Music Production and Mixing Tips for Beginner Producers | Inside The Mix
How do you make your mixes sound professional as a beginner? What’s the real difference between mixing and mastering? And do you actually need expensive gear to produce great music at home?
Inside The Mix is the podcast for beginner and early-career music producers, as well as hobbyist musicians, who want clear, practical answers to the most common questions in music production and mixing music. Each episode breaks down real-world techniques used in audio engineering, helping you improve clarity, balance, and confidence in your mixes — even in a home studio.
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- Make your mixes sound professional as a beginner without overcomplicating your workflow
- Fix common problems like muddy mixes, weak low-end, and poor translation
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- Build a reliable production process using tools you already own
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Music Production and Mixing Tips for Beginner Producers | Inside The Mix
#115: From Dream to Reality: 'Let You Go' Revealed
This bonus episode of Inside the Mix podcast is a celebration of my new single 'Let You Go,' I'm not holding anything back! My new single 'Let You Go' featuring Indigo is now available to stream on all platforms and there's a music video you can check out on YouTube too. So, buckle up as we embark on this musical adventure together, diving into the ebb and flow of the synth-pop soundscape that will make you groove. Let's turn up the volume, hit the play button, and let the music move you.
Click here to listen to Let You Go on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4ARvlY0FXZEwnAQTvj6N6B?si=rW65U0oET9OePPZiXmDTTA
Click here to watch the Let You Go music video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sabjnmW0Rts
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You're listening to the Inside the Mix podcast with your host, mark Matthews. Hello and welcome to the Inside the Mix podcast. I'm Mark Matthews, your host, musician, producer and mix and mastering engineer. You've come to the right place if you want to know more about your favorite synth music artists, music engineering and production, songwriting and the music industry. I've been writing, producing, mixing and mastering music for over 15 years and I want to share what I've learned with you. Hello, folks, and welcome back to the Inside the Mix podcast.
Speaker 1:It is a bonus episode. We don't usually drop them on a Friday, but it is a cause for celebration. And before we delve into the celebration, make sure if you are a new listener or viewer, you hit that follow button on your podcast player of choice, or subscribe and notify on YouTube so you get notified anytime there is a new podcast episode, we go live or I have some new music. So it's going to be a short one from me today, as my new single, let you Go, which I have been banging on about in the podcast tutorials and other episodes, has finally dropped today. It is now available to stream on Spotify, apple Music, anywhere you can listen to music, and there is also a music video on YouTube. So I'm going to play the full song for you now. So if you like chilled synth pop with a nice modern production twist, you're going to love this. I will put a link to the song on Spotify in the episode description and also a link to the YouTube video. To do, give it some love, give it some likes, give me some feedback as well. Put it in your playlist on YouTube, on Spotify, on Apple Music, whatever you use as well, and also reach out to me on Instagram and let me know what you think. And if you do share it, make sure you tag the podcast and also my producer profile at Mark Matthews producer. So here we go.
Speaker 1:This is Mark Matthews, let you Go. Featuring Indigo. We used to be like day and night. I'd go out you forever, but I'm told you're buying it light. Yeah, your secret show. Like I'll out you forever, but your secret show. I know you're going to love me, but I'm told you're buying it light.
Speaker 1:Yeah, your secret show. Like I'll out you forever, but your secret show. I know you're going to love me, but I'm told you're buying it light. We used to be like day and night. I'd go out you forever, but I'm told you're buying it light. Yeah, your secret show. I could watch you forever, but I'm told you're buying it light Secret show. I know you're going to love me. Let you go. I know you don't need to know. I know you need to know darling. I know you're going to love me. Let you go. I know you're going to love me, while you need to know darling darling, darling, darling, darling, darling. There you go. Darling darling, darling, darling. There you go. Darling darling. I know you need to know darling darling. Let you go. Darling darling. I know you need to know darling darling, darling, darling. Let you go. Darling Darling, darling, darling, darling, darling, darling. Let you go. Darling Darling, darling, darling darling.
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