u/The_Flaneur_Films

I'm just starting pre-mixing my 7th album. I'm a hobbiest, not a pro, but I know my way around the essentials of mixing.

This new album sounds something like American Beauty, All Things Must Pass, and a touch of DSOM.

As I'm starting to gather reference tracks and think about how I want things to sound, the Stones and Paul McCartney are just releasing new albums. This music sounds like them of course, but the production/mixing is very much modern.

I'm not saying the boys should go back to cutting up tape with razor blades, and kicking the Binson when it doesn't work, but I like the simplicity of the early 70s.

So I can do some things now like LCR panning, Alan Parsons delays, Phil Spector Wall of Sound, etc. But modern music also has things that are expected like parallel compression and vocal tuning. I'm worried that there are some attributes of modern mixing that really need to be in there. And clearly the Stones and Paul think that way.

I guess I don't know how or where to draw the line. I'm hoping other people have had this internal debate and found some satisfying middle ground.

Thanks!

I understand that the boys are Western and into Christianity, but I think that learning about Buddhism would be beneficial for all sorts of reasons. Some possible multi-part episodes could be:

1. The Spread of Buddhism Around Asia

2. Famous/Significant Monks

3. Western Monks

4. Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana

Any examination of southeast Asia between 800-1500 AD is particularly fascinating. The Khmer Empire vs Thai vs Bagan. Great stuff.

Let's say I wanted to make a series of videos about Thailand. I do this on a retirement visa.

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But I do NOT sign up for the partner program, and thus don't make any money. I just like doing the videos.

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Would this be considered work?