miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
There's a huge advantage to objectivism. I'll only partially - disagree isn't even the right word - Let's just say that when I first listen to a project (and I only get that "first listen" once) I react to it and let it shape the outcome also.
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NOW LET'S BE CLEAR that I'm not telling people to not work on your own mixes. I'm just saying that sometimes it's advantageous to detach and let the talents of others add to your own.
I've been bogged down with a studio upgrade/reconfiguration the last couple of months...so I had not listened to any of the stuff I was working on in over two months, until this weekend.
As soon as I heard a few of my songs, they sounded different than I remembered them, and it seemed I could hear things that I don't remember being like that.
It's mainly due to having "fresh ears" again, whereas two months ago, I was listening to some of those songs over, and over, and over.
One of my approaches these days is to do that anyway.
I'll track a bunch of songs...then I come back to mixing them....then I come back and do some mastering touches. That way, I can clear my head and get the sounds out of my head so I can hear them fresh again.