMPLISHED. No. You seem like you go for /feel/ and that’s the most respectable perspective in my opinion. Love the plugins, and love the videos. Keep on.
You should make a video about how to hear certain frequencies and what words those frequencies commonly correlate to so we can become better at finding which frequencies we need to boost or cut!
This is fast becoming one of favourite channel... there is like 5 or 6 in terms of music tutorials
Hahaha - I really needed this! Excellent advice as always.
Thank you Mr. Scott!!! You are making dreams come true.
Keep the beautiful music coming man! Sweetlow Afterglow is my favorite record.
As always, lovely & useful advice and a great video, Gregory. Kind regards, Emiel.
Heyho Gregory,
Thank you for this Video!
Great, Really!
Cheers from Berlin.
Great video! Thanks for for all of the gems you dropped in this video.
Peace and Blessings to you!
Always Amazing To Listen To Your Amazing Point Of View Towards Mix Learning A Lot From You Thankyou
I keep coming back and listen to the master advice, over and over again. Lol
And yea, he definitely makes me change and Improve my process. Thanks or sharing your experience Gregory 🔥🙏👊
Thanks, everything you say makes complete sense to me. Here's another thing. After doing maybe 8 mixes, thinking I'm making progress, adjusting this and that, I go back to the first mix and guess which sounds better? Yep, the original mix, hours spent refining the crude to a point where you just lose your way completely. Striving for clarity when the good bits pop out means I usually have to perform major surgery on the guitars 'cos there's layers of 'em and they all thrash about, fighting for supremacy.
Constantly recommending this channel to people
I'm frankly brutal when it comes to a mix - I sneak it in on a playlist and hit random.... So it kind of ambushes me.
At that point - I'm lost in just LISTENING to music.
If a track I've mixed comes up and it hits the ear wrong.
It gets deleted.
I start again.
From the mix.
Pretty much right back to the beginning.
Insanely - it saves time.
I don't want to destroy everything.
So NEXT time I remember that moment when I delete (sometimes it's difficult - seriously) stuff when I'm mixing.
I pay REAL attention and give the next track the love it needs to be the one.
I love it, "completion by ambush!" Amazing!!
@@TheHouseofKushTV it's harsh - but it does work.
Oh and that tip in one of your other vids about NOT zoning in on things - hadn't really thought about it, but that "microscope every sound" way of doing things you described....
That was EXACTLY how I used to mix. It took days (well nights if I'm honest) to mix anything.
These days, I rarely solo stuff in a mix - because it seems like a good way of forgetting how the tracks work together...
Which really, is the important thing if we're being honest.
Now my production times are measured in hours not nights and days.
Thanks so much for sharing your almost spiritual approach to music. It’s super freeing and powerful, and it resonates very deeply with me!
That aside on vaulting is a pure gem too.
love your show, love your music, stay healthy man - we need you. Greetz from germany...
I can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with us.
Just brilliant.
Holy shit, this is me on a daily basis & I was looking for a way out 😵
Thanks for curing my remix Sydrone Kush 👍👍👍 You are groovy baby 😝
You’ve opened my ears to so many new possibilities that have never felt so simple
Love the perspectives you give over, thank you! One thing I’ll do is listen on earbuds whilst doing the dishes and kinda not paying attention. It helps me listen as a fan and really see if it’s good to go or not by the way it makes me feel. Love this channel Gregory.
It's almost like you can read my mind and start addressing the exact issues I face at the given moment. Good one Proffessor Scott. This was helpful.
new fav producer on TH-cam! be cool to get a live stream with an Q&A plz
Ohhh, interesting, I'ma look into that!
And make us know about it ! TH-cam has a great function to do that
looking forward to the next video, I'm in school and I learn more here. Absolute gold!
Good question!
If I spend too much time on one mix in one sitting I find that my tired ears stop hearing specific nuisances of the tune and I also notice that as time goes on I have to keep turning the volume up. For me It’s best to get to where I’m satisfied with a mix, save it and walk away. When i come back the next day I start working on something else and then, maybe days later revisit the previous mix outside of the studio on say, your home receiver and take notes on what work and what doesn’t, so the next time you pull the mix up in the studio you refer to your notes and only address the things you have written down, save it, call it done and stick to it, otherwise you’ll never be finished which is a vicious cycle for us with ADHD 😂
The college that I’m afforded us the privilege of downloading the original session of “Summer of 69” by Bryan Adams, just so we could practice mixing. It’s somewhere around 22 tracks. At first, I was in technical mode; grouping, processing, analyzing, manipulating, etc. Somewhere along the line, I really got to to that groove that you’re talking about here. As an artist and producer myself, this just so happens to be a nostalgic song for me. Hell, I was 9 years old when it came out. Long story short, once I got into that groove; I really started enjoying the process of mixing that song. It felt like I was in the original session, jamming with all of the greats involved in the process. Such a privilege. What a time. It took me about 4 hrs,. I didn’t use a reference, I rent completely off of memory from how I knew the original sounded; using the sounds and emotions that stuck out to me, even as a child. I was satisfied with my first mix, I bounced it to a WAV file, and shut my computer down. I felt good about it. I had fun with it. The mix conveyed what I intended, in my opinion, and I was satisfied. That’s really what it’s about to me. Remembering why you do what you do in first place; connecting with the passion and emotion of the song. Having fun, not overthinking it. Being patient with the process, and confident in your abilities. As I continue to learn, I’m finding so many parallels between audio engineering and life in general. I love this shit.
lmao Greg's hair looks so nice
Love your videos Greg. I went down the rabbit hole with a mix last couple of weeks. My duo partner and I cut two songs about three weeks ago. We were coming from a special place in those few hours and delivered two emotionally impactful performances. 2 acoustics and 2 vocal played in real time. We were both capoed on 3 and playing with our fingers. In the room is sounds ok but that's a BITCH to mix and get some clarity. I fought it like mad for days. I decided we should recut the tune and approach the guitars a different way. We did and the guitars were clearer - but.............the performance didn't have the same emotional mojo as the first. We both agreed on that. I went back to the first version and on your suggestion, mixed those guitars in mono. It helped a ton. The sounds are the sounds and I still wish they were better but it's not worth sacrificing the take we got for the sake of the guitar sound I'm obsessing over. We're back in the studio tonight - that tune is DONE. Time to move on. (armed with the wisdom learned from session one) :)
Congratulations on the 100k subs much deserved. Subscribed for the plugin bundle cant say enough good things about them
Great topic (as always)! My solution to this is to set a deadline and stick to it. Push it out the door and move on to something else. Maybe think of the mix (or whatever) as a live performance - sure, you can go back and analyse it, looking for ways to improve it, but save the "learnings" for the next project.
That was a fantastic question to pick, this topic was super duper helpful. Thank you SIR!
Just coming on here to say again that this is the best mixing channel on TH-cam. You're so important man