In studying some on frequencies, and doing some mixing, I understand that one of the battles is “carving out” some of the piano to allow the vocals to shine through. My question: would having the pianist play the low part (left hand) an octive lower and the high part (right hand) an octive higher be wise to help with that battle? Or is it best to keep the piano in the same octive as the vocals?

I'd like you all to welcome the newest mentor here at mastering.com Joseph Berg. He will be a mentor in the Membership Club for our VIP students who can book 1-on-1 sessions. He's an emmy nominated engineer who is also a student in The Reverse Engineer program with graduated with our official certification. Joseph is super talented and you all are going to love him! Please take a second and congratulate him! Bio: Joseph Berg is an accomplished audio engineer and lifelong musician who has worked as the mixing engineer on multiple Emmy-nominated film and television projects, including HBO’s Stax: Soulsville USA, which received two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program and went on to win the 85th Annual Peabody Award for Best Documentary. In addition to his mixing work, Joseph has served as a mastering engineer on records with critically acclaimed musicians and engineers, including Grammy Award-winning engineer Mack Major (PJ Morton, Tank and the Bangas, The Revivalists), platinum-selling engineer Mike Napolitano, platinum-selling musician and producer Jimbo Mathis of Squirrel Nut Zippers, and legendary blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite, known for collaborations with Tom Waits, Muddy Waters, and Eddie Vedder, as well as multiple Grammy nominations and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame. Excited to have you Joseph!!!

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Hey everyone! If you have a sec, I'd love to get some feedback on a new song. I'm especially wondering if you are hearing any harsh resonances with the vocal in the beginning? And just general feedback about how things are sitting together! Thanks! https://on.soundcloud.com/lELeqZyhhSM55y8kMb