Here's a great tutorial from engineer/producer Prince Fatty that taught me some tricks. I really like the way he thinks about sound and gear, and creativity in the studio.

https://youtu.be/AmEwSLuUbsI

He mostly focuses on dub in this video, but a lot of his tricks are handy in other genres, particularly the stuff about re-miking sounds and using physical solutions to audio issues while recording, like putting a pillow in front of an amp to cut high frequencies to tame highs instead of using an EQ after recording.

The first half of the video mostly discusses the history of Jamaican music, the tricks start around 19:00 in, and general studio/mixing advice 28:30 in. I enjoyed the whole video though, worth a watch (especially if you like reggae at all).

Cheers
Kent
PG Music