I aaaaaint waaaiting on a laaaady
I'm just waitin on an....engineeer...

So theoretically we are now awaiting a review from AJ on the mixes, then any tweaks, an export and then mastering.

Using the cool new filters I tried some Fake Mastering to prove to myself that the correct place to lift the bottom end was at that stage, rather than during the mix. I tried messing with Devils Preacher and noped out and thought hmmm....i wonder if the bottom end could be lifted in mastering and you know what? Even with my limited fiddling, whammo. Worked.

I tried an imaging tool to spread the signal wider and then used a Big Bottom end mastering preset and wow.

What part to leave to the specialist, knowing the relationship between the 'mix' and then the 'master', is the object of contemplation in the temple of Mixing. At the very least, I am stepping back from 'improving' the mixes further.

Meanwhile, I have been youtubing all our songs omg its easy and I never have to make another music video.

People using YT as a jukebox just wanna hear the song not look at videos, so the job of the music video has changed.

We're not selling some band image, a lot of our stuff has been artsy fartsy or experimental or LOOK! Buttons! From Anime to live action, narrative to experimental. And now?

Easy. Ah yeah. kick back, cup of tea and let the AI do the work. Hell yeah. Soon enough it will be doing the songwriting as well (they are already doing that) so we might only need to press a button and whammo. This bodes well for me getting a nap.