For example, the chord progression is relentlessly simple: C, Dm, F, repeated all the way through. Why was ‘Never Be Like You’ so successful? How did it manage to get so many radio plays and still maintain it’s artistic credibility? The songwriting and production have a great balance of simplicity with novelty injected at the perfect points. We can then use these techniques to help guide our decisions to get great results in the studio. In this post, I’ll be decoding the mix of ‘Never Be Like You’ to see what we can learn from Flume’s approach to making music. 4 years later he released his second album ‘Skin’ which won the best Dance/Electronic album at the 2017 Grammy Awards. The lead single on this incredible album was ‘Never Be Like You’. Here’s Tom!įlume ascended to stardom at the age of 21 when his debut self-titled album topped the ARIA album charts and reached double-platinum. In this post, you’ll find some serious nuggets of engineering wisdom, as well as links to free trials for all the Mastering in the Mix plugins.
Tom’s a weapon in the studio and he specializes in using his cutting-edge plugins to dissect and help you learn from anthem tracks. We’ve got an exclusive guest post for ya from Tom Frampton, mix and mastering engineer, and the man behind the Mastering the Mix Plugins: EXPOSE, LEVELS, ANIMATE, and REFERENCE.
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