Music Producers and Songwriters, how does this Successful Engineers article affect your process with production? Does it?

The first article (8 tips...) is a great list of things to keep in mind, especially for beginners, or even studied engineers who find themselves with new equipment, a new studio, or even a new DAW program. Just like with marksmanship, you start with the fundamentals because everything else going as it's expected to depends on that success.

The second article, which is more geared toward a mixer/producer who is not also the artist, is still helpful to me (I record with my own equipment), especially steps 8 and 10. If you spend so long on a mix in one environment, with one kind of speakers, it might be skewed toward that environment. Playing through the speakers in the car sound different than earbuds at your work desk. Be mindful! And #10 is a great idea for a lot of reasons: mix a low volumes! If your speaker isn't up to snuff, playing it even slightly too loud will distort the balance between the instruments. The bass might sound louder (or less loud!) than it really is after a while.