Artists who do their own mixing?

[Dungus]

Agreed on the Sufjan stuff. Michigan might not be the best sounding album ever, but it is completely mindblowing when you consider how he recorded and mixed it. Especially the drums and the way he overdubbed each one using an SM57. The eternal search for better gear and a better setup, chasing the latest plugins or preamps or shit is one thing I have been guilty of in the past, but becoming masterful with what you have will always yield far greater results.

That being said, I recorded and mixed my bands last two records through headphones and they sound kind of shit haha

[casecandy]

The eternal search for better gear and a better setup, chasing the latest plugins or preamps or shit is one thing I have been guilty of in the past, but becoming masterful with what you have will always yield far greater results.

Obviously, GAS is a lot of fun, but it can also be quite destructive. I know for a fact I have:

a) Delayed creating music because I convinced myself, "If only I had [thing], then I could really do it right"
b) Caused a financial strain when I bought gear I didn't need, when I didn't have the money

I have a Macbook Pro, an Apogee MiC, a small Vox amp, a baritone guitar, a standard electric guitar, two ukuleles, an acoustic guitar, endless strings, capos, small "world" instruments, patch chords, a pedalboard rigged up with Evidence Audio and over a dozen pedals, and I will sit there, telling myself, "If only I had [thing]," and spend ten times as much time researching new pedals and amps, then I do playing the ones I have already.

If you're familiar with the New Testament... the word "Mammon" conjurs up a lot, here.