On my way to lunch this week, my front bicycle wheel got stuck in the streetcar tracks and threw me off my bike.
I barely missed landing face first into a parked car.
Instead, I just hit the asphalt, rolled down the street a bit and ended on my back moaning like...well, like an idiot who got stuck in the streetcar tracks.
With my left side pretty banged up, I tried to stand. That's when the piercing pain shot up from my right ankle. I looked down and was relieved that my foot wasn't twisted at an abnormal angle, but there was no way I was making my lunch meeting.
So I canceled and started walking.
My car was at the co-working space so I debated calling an Uber to take me to it or try to walk my bike all the way back. So naturally, I chose to walk, not really thinking things through to the end when I would realize that my body was also unable to drive.
On the way back, when the pain slowed me down to a snail's pace I thought, maybe it's easier to bike? So I sat on my bike and began to pedal. That's when my left knocked locked up let its injury be known. The entire knee was swollen so that I could hardly bend it, but I could sit on the bike and slowly push my way forward.
After a few blocks, in a haze of pain (and maybe some shock supposedly...), I stopped by a taco place.
Seeing as I had to cancel my lunch, I was hungry. So I went in and ordered a taco bowl and a beer. A taco bowl to be carb free. A beer because the taco spot didn't sell over the counter ibuprofen.
That's when I finally made the call to my wife to let her know that I hadn't died. She wasn't exactly thrilled that this was the first time she was hearing about it.
After a few carefully chosen words of marital debate in which I was obviously the idiot, she came and picked me up to take me to urgent care. Considering the fact that I could hardly move my foot, I relented to a few x-rays to confirm that nothing was broken.
X-rays are great. They help you see inside your body to make sure all your bones are fine. It's kind of like using a frequency analyzer when you're EQ'ing your mixes. You use the analyzer to see into your mixes to find out if anything is wrong.
If there's a build-up of low-end energy, you can easily see it on the analyzer. It's a great way to find where to cut the muddiness out of your mixes so you can hear the instruments better.If you're looking to get a clean mix where you can hear all the instruments, maybe you'd relate to Jeffrey's story.
He just purchased EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ because he was learning home recording with Reaper. He was struggling with mixing but his biggest problem seemed to lie with EQ.
He, like you, was having problems making his mixes cleaner. I'm sure you're familiar with the old muddy mixes problem, so if you're still struggling with that, EQ Strategies is guaranteed to help you out.
John is another customer who went through the EQ Strategies guide, and he loved my advice on approaching problem frequencies first, especially giving the high and low-pass filters the love they deserve. The high-pass filter is my first line of defense against muddy mixes, but there are certainly more ways to clean up your mixes, all of which you can find inside EQ Strategies.
It's honestly the best resource you can find if you're struggling to understand the frequency spectrum. And if you get it before tonight, you'll still get the Recording & Mixing Strategies eBook and video bonuses that are included (at an $84 value for free). But after tonight, I'm pulling them from the shelves and making them unavailable.
So if you want X-Ray vision to help you EQ better, get EQ Strategies today and start learning all the techniques and tricks you need to make better mixes:
www.EQStrategies.net