I'm obsessed with this reality TV show called Bar Rescue.

I'm actually glad I don't have cable at my house because that's all I would watch.

So whenever I get the opportunity I binge-watch this show because it's so incredibly entertaining.

The premise is this: "Bar Makeover" guy called Jon Taffer takes a terribly run bar that has a bad name, bad employees, poor management and no differentiation and turns it around.

It's highly entertaining. The guy is obnoxiously mad a la Dave Ramsay at the start but usually there's some mushy story about some bartender or owner that gets the audience to relate and root for them.

Obviously that all goes over my head because I just think how his approach relates to mixing.

The show basically rethinks the whole concept behind the bar, which got me thinking about how you could rethink your whole process behind your mixing.

If you're stuck in a rut and always doing things the same way with the same results while not really improving, maybe it's time for a mix rescue?

Here are a couple ways you can do things differently next time:

• If you always start all faders up, how about you start with the kick and bass instead? This approach teaches you to get a solid rhythmic foundation.
• If you always start with all the drums, how about you use the top-down approach and start with the master fader, moving down into groups and then finally into your individual tracks? This approach makes mixing a little faster and easier.
• If you always work on everything at once start by listening to the song and then picking out the most important instruments in the mix and emphasize them first. It'll teach you to sculpt everything else around the most important parts of the mix.

Those are just three different approaches you can take when you're stuck in a rut.

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The Strategies Bundle Plus made me understand the impact each mixing element had on the overall mix. It helped me get the required presence and balance of the various instruments in the mix by using EQ effectively. Now, the mix is much more balanced and sounds more professional when compared with commercial music.

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