Two books that’ll fix your ears before they fix your mixes 📚🎛️
Zen and the Art of Mixing + Mixerman’s Ultimate Guide to Producing
Less overthinking. More feel. Better records.
In the 19th century, many artists and critics rejected photography as “not real art.” They argued that a machine could never possess creativity or soul — that pressing a button could never replace the artist’s hand.
Today, the same argument is being made about AI, completely ignoring the human component — the decisions, the craft, and the process.
I made a video showing my entire process of creating this comic, from concept to completion. It clearly demonstrates this isn’t a “prompt and shoot” operation. You’ll find it in the first comment.
Enjoy!
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This one’s a doozy, Folks.
Today the new Tape Op Magazine issue dropped (#169), and it includes a review by editor Larry Crane of my newest book MIXERMAN’S Ultimate Guide to PRODUCING Records, Music & Songs.
I encourage you to read the entire review, but let me just drop this little flavor bomb for you…
“This book is dead on the best practical, hardcore advice about real-life record-making that I’ve ever read.”
And in case you didn’t know, my book is also a finalist for a TEC Award at the 2026 NAMM show (don’t forget to vote!).
So, do read the review — and all of the articles in Tape Op (it really is the best recording industry rag out there) — and then do yourself a favor and pick up my book, because Larry also warns:
“My only fear is that the people who need to read this most will be the ones who skip past it.”
Don’t be one of those people.
Direct links to booksellers at Mixerman.net.
Enjoy!
—Mixerman
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Well, well, well. I must be slipping in my anti-establishment ways… Mixerman’s Ultimate Guide to Producing Records, Music & Songs has just been nominated for a 2026 NAMM TEC Award for its impact on audio education. Honestly? I couldn’t be more thrilled.
What’s the one book that shaped your journey in music or production?
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Sometimes it can be difficult to let go of one's fandom.
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Ouch!
Don’t fall into the perfection trap. More in the first comment. 👇
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