He's way better at manipulating the youtube algorithm than he is at engineering or especially guitar, I would say there are a million better sources to learn from, even on youtube.
In fact, even if you want to record metal, I would listen to non-metal guys like Warren Huart (he has great guest spots on his channel) or HOK like medic posted or something, loooooong before I listened to Glenns advice about literally anything.
Man 100 percent. Most of the guys I look up to in metal didn’t learn to mix or learn about audio from their idols in metal, they listened to everything. Gary Katz, al Schmidt, CLA, Rick Rubin, clearmountain… list goes on and on.
And furthermore once AGAIN, these guys have NONE of the resources we have nowadays… zero. There is literally no excuse to begin to make even pretty damn decent recordings very quickly. But you gotta understand the basics…
Speaking of the basics, this is the problem with modern mixing and the modern resources we have available though. In a nutshell, it’s almost too easy and too accessible. It’s like a 1 2 3 step guide on how to build a nuclear bomb: you learn all these things, but you literally have no idea WHY you are doing it. That’s what all these programs like nail the mix etc are doing. They send you PERFECT Tracks that are expertly recorded and tracked, and the most amazing part is, they are already edited! Like what world does that happen in? None. You wanna be good, you gotta learn how to engineer, and learn how to solve problems. Mixers get paid to solve problems, not perform tasks… wrap your head around that statement, because it’s important. Make decisions, that’s what a good mixer does.
Real question, do you even know what the difference between a mixer or engineer or producer is? Because if you don’t know what I’m saying by “ you need to learn to engineer”because you don’t know what engineering is, none of this is going to make any sense. And when you start reading on YouTube and nail the mix or whatever and you want all this to start making sense, you have to had actually DONE some of this stuff to understand why you are doing what you are doing in the mixing process. The way we learn now is all ass backwards… real drums with no bleed?
It’s spoon fed more today than you could ever imagine, there’s just no excuse.
NAil the mix is riding a pony at the fair. Real mixing is trying to lasso huge ass horses with huge dicks that are trying to rape you and kill you.