Where do you get your music mixed ??

[Jerome]

Volume envelopes not put in the right places, instruments panned incorrectly, bringing out one instrument ahead of the one I wanted to be prominent etc.etc. despite giving detailed instructions. And I tried some really big names in the industry but it seems like they just go ahead and do what THEY think is right and then get upset when you don't like it. I don't think I am very good at mixing - I don't have the patience for it but I also can't afford to just throw money away either. It's very frustrating to pay a lot of money for a service and it comes back completely different to what you specified. And to be quite honest remote mixing and mastering does not work. You have no idea if someone spent 5 minutes or 5 hours working on it. Some - not all - engineers simply put the whole mix through some outboard gear or software plug-ins without even examining individual tracks. And when it comes to mastering it's even worse, although I did use Tube Mastering run by Andy Jackson (Pink Floyd's mix engineer for many years) and the results from his studio were very good. But he only does mastering not mixing. Bottom line - do it yourself or be prepared to throw a lot of money away.