Because we work in audio, we listen to music much differently than the music muggles around us.

People just hear the rhythm and the melody. The rhythm track is just one big element of awesomeness with the singer singing over.

We're different me and you.

We get all the way down into the songs, analyzing every part.

Being able to focus on one instrument over all others when you're mixing music is called the Cocktail Party Effect.

Crazy name eh?

Wikipedia defines it as:

"The cocktail party effect is the phenomenon of being able to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much the same way that a partygoer can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room. This effect is what allows most people to "tune into" a single voice and "tune out" all others"

It's the same reason your brain can hear your name called out over the loud noise of a party.

The reason I'm telling you this is because I want to reach out to those that haven't gotten there yet.

Being able to listen to individual instruments in a busy arrangement isn't easy. And it takes skill.

But don't worry. 

It's not your fault if you can't hear like this yet. It'll come soon enough with enough practice and actively working on your productions.

Sooner or later we'll all get invited to the cocktail party.

However, if you want your invite to arrive sooner, and want to get better at hearing individual frequencies and learn to separate your instruments in your mixes better by mastering how to EQ, there's no better place to start than with EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ.

Here's a review I got a while ago from my student Maximillian that I'm still pumped about, if only for the fact that I have a student with such a cool name like Maximillian! 

Here's what he had to say:

"The EQ Course was eye opening in many ways. Having had basically no previous information on mixing, the course really gave me a sense of how essential EQ'ing is to the process. It helped me take my mixes from muddy and boomy to fairly clear, and definitely helped me get some punch into kicks and basses. Some really basic things that I hadn't even considered, which really changed the way i approach music: like EQ'ing the reverb and delay effects themselves to avoid conflicts on different frequencies...it does an effective job of squeezing much information into little time, and the formulations are clear and pedagogical. The amount of useful information i gained from the course was impressive and I am extremely grateful for having been given these gems!"

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