But there are still tons of way to mix a song, tons of ways to arrange a song, tons of ways to reach the desired result. And Ive seen people, especially with todays tech world and home recording people thinking they are pros, commenting on PROFESSIONALLY released songs sayng the mix is bad, or they dont like the sound of the drums or the mastering. So it is entirely and completely subjective...

Imagine going on to Amazon and seeing a review of a song or album "I have to say I was completely disapointed with the sound of this track, I thought they did a bad job of mixing it.

This coming from who? Somebody who sounds terrible on his beat making software...

Yes, songs are personal, but they are not supposed to be "inside jokes" either. Anything can be hysterical between two people who understand the history behind the joke, whereas outsiders are like "wtf"? Can you explain why this is funny?

Same thing with songs, if you are writing for just you to hear, I would agree, its yours, but if you want somebody else to get it, to feel it, to want to figure it out...first of all you better entertain them, secondly it should be worth their time to do so.

A great deal of it is subjective, there are grammy award winning songs I think suck, and indie songs I think are through the roof.

Side note, I know a guy who has won multiple songwriting awards, normally very humble. He released a cd, and he got those type of home recording people anaylzing the production....he flipped out, was funny for me "Oh cmon man get out of my hair, thats all the world needs is another recording nerd bashing my music.

Everybodys a critic, and most of them dont know chit.....

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 03/09/21 02:27 PM.