Welcome to #Mixcritmonday, the show where we critique YOUR mixes.

On this edition, we’ve got a pop punk song and an extreme metal track on the table. So, we’re throwing them in a blender and pouring a refreshing crit smoothie into your ears.

“It really should be in your fucking face, and the song explodes through your speakers, and is upbeat and energetic and, ‘Fuck yeah! I wanna eat pizza and make out with pop punk girls’ kind of thing.” - Eyal Levi

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

- Making sure you don’t suck all the power out of your mixes

- Not overloading a song with unnecessary panning

- Why you need to keep the genre in mind while recording and mixing

- Hooks! Why you need to work to find ones that connect with listeners

- Why you shouldn’t just cram your tracks with filler riffs

- No filler all killer

- Every moment in a song having its perfect place in the arrangement

- And much, much more

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