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Brushing up on mixing.

I liked the look of this guy, Bjorgvin, and what he was saying in an ad Facebook and his free video persuaded me to buy his book.

I am aiming to

  • Learn to get organised and simplify my mixing process to create more mixes that sound better in less time
  • Learn practical EQ tips to make all of my instruments fit in your mix
  • Learn to use compression to create punchy and tight mixes
  • Learn to use reverb and delay to add space and depth to my mixes without cluttering up the song and making myself sound like an amateur
  • Learn everything you need to know about saturation to add that secret sauce to my songs that make people take notice of my skills
  • Learn an invaluable process to getting my mix to translate to any speaker or sound system

I already know quite a bit but Logic Pro X is daunting and simple book concentrating the basics and using only five plug-ins to start with sounds ideal at the moment.

The book is

Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins
Paperback – Illustrated, 9 May 2019
by Bjorgvin Benediktsson (Author),  James Wasem (Editor)

I am really quite enjoying it and finding it useful so far. I will add an update here when I have finished it.

City Bustle

An engaging string Quartet for two violins, a viola, and a cello suitable for educational or concert use. The music is of moderate difficulty, very tuneful, and makes excellent teaching material. This download includes individual scores for all four instruments plus a condensed piano overview of the piece. This piece is for intermediate plays. It is written in C major to be played at 115bpm and is two and a quarter minutes long. 

Download and Print City Bustle from Sheet Music Direct
(Includes all the separate individual parts)

A Pony in the Woods

A Pony in the Woods is part 3 of 4 of The Woodland Animal Suite. An engaging piece for flute, cello, and piano suitable for educational or concert use. The piece is of moderate difficulty, very tuneful, and makes excellent teaching material and is in C Major and 6/8 time with a dotted crotchet equal to 65 BPM making the piece about a minute long.

Download and Print A Pony in the Woods from Sheet Music Direct
(Includes all the separate individual parts)

A Fox in the Woods

A Fox in the Woods is part 2 of 4 of The Woodland Animal Suite. An engaging piece for flute, cello, and piano suitable for educational or concert use. The piece is of moderate difficulty, very tuneful and is in F Major and 4/4 time with a crotchet equal to 88 PM making the piece 1:05 minutes long. 

Download and Print A Fox in the Woods from Sheet Music Direct
(Includes all the separate individual parts)