You might also be partial to a certain sound based on the role you play in the group, and this can cause you to lose sight of the big picture. Attempting to master your own music can result in disaster because you’re going to want to push EQ frequencies to benefit some parts at the detriment of a balanced track. Mastering is also best left to an objective audio professional for the same reason. Instead, he or she will take the time to work with the music to make ensure you achieve balance, both in volume and tone as well as panning placement. As a musician, you want your part to stand out because you’ve worked so hard on creating it, and maybe the part does need to stand out however, an objective mixing engineer is going to be able to provide a fresh set of ears with no bias toward any one part.

This is through no fault of your own – it’s just human nature. The key reason for this is that you are going to have an unconscious bias toward certain parts. Mixing and mastering your own music makes sense, right? I mean, after all, who better to bring out the best in each song then the person or persons who wrote the music? Well, the reality is that mixing and mastering your own music is often a bad idea.

Mix and master my song