A tip I learned from an interview Wyclef Jean did has helped me a ton when trying to come up with effects or adding backgrounds, adlibs, or anything to a mix that I feel is missing. That is taking everything off, this is what he said in his interview:
"I start by taking every effect off of everything. I just want to hear the sound raw and pure. When you put effects on a the sound right at the beginning, you lose the natural elements of the sound, the elements that inspire you. These are the raw elements that you build from. The human ear can hear three things at a time..."
I keep in mind that "the human ear can only hear three things at a time" so once everything becomes overcrowded it's time to remove some things or when you feel like something is missing it's time to remove some things so we can hear what it is and add what is missing.
Here is a link to that interview!
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/wyclefjean.htm
#EveryDetailCounts!
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