The Soul of a Mix.

Wow…how to describe this.

Music is a living, breathing form of communication. It needs to move in order to move the soul. Dynamic range in a song is what creates this movement. Songs getting louder and exciting in parts and softer and intimate in others is what we call a song with good dynamics.

By removing this…the dynamics, you remove the ability for the music to touch the soul. There is no movement, it’s just straight at you full level. no movement, no excitement, nothing to communicate the passion of the musician because the music… isn’t going anywhere. 

I’m not pointing fingers at anyone, but i want to ask the musicians to challenge themselves and the mix engineers to not go with the status quo, remember that your heart is in that piece of music, don’t hide it behind a limiter. Let the music live!