Can’t wait to hear your progress on these gems, Nate! It got too late for me to make a vid for the other song, but I think @-PT got ya sorted with some great suggestions, yay! Keep up the great work man!

Great insights AND stories as always, Paul – you rule! Also, I don’t know the presidential debate reference … was that a real quote? LOL – amazing. 😂

Thanks for your patience, @nategomoon – beautiful work, man! After making this vid I re-read your original post and realize now that the cello was (an excellent) SoundBetter hire. 💪 Hope my ramble-y thoughts are helpful! Great job! 👏

Wudup, @nategomoon! Ooh, can’t wait to dive into these hot fresh tracks – will listen tonight or tomorrow and circle back! 🤘 Thanks for sharing with us all!

Hey @nategomoon! Thanks so much, man, that means a lot! 🙏🏻😍

HAHAHA – thanks so much, homey!! It’ll start airing Sept 2 – can’t wait to share it here with yall!

Thanks, Nate!!! I gotta get your trumpeting on the next one! 🎺🙏😍

Thank u so much, @-PT, @barrose, and @dave!! 💜

Just found out this afternoon…. WE WON THE GIG!!! 🎉 🤯 🕺

Holy smokes! Thanks for all your sweet support here, MP family!!

I’ll share the ad here with you all once it starts airing! 📺

This exciting news today got me and @cmn feelin’ all “Frank the Tank” …

Thanks homey! 💜

Hahaha! Different company, but great guess!! Thanks so much, man!

Thanks, Bar!!! I hope we get it.. but we’ll see. These gigs are sooooo competative. Will keep y’all posted here!

Jezze! Thank u, Abuela! ❤️😘

Thanks David! Fingers crossed 🤞 🙏🥰

oh, and the glockenspiel is real! Charissa played that. 🙌

Hey friends!

Thought I’d share this fun lil’ retro soul jam I made for a car commercial this week (wish me luck – hope we get the gig!! 🤞)

It features me and @cmn on vocals. I played real saxophones for the horns (alto and tenor .. plus pitched down tenor as a fake ‘bari’ sax sound). Everything else I played is midi instruments using…

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Really great work, Bar, and always fun hearing what you’re cookin’ up! Thanks for sharing!

Right on, man – keep up the good work!

Wow, Sam—what a beast of a mix! 🧠🎧 No wonder you’re feeling some ear fatigue. It’s a long track packed with instruments, and someone’s always soloing—so many elements competing for attention. That makes your job as the mixer super challenging… and I think you’re doing an excellent job given the complexity of the material!

Some…

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Hey Bar! 👋 Here are some thoughts while listening to your amazing new song…

Your track kicks in immediately—which is cool, but I actually restarted the playback a few times thinking I missed something! Might be worth experimenting with a short intro or ambient lead-in to help set the stage before the verse begins.

The tones are gorgeous.…

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Haha same!

Sick! Can’t wait to give this a listen when back in the studio this weekend! (I owe @barrose a listen too 😬 – gonna get caught up after an insane week). Back soon…

Amazing!! I’m fired up to use it on something too! ⚡️

Hey fam!

I just learned about a flash sale happening today (Sat, June 21, 2025) from Pluginboutique for a FREE Polymax Synth, Universal Audio’s brand new soft-synth.

I just snagged it for myself and am excited to mess around with it!!

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/10190-PolyMAX-Synth

Amazing! Can’t wait to hear it when it’s done!

So good, @phoebekatis! Such a fun track – and mix! Follow your ears and gut on the top end 👍. I think it’s really close and has a total vibe and is loud and proud and punchy. And could stand on its own as-is. BUT, yeah, if you want it to mix nicely in a playlist of top 40 pop, def try some top-end “lift”. Try a quick test for your car with…

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Hey Bar! Lookin fwd to listening when back in the studio this week!

My pleasure, Paul- glad you dug! Great seeing you on the MixLAB zoom the other day, and I realized only later what I couldn’t put my finger on … you shaved your beard! Lookin snazzy as always!

Hahaha – all good points!

Here’s a lil video response I made– inspired by your request, but delivered in a way that could be enjoyed outside of this particular context. I’ll prob dress it up with graphics and pictures to help illustrate things, but for now it will live here, raw, in this thread.

Lemme know what u think about what I say in…

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First off — amazing production and mix! Seriously, sick work, man. 🔥

Here are just a few small things that caught my ear:

• The strings are gorgeous — but when they enter, they feel a bit too loud and upfront, which kinda breaks the spell for me, even though they sound beautiful.

• Around 2:36 and leading up to that big section, it actually starts to…

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Voodoo-master!! You’ve done it again! Nice (mysterious) work, sensei!

Ooh, love these ideas J-Bear! Drums-vocals breakdown would be sick. And I often manipulate timing in Melodyne to lay-back and “drunkify” vocals that were performed a bit to on top of the beat. Always fun to try!

Duuuude! So awesome hearing a new banger from you (and your excellent collaborator)!

• Great booty on that kick
• Singer sounds great!
• “Woo!” Vocal sound effect is super hooky!
• This audio sounds a bit lo-fi / crunchy – is that intentional? Sounds like a mp3 set to a very low setting?

Productionwise, I could really use more harmonic textures – turn up…

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You betcha! Here’s another thread you might find helpful re dialing in FX:

https://mixprotege.com/forums/discussion/vocal-delay-to-be-or-not-to-be/#post-7702

Hey Phoebe!

Your backing track sounds super nicely mixed, compressed, and polished compared to the lead vocal — so just apply that same tone/processing to the vocal and you should be golden!

To do that:

1. I’d start with a stock parametric EQ and gently scoop out some of the low mids — try a bell or shelf around 150–250 Hz (whatever sounds best to…

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😂 I had the same thought seeing snowy wetness on that sick Tele!

But I bet @joerobinson‘s got like 5 of ’em and that one’s his outdoor/all-weather Montana snow Tele, lol.

Absolutely beautiful, brother!!!!! Wow. Stunning playing and camerawork, not to mention writing, recording, mixing, too. 🏆⚡️🙌 You BEAST! Plus, that backdrop you’ve got is pretty spectacular, wowzers!

Really, man, such a treat to get to see this – and honored we all got an early preview here at MP as you finessed your final mix. …

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