Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
But there are still tons of way to mix a song, tons of ways to arrange a song, tons of ways to reach the desired result. .


There is this, there is that, there is the other. BUT...if you want to improve at a skill, pick a target, and a path and narrow your focus and move towards it.
Additional good advice is not to give or accept bad advice as you move towards it. It's just static and wrong turns to do so.

Akin to the good song standard...a song is not good that does not sound good. If I sing a song that I wrote and it sounds awful, but Aretha Franklin could have made it sound great...BUT...she did not sing it and no one but me ever sang it...it was never a good song.

Be realistic

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