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You can’t change the way your instrument bounces off the walls going into the microphone; you can only simulate a similar result after the fact. For engineers and producers working in a cabin environment, this is just where the benefits of their studio start…
The genres I want to talk about today have value in being some of the most difficult to work with while having a huge mainstream appeal. We won’t get into any kind of subgenre nonsense that’s difficult because you’ve never heard of it.
Time is money and that means the more time you take to make mix decisions is the less your time is worth (if you’re working at a project rate). If you’re someone that works an hourly rate, you’ll end up charging your clients for time that’s frankly wasted to them.
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A great mix is going to sound amazing regardless of if you’re in a multi-million dollar studio, at home with some headphones, or playing back through a loudspeaker system at a concert. There are many key concepts that audio engineers can carry over from the studio to a live sound environment, but the similarities don’t just stop there.
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Country music has been steadily changing for nearly three decades now, perhaps even longer. Ask anyone who listens to country music.
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