Get this wrong, and your mixes will always suck

Published: Sat, 08/03/19

In the last ten years I've learned that most home studio musicians and engineers like yourself both struggle the most with mixing, while at the same time find it the most fun.

However, a good mix is only as good as the song you're mixing.

You can get the cleanest, most pristine sound, using all the latest fancy schmancy plug-ins you have, but if the song sucks, the mix will always be boring.

It's like cooking a great meal. If the ingredients are moldy and stale, the meal will make you throw up.

But use fresh ingredients and even the simplest meal will taste delicious.

So even though you may want to learn as much as you can about mixing, it's actually "record making" that's the most important.

That's why I'm so pumped to help my buddy Graham promote his new course: Recordmaking With Jacquire King.

They don't jump ahead to the sexy mixing stuff and leave you hanging on the important stuff.

They take meticulous care to make sure you know as much about the entire process of making records so that when it's time to mix, you'll be mixing a great song instead of a collection of great sounding tracks that make up a boring track.

And before you think that you won't learn anything from a Grammy-winning producer because your'e just in a home studio, I would argue that you'd only learn to make your home productions even more professional.

Recordmaking is recordmaking, regardless of where you're making your records.

Here are five reasons why the entire process is so important for home studios to understand, taken from the masters themselves:

"1. It works in any genre of music

Once you understand the process of record making, it doesn’t matter what genre of music you make.

Rock, hip hop, electronic, Americana, acoustic, RnB… the principles that run through Jacquire’s process work for all of them, because the process maintains a clear focus:

Producing something that moves and impacts the listener’s emotions.

2. You will see the clear improvements in your music

As you use Jacquire’s framework, with each subsequent track you work on, you’ll start to identify the phase of record-making that you’re in.

And each time, you’ll see how you’ve improved from your last project.

Making music is frustrating not just because of the start/stop nature it has - it’s also being unable to tell whether you’re moving forward or backward that can stop musicians from regularly producing music.

3. You will trust your musical instincts more

With Jacquire’s process, you’ll begin to realize that great music isn’t only about compression ratios or the milliseconds of pre-delay on a reverb plugin.

Instead, it’s about developing an ear to decide what’s the best recording/mixing move at each point of your production.

Where in the past you might second guess every decision you make while producing music, you’ll start to trust your instincts.

And as you develop your ear for production and mixing - the music you work on will only improve.

4. Your music will connect deeper with your audience

As your ear improves, you’ll be able to record, produce and mix music that has the power to move your listener, and give them the reaction you’re working towards.

From moving people to tears with a powerful ballad to getting someone’s foot tapping to a guitar riff - there’s no pleasure like knowing that you’ve produced music that goes straight from their ears to their heart.

5. If you’re a producer, the artists you work with will trust you to fully develop their music

If you’re working as an audio engineer or producer for other artists, you won’t be afraid to lead and help advise your clients on how to best produce their tracks.

You’ll be able to convince them to follow your production decisions, even if it isn’t what they originally had in mind.

And as they see the impact you have on their music - their trust in you will deepen.

This course will show you how to capture the magic found in a great record

Yes, this is a comprehensive course that will show you how to record, produce and mix a great record from start to finish.

But it's also a course that shows you how to find and capture the magic found in the records Jacquire produces.

And so you'll also get Jacquire's best advice on how to create that same magic in your home studio.

The magic found in songs such as James Bay’s “Hold Back The River”...

Or Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody”...

Or even an acoustic-based song such as Niall Horan’s “Seeing Blind”."

So if you want to start making magical records that literally and figuratively move the needle and the listener, grab the course while you still have a chance.

It closes to new members on Monday so now's the time to get started.

Click here to learn record making from someone behind iconic hit songs and multi-platinum albums