Mick Guzauski Masterclass on Pop and Funk Mixing [ft. Jamiroquai]
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Published 2017-08-24
Mick Guzauski, critically-acclaimed GRAMMY-winning mixer for Daft Punk, Michael Jackson, Pharell, Mariah Carey, Chairlift and more walks us a real working funk/pop mix from the multi-platinum selling artist, Jamiroquai's latest release.
In this detailed mix walkthrough, Mick talks about everything from session setup to mix bus treatment to EQ'ing individual instruments as he dives deep, taking us under the hood on a track-by-track basis.
Thanks to Universal Audio, this event (and this video) are free to the public. Check them out at uaudio.com/
Many thanks to Jamiroquai for letting us use this track. You can hear the full track here: • Jamiroquai - Cloud 9 (Official Music ...
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All Comments (21)
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Love Mick's enthusiasm, he sounds like a happy nerdy kid. The world needs more people who are this passionate about music.
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The recording engineer did an outstanding job on this track, most of the work essentially.
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Get Lucky has one of the best-sounding mixes I've ever heard. Kudos to this gentleman!
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I love how Mick was sponsored by UAD but spent just as much time talking about FabFilter and Soundtoys. A lot of integrity there, and a great mix!
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So EQuing to get rid of unwanted sounds, making sure one instrument doesn't "interfere" with another, or EQuing to lift certain frequencies to add presence. Next, use compression to make sure your instrument or vocal performance is balanced. Then do some side-chaining to make gaps for certain sounds like high-hats to shine. Then of course you'll be using reverb and delays throughout. And don't try to make a LOUD mix. Just shoot for a balanced mix so that everything "sits" in the mix, in it's own frequency range. This is basically what I'm hearing all "Master Producers" saying.
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What I love about this is that he’s not afraid to leave something alone if it already sounds good from the production. So many people take great sounds and feel the need to put a million plugins on them when actually little to no processing is required.
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Half the battle of mixing is getting a great recorded audio, the record engineer rocks!
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Like how can you not like this guy
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love how authentic this guy is
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Clever trick with the HH sidechained to kick for groove enhancement !
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This guy mixed the best album of the 10's RANDOM ACCES MEMORIES
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This Mike Wazowski is a genius! Now i understand. A big eye for the Music Production!
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Shout out to this guy and the high quality production of this video.
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It cannot be understated how important a great recording and arrangement help create at a great mix.
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just thinking about how a great mix starts with something essential - a well recorded and good composition/arrangement.
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Really enjoyed that. You guys got the audio and mic levels just right which makes it a pleasure to listen to aswell as a pleasure to watch. So many other channels get this so wrong and it shouldn't happen on an audio related video. Thanks again.
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Wow. Thank you for uploading those!
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I remember hearing this song for the first time 2 years ago. Hard to believe that it's only 3 years old. I love the work Mick did on this. Every instrument is given equal space.
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Recording is great, I really like how much dynamic range he leaves in the mix and he doesn’t over compress anything
