yeah... good stuff.

Build the foundation first and then build everything else from there.

When you build the mix from the guitars or vocals, you end up doing things over to get it right... or worse yet, adding something like Boost 11 to get the other things up above the mix. It's a death spiral from there......

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.