Originally Posted by Janice & Bud
Nice mashup of multiple genres presented in a complex mix ... and one that works.
I've said it here on the forum many times that mixing is never finished - just abandoned.
Sometimes we find that regardless of all our efforts it is only via mastering that some tracks finally sit in a good place. smile
We enjoyed this ... it's quite emotive.
J&B

Thanks for listening and responding J&B. Having to channel-swap and remix so many tracks I agree that the mixing is never finished. I've no experience at all when it comes to mastering, though I've been doing a lot of reading up on it, but where I've been experimenting I've always preferred the cleaner original render. I think I wrote at the top that the one guy I tried for a free mastering completely ruined the track. One thing I don't understand is why so many go for super-loud final takes. I see a lot of that on YouTube. A 'local' studio which is just to far from me to get to has a page of advice - what not to dos - and at the top of this list of mistakes is going too loud.

Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.