Does it take 10,000h to be good at mixing? - Mix Sessions Live Webcast Highlight 2

Описание: Plugins don’t make great mixes - Skills do.

But does it take 10,000h to be good at mixing?

Mixing is learned the same way as an instrument: slowly, imperfectly, and over time. There are breakthroughs, plateaus, frustrating days… and moments where it all suddenly clicks.

After 25 years, I can tell you this: progress isn’t linear, and mastery isn’t about clocking hours. It’s about understanding music, understanding intention - and understanding yourself.

And yes, some days just aren’t the day. Knowing when to step back is part of the craft too.

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Transcript:

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[00:00:05] So, plugins, again, is not where the money is. Okay, let's take this in for a moment.

[00:00:11] It's not the plugins, so. What is it then? Well, it's all coming down to the skills. And the skills of mixing are pretty much exactly like learning a musical instrument. So, if you imagine a young person picking up the guitar for the first time, or the drums, or singing or playing keys or synthesizes, what have you.

[00:00:39] There's a learning curve and it always starts with, yeah, well the first couple of years are a little bit rough around the edges. And it takes a couple of years to actually get good . An interesting theory it's called the 10,000 hour theory.

[00:00:54] And it implies that anybody who dedicates 10,000 hours to something they're really interested in, is gonna get a really masterful at a world class level, eventually. This might apply to musicians, this might apply to business leaders, um. Pilots. Sports people, athletes, you could keep going.

[00:01:15] Personally, I find that this is really simplified and you can't just work for 10,000 hours and then you are good at it. So if I now look at my personal path of about 25 years, I would say that a learning curve is not linear in any way.

[00:01:31] It's actually full of curvatures. There are times when you learn a lot and progress over the first couple of years is pretty steep, and suddenly it comes together.

[00:01:39] But if I'm totally honest, most of these revelations had to do with me understanding music, understanding how it's intended, how it's meant to sound, or most importantly, understanding myself better. Uh, learning about myself, how I can extract a better artistic mixing performance out of myself. And, that also means to accept sometimes that today's not the day. That happens as well.

[00:02:04] That every once in a while I have a day where I feel like, no, it's not coming together. I'm not gonna force it. I'll back off and try another day. But you know what, this, we'll leave for another day. There's so much more that I wanna talk about.

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