Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We take a new song and utilize the template we designed in the previous episodes. The focus here is to understand what works on a new song by the same artist, what doesn't, what is specific to a song, and what is instead a signature move that we can keep applying to the whole album.

🎚️ *Welcome to The Thursday Mixdown – Episode 4*
This is not a plug-in hype stream. This is about how music gets mixed — honestly, transparently, and in context. I approach each session with real tools, thoughtful decisions, and a focus on what actually matters in the mix.

👂 *What’s in this episode?*
- Your first mixing decisions are the most important
- Working with a template and an artist with different songs
- Drums Mixing and Bus Processing
- Acoustic Guitars
- Mix Bus
- Setting the soundstage to drive the song
- Pre-production and assistant work before mixing the song
- @MixWaveOfficial CA-286S
- @apogeedigital Opto-3A and Clearmountain Drums
- @EventideAudio 2016 Stereo Room
- @McDSPTV ML4000 ML1
- @steinberg Nuendo 14
- @waves CLA-76
- @UniversalAudio NEVE 88RS Channel Strip
- @fabfilter Pro-Q and Pro-C
... and more!

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There's No Going Back (2022, Subscotia Records)
Composed by Drew Patrick Campbell
Produced by Drew Patrick Campbell @ Subscotia Sound, NL
Grant Tuffs - Vocals, Drew Campbell - All instruments, Lisa Ann Swain - Lyrics
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📜 I am a composer, pianist/keyboardist, and music producer. I've been running my own studio since 2007, writing original music mostly for video games and TV, with some of my compositions getting licensed by companies like Netflix, Fox News, Ubisoft, and Audi, alongside producing, recording, mixing and mastering for companies, labels, indie artists and bands. I am passionate about knowledge sharing and education, and I have been running this music education project, online, since 2020.

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