One additional comment.... notice my signature line....

Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.

This is very important. It applies not only to the effects like EQ, compression, reverb, etc... but especially to the tracks.

Sure I like a fiddle and a steel and a dobro and a B3 and a piano and acoustic guitars and electric guitars and drums and bass, and...... do you get the idea? Yeah, well just because you have it and can use it doesn't mean you should use it.

In other words, if you have 20 tracks in a project, that's OK.... but just don't let them all play at the same time.

Some of my projects have 10 vocals and 6 guitar tracks, 3 piano tracks and so on.... but you only generally hear one thing at a time. I avoid, like the plague, having a piano soloing or filling when a guitar is also doing the same thing.... Gentlemen and ladies, please take your turn...one at a time.

Time to run the dog... back later...

You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.