This will surprise you...

There's not just one Bjorgvin running this ship but three.

Yeah, turns out I have a case of severe split personality disorder.

That's not the bad news.

The bad news is: I'm not the only one either.

You do too.

But it's not your fault. It's just how your mind works.

According to psychoanalysis, we're all a little Id, Ego and Superego.

• The Id is complete impulse and never thinks about the consequences of his actions.
• The Superego is overly analytical and doesn't take any chances.
• The Ego keeps both of them in check, listening to Id's good ideas and weighs them against the Superego's neurotic carefulness.

And those are your split personalities you're constantly fighting when you're mixing.

The Id wants MORE REVERB, MORE COMPRESSION and MORE ANYTHING FUN!

Meanwhile the Superego gets worried and finicky about all those processors and hyperventilates about how we might be getting off track.

It's kind of like that Pixar movie, Inside Out.

The Superego neurotically asks, "should we really be boosting more than 3 dBs? We don't seriously need all those plug-ins do we? "

And the Id just goes, "MORE SATURATION!!!!"

But the Ego keeps it all together, balancing everything together.

And where the Ego is the most helpful is when you're EQ'ing.

The Id's impulse is to boost it out of the park whereas the Superego only wants you to cut, but as little as possible.

The Ego realizes the good in both of these techniques and makes the most out of them.

• She filters and cuts where needed.
• She boosts in the areas of the instrument where they stand out in the mix.
• Then she cuts a little more off to make room for other instruments.

In the end the Ego uses the best of both of your other personalities to make a better mix.

That's how your split personalities work.

They try to push you in different directions but they usually have some pretty good ideas. It's just up to you how to manage them.

My split personality is definitely going crazy this week because I'm giving away my Step By Step Mixing System to everyone who buys EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ! 

We're celebrating the annual "birthday" of EQ Strategies and I'm loading the course with $300 worth of music production training you get from the Step By Step Mixing System

I'm no psycho-analyst but I'm willing to guarantee it'll help you control your overzealous split personality mixing disorder.

Click here to learn more about what you get when you get EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ!

Stay happy and healthy my friend!

Björgvin