Avoiding some common pitfalls

There is no denying that mixing is a difficult skill to learn and make progress in …because many of the realizations and a-has have to be made by the individual.…Even after reading in a book or seen it in a video, a hundred times,…a lot of your progresses are going to be very incremental, much like learning an instrument.…Would you think it is reasonable to buy a guitar today, having never played it…before in your life, and expect to be performing at virtuoso level tomorrow? Probably not.…Mixing is very similar but here is some common pitfalls that many of my students…and even myself have experienced over the years.…

So, the first one I'd like to consider is mixing your own music.…There is a lot of different thoughts on this subject.…It's definitely a different skill than mixing other's music.…I find myself mixing my own music to be particularly challenging while extremely…rewarding at the same time.…But definitely, if you are going to mix your own music, you want to try to have…a fresh perspective by taking a break.…