After more than a decade of making music, I am finally taking more time with the mixing process.
I'm sure there is a RIGHT way to mix music, but I'm an artist who prefers to spend my time creating the music (composing, arranging, performing), rather than mixing.
Image: TaurusBeats (aka Taurus James) making music on his computer using Propellerhead Reason.
I still don't think there is a single, "right" way to mix music. This is art. There are creative ways to do everything.
Of course, I mean no disrespect to the people who do this (mixing and mastering music - sound engineers) for a living.
There are some guidelines I follow.
Also, since I have been using Propellerhead Reason since 1999, there are a lot of songs I am revisiting just to update the tracking with the mixer (that was not in Reason 1.0).
All of this is time-consuming, but I am learning a great deal. Yes, I would rather pass this off to someone else, but I can;t afford the engineer and my raw song filesneed cleanup before I could even pass them off to anyone.
So, yeah, this is what I will be doing everyday.
Here are some items I found helpful.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIGp7WCy2PY7wz3POknooe_1tysx5gmJ_
Watch and learn how to make instrumental music with Reason in this video tutorial series The Making of Even Still.
How To Chop Samples with Propellerhead ReCycle and Make Beats Using Propellerhead Reason by Taurus M. James
Learn how to layer drums and samples in Propellerhead Reason and get drum layering tips and techniques from TaurusBeats.
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