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About Zen And The Art Of MIXING
From the Back Cover "Mixerman is a fearless, erudite and witty writer and thinker. Buy this book. Buy all of Eric Sarafin's books. NOW." -Dave Pensado (Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Pink) . "Finally, a book that teaches the Art of great mixing, not the pseudoscience. At long f*#@ing last." -Ken Scott (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Elton John) . "I learned early on that great recording engineering and mixing is largely a matter of keeping your mind out of the way, and here is one man's brilliant approach to accomplishing precisely that." -Bob Olhsson (Stevie Wonder, Jackson Five) . "Without belaboring the technical, he encompasses the creative, spiritual, practical, and business aspects in a simple and entertaining read." -Ron Saint Germain (U2, Mick Jagger, 311, Whitney Houston) . "Dough head. You gave away the farm." -Aardvark (Alan Parsons, Johnny Reed) . Mixerman distills a successful career's worth of aha moments into understandable and practical terms for both professional and hobbyist alike. If you change how you think about mixing, you'll be well on your way to learning how to mix-- Product Description This is a MAJOR REVISION (2021) of the original. When I think back to my best mixes--regardless of their commercial success--in each and every case, I can only describe the experience as one in which I was working from deep within, outside of any external forces. I wasn't thinking; I was doing. I wasn't scared of what anyone would think. I wasn't scared of failure. All my decisions were made with confidence, and once a judgment was made, I didn't second-guess myself. I allowed the music to guide me, and I based all of my mix decisions on nothing more than one simple criterion: Are the song and production doing what they're supposed to be doing? That sounds nice, huh? I mean, that's the headspace you want to be in when you're mixing! The problem is, you can't get there if you're focused on all the wrong things, and we're all susceptible to distraction and self-doubt. Great mixing involves trusting yourself, first and foremost. And I can promise you, that trust is downright infectious to everyone on your project. Great mixing isn't about manipulating sound. It's about the decisions you make in regards to the music, the balances, and how you use the arrangement to push the listener forward through the song. This is accomplished thought concrete strategies and techniques. You can spend the next decade mixing two songs a day to get there. Or you can get Zen & the Art of MIXING, and I'll explain the thinking behind great mixing. And then watch your confidence soar. Review TapeOp Review:As Ken Scott (The Beatles, David Bowie, Supertramp, Tape Op #52) notes on the back cover, "Finally, a book that teaches the art of great mixing." Yes, the art and not some stupid "mix with shapes and colors" or false claims of "buy this box and you're set" bull. This book will set you in motion, but the real work will be applying the thoughts set forth here, doing the work for real yourself, and keeping your ears open. But this is a good start -- a very good start. Good luck. From the Author In this 2021 version: The Gear chapter is entirely new. The Mastering chapter has significant updates. The rest of the book has been trimmed, revised, recast, amended, and fluffed to match the realities of mixing today. My goal wasn't to rewrite the book, it was to bring it current to the times, which was a far deeper revision then I'd anticipated. And although I'm quite sure that I write much betterer today, I feel there was a certain charm to the original that shall remain. For those of you who enjoyed the original versions, this is the book you love with the relevance you require. For everyone else, I present to you my most popular work, to date. From the Inside Flap Zen and the Art of Mixing 2021 has helped tens of thousands of record-makers. The book, written by a well-regarded gold and platinum award winning mixer, addresses the thinki
