That's how long the smash hit "I'm Yours," penned by "Jason Mraz, spent on the Billboard Hot 100. But that is not the only stat shattering record this feel-good single set. It is also the tenth best-selling digital song of all time in the U.S. with 6 million downloads and 12.2 Million worldwide. Not a bad day's work...
Behind this chart-topping hit, is one of the world's most revered mixing engineers, Tony Maserati. Tony is no stranger to the charts, with smash hits on records from Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, and Queen Latifah, Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Robin Thicke, and pages more.
In this pureMix exclusive video, Tony opens up the multitrack of "I'm Yours" and creates an entirely new mix of the chart-topping hit. Along the way, he breaks down everything from the origin of the song and creating a plan of attack for a mix to his meticulous attention to detail with automation.
Watch as Tony:
Explains the origin of the song
Discusses how he finds the direction for the mix
Address the rough mix
Adds dimension and width to the acoustic guitar using short delays
Adds texture and a little bit of attitude to the bass guitar using tape saturation
Explains why he tries not to interrupt playback as much as possible.
Automates E.Q.s on individual elements for different sections of the song
Talk about the process of creating the radio edit
Sends drums into a mono delay, which feeds a lightly blended reverb to add a unique depth to the drums
Adds personality to the mix with precise automation while looping playback and reacting intuitively
Compares multiple plugin bus compressors while searching for an alternative for his hardware pendulum es8
Revisits the original mix and compares this new version
This is your chance to sit next to legendary mixing engineer Tony Maserati and discover his thought process behind the mix of a smash hit. After you have seen Tony mix it, download the stems, and apply what you have learned to mix a hit for yourself!
Watch Tony Maserati mix I'm Yours" from Jason Mraz. Only on pureMix.net
Jason Thomas Mraz is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which spawned the single "The Remedy", that reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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26 reviews
Pato93m •Friday, January 26, 2024
Epic! Thanks Tony. To people who are complaining about he is not speaking as much when he does stuff.... This is about listening. And he is a master on that. Dont expect him to put the soup in your mouth. Be greatfull he is sharing his experience with us.
Drummer Jeroen Simons •Thursday, January 18, 2024
For me personally its ok that he doesnt speak as much and do show his moves he makes where I can use my eyes and ears to follow him and think his steps technically as a mixer. This is another way of presenting than others do, but it give me still enough insights..., Kind Regards, Jeroen Simons, Independent, ex- EPICA.
chrisbrasil23 •Sunday, January 14, 2024
not helpul
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lluscente •Saturday, December 16, 2023
why doesnt have at least english subtitles? omg
GavinS •Sunday, December 10, 2023
Watch him click a bunch of stuff for 5 minutes and then give us a sentence that has nothing to do with what he just DID and why... and them clicking around more stuff.
Greenelives •Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Do I hear traffic in the background of the guitar mic all over the song? Yes…yes I do.
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Ross Martin •Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Somewhat hard to follow
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billabong859 •Sunday, April 4, 2021
We see a creative expert making intuitive decisions. Hard to learn from, because the explanations are sparse, much scrolling around, and there is not much A/B comparison. I couldn't learn much from that.
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jens.s •Friday, March 26, 2021
What the heck happened at 20.24. He didn´t do anything but the delay time changed big time.
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Pisko Music •Thursday, February 18, 2021
Tony is an expert n his achievements r outstanding. This beign said, this "tutorial" is POINTLESS: He sets da goal of maintaining da feel of da original demo n he doesn't even consider da option of building da mix from it, perhaps he didn't feel it... Instead he strugles 2 match it's tone n FAILS 2 SHARE A CLEAR EXPLANATION of all da stuff he throws in.
Spent 30 minutes here n learned we need 2 do a good DUE DILIGENCE before choosing a tutorial
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richard personne •Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Please, subtitles in french
Maxiemixer •Tuesday, August 18, 2020
I want to thank Tony for being so clear and precise in explaining his thinking. This is a great way to get into it.
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mminjarez •Saturday, August 15, 2020
Tony Mixed everything with the ATR-102 on the Mix Bus, but he never showed the settings so not sure if it has eq bumps and where. Would be helpful to know.
