Golf Clap, douchebag.Well, I'm quite flattered be half the topic at hand here. While I do agree that I've definitely learned from people being constructive with giving me advice; I also think that music is a constant learning process for everyone. Steve..DB he has helped me quite a bit with mixdown especially back when I first started posting on BOA. Although my ear remains less critical than his still because he has loads more experiance with mastering and engineering music in general. So I can't always offer the same level of advice that some people can.
But I also think sometimes when people post critique...it's sometimes just opinion. Because we all hear and see things from a differant point of view. One persons opinion will varie from another. One might say needs more Bass, one might say...needs more highs about the very same tune.
I think a persons views on mastering is a matter of ones perceptions in what they want to hear too. Frankly if all things were mastered exactly the same value, wouldn't that make music overall less dynamic? Because maybe one person who writes a tune will intend it to sound a certain way....want certain elements to stick out more than others, then somebody else might have a totally differant idea of what sound they wish to achieve. I think having that variation is kind of nice.
I mean obviously if something is shit it's shit....No doubt about that. And truly while I do think mastering and mixdown is extremely important...I think some focus too much on that rather than the content of their music. Which is sad to me frankly.....
I mean...you can have the clearest sound of a pin dropping on the ground, but does that make it good music?