{"id":190,"date":"2014-10-08T16:07:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedbymarcmozart.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2015-06-19T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:33:02","slug":"all-about-that-bass-shake-it-off-mixing-advice-mix-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedbymarcmozart.com\/it\/2014\/10\/08\/all-about-that-bass-shake-it-off-mixing-advice-mix-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing Low End: “All About That Bass” (Mix by Kevin Kadish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]This is my analysis of the song “All About That Bass”, written, produced and mixed by Kevin Kadish<\/a>. The song is now nominated for “Song of the Year” at the 57th Grammy Awards.<\/strong>
\nWhether you like it or not, the current music industry is a hit-driven environment<\/strong>. Album-Sales are down<\/a>, and the songwriters, producers and engineers who still earn solid money in this job are the ones that attach their name to a huge worldwide hit-record.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what genre you’re working in, I firmly believe it’s part of our profession to keep an eye on what’s moving the masses, and pay attention to what works commercially, and why.
\nThis is something I expand on in the chapter called References and A\/Bing in the new book<\/a><\/strong> – you need to know where RMS-levels and dynamics are at, what the frequency-curves of mixes are like, and always have current references at hand – especially when your plan is to do something opposite to the current trends.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at the mixes of the two biggest worldwide hits of the year 2014: “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor (in part 1) and “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift (in part 2)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’ll focus specifically on analysing the low end of these mixes, how well Kick and Bass are working together, and recommend you have a look at my post on Mixing Kicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Mixing Kicks<\/a>, I have established that a Kick Drum Sound consists of 3 different frequency components:
\n1. the fundamental root note in the low end (45 – 75\u00a0Hz),
\n<\/strong>2. the pressure point<\/a> (an octave higher, 90 – 150 Hz)
\n<\/strong>and 3. harmonics and noise (anything above).<\/strong><\/p>\n

First let’s have a listen\u00a0to Megan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”, written, produced and mixed by Nashville-based Kevin Kadish<\/a>. I recommend you go buy the track on\u00a0iTunes<\/a> – it will be a valuable mix reference and shows some clever thinking when it comes to the planning of the low end.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” on VEVO
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