Augmenting the production

- [Instructor] I want to read another note to you.…This note says, "Maybe paste a symbol on the downbeats…"of all of the bars of the last chorus of the song.…"And could you add a tambourine on just that last chorus?…"Something subtle, but playing the accents on two and four."…So, I've consolidated it since I did that note,…but this is a typical thing you can do to augment a mix,…and you can do it before you get the note,…as long as you feel like you've got a producer…and band that are willing to listen to changes.…Otherwise, I'm a little cautious when it comes to changing…something basic about the recorded material I get.…

But here's this last chorus.…I found a section of the song where he was…playing the cymbal crashes on the downbeats,…and I added a tambourine.…Here it is.…("Royal" by Waterparks)…Hear that cymbal?…Nothing like cymbal crashes to accent and give energy to a…live drum track.…So augmenting the production sometimes is a mixer's…job, I feel.…

And it can be subtle or it can be dramatic.…What it can't do is undermine the…