Avoiding common pitfalls

There's no denying that mixing is a difficult skill to learn and make…progress in because many of the realizations and aha moments have to be…earned rather than learned.…Even after reading it in a book or seeing it in a video a hundred times, a lot…of your progress is going to be incremental, much like learning an instrument is.…Would you think that it was reasonable to buy a guitar today having never played…it before in your life and expect to be performing at a virtuoso level tomorrow…just because you took one lesson or saw one video on YouTube?…Probably not, and mixing is very similar.…

But here are some of the common pitfalls that many of my students and even…myself have experienced over the years.…First off, mixing your own music or music that you've been heavily involved in…can be very difficult.…It's much different than mixing other people's music.…Each is a skill on its own.…I find mixing my own music to be particularly challenging, but extremely…rewarding at the same time.…Whenever you find you have to mix your own music, try to come at it with a fresh…