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Emphasizing the most important elements

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Emphasizing the most important elements

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Every song has some element that acts like a hook to capture the listener's attention. In this video, I'm going to show you how to find that element and emphasize it to bring excitement to your mix. The most important element captures listener's attention. Many times it's the vocal, but it can be other elements as well. Usually it's an element that's so important that without it, the song just wouldn't be the same. Think of the piano line in Coldplay's "Clocks" or the clavinet in Stevie Wonder's "Superstition: or the intro guitar line and the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction." If they weren't there, it would be almost a different song. Finding the most important mix element is vital to getting a great mix because it's what provides the excitement and the reason for you to listen. In a dance song, it might be the kick drum; in an R&B song it could be the groove; in a pop song it might be an interesting hook than an instrument plays in the intro or the interludes-- and yes, it could even…

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