A mixing engineer once told me that every step of the recording process becomes less important.  And I get his reasoning. The first step of the process, of course, is songwriting. If the song ain’t good, well then nothing else in the process matters. The next step is the recording and production. The greatest mixing engineer in the world can’t fix a shitty production or tepid vocals. The next step is mixing. And finally, mastering.  Although mastering is the last step of the recording process, I would argue, still incredibly important. When a track doesn’t hit or bump. It could [...]