Great Article!

I am still drafting my article on analog vs. digital mixers. The new school year has started up and with my schedule as a student, as a teacher, and doing freelance work, i'm really busy. but...


I did have time to read a nice article posted online at ProSoundWeb. It's entitled Ear Versus Eduction. Check it out.

I agree with the majority of the sentiment. Having a musical background is "nice, and helpful," but 100% necessary. You can pick up the majority of the knowledge (albeit, without the terminology) from working. Case and point, my boss in New Jersey, John Heinz at Concert Quality Sound. He had no formal musical training. But he KNEW the styles of music we normally did. He could hear what was important, knew what to bring out, and did great mixes. He didn't know the musical terminology, but from mixing various kinds of music, John learned the practical application of the knowledge.

I still say a little music background is nice, especially historically if you think you're going to be amplifying Jazz groups or other mostly acoustic groups. And, the opposite is true.

Our finely tuned ears, able to pick out all this harmonic and melodic info, get bogged down and miss the point! It's all about balance, my friends. And i think the article does a nice job of saying that...with a little bent toward music education, of course. lol