There's a common fear called low-mid-phobia.

I bet you're familiar with it.

It's this thing where you cut way too much low-mids from your mix because you're terrified of muddying up your mix.

It happened to me very recently.

I was working on The Long Wait's newest single (video below), and the first "final" mix I had was severely lacking in the low-mids.

The bass was almost non-existent and the guitars were way too shrill.

After a few rounds of feedback (thank you Mike Senior and Ian Shepherd!) I went back to the mixing board and added the much needed weight to my mix.

The bass needed a hefty amount of 250 Hz for thickness and I pulled my high-pass filters back on my guitars.

After a few more rounds of revisions my mix was complete.

All because I have this innate fear of the low-mids cluttering up my mix.

I instinctively cut in those areas instead of just listening to the instrument to hear if they actually need cutting.

Of course, low-mid problems are very common and the way to fix them is to cut in those areas. But knowing the solutions doesn't always mean you have to use them. You have to actually have that problem to begin with.

And because I didn't realize that I ended up solving a problem that wasn't there. I

It's ironic because I have a whole chapter in EQ Strategies(www.EQStrategies.net) devoted to fixing muddiness problems in your mixes.

In this case I fixed it a little bit too much!

But in the end it all worked out and I forced myself to call the mix finished and release the single.

Now, I'd love for you to hear it.

We just released it today and we are super excited about it. This is the first single of the band in its current lineup with performances by all the members of the band.

There's just something cool that happens when you get multiple musicians together to create music. There's so much more magic in that synergy than when you play all the instruments yourself.

So without further ado, I present you with "Perfect Pocket," a song about my wife: