This is the holder for a series of videos on broader thinking and application of the real rules of music.
Tone & Time are the core concepts to be understood in music, no matter the genre, style etc. Everything that you hear is made up of a complex moving melange of tone over time in a 3D space. Sounds absurdly complex and unnecessary in this modern world where it is all about following the “Ten Best Tips for Making Hit Songs” type thinking. But this is the very thinking that went on under all the great artworks of yore; whether Picasso, The Beatles or Prince it is how to use tone over time to express the Message.
This is the graphic in all its glory for you to study at leisure. Stare into that black dot and all will be revealed.
If you only watch one of the videos, this is the vital one
Here you get to see me mix a pretty full piece using nothing but EQ – that means no faders, no compressors etc. Nothing but Tone adjustments using Reason’s stock SSL EQ section to prove that Tone is everything when it comes to expressing your message in sound.
Sadly something happened and the audio in this final (and most important) video got crushed by the hand of Bit. I hope that you can understand that while it all tends to sound a bit crunchy, this has no impact at all on the material being presented.
This next video DOES NOT REPLACE the one above but may help as again I have focused on keeping the mix as simple as possible and this is a Rock mix with a lot more tracks (48 actually)