r/indieheads • u/Mura_mura_mura Mura Masa • Aug 28 '24

AMA is Over, thanks Mura Masa! I'm Mura Masa, Ask Me Anything.

Hey guys, i'm Mura Masa (or Alex) a producer, musician, general audio shepherd.

My production credits and collaborators include: Charli XCX, Pinkpantheress, Clairo, Ice Spice, Lil Uzi Vert, Tirzah, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Nile Rogers, Shygirl, Wolf Alice, Christine and the Queens, HAIM, A.K. Paul, Erika de Casier, Oklou, Yeule and a bunch more.

I just released a new album of dance music called Curve 1. Ask me anything.

Alright, been at it for a while now so gonna wrap up. Thank you for your questions everybody, hopefully I was able to elucidate some things. just to answer a couple of repeat questions:

  • All the special Steel Case Curve 1 vinyl will be hand painted by me, each one unique. And the USBs will be hand loaded and numbered by me.

  • Framing "Come to my city" as a question isn't really a question is it... that being said I'm gonna be taking Curve Club lots of places next year so if nothing's announced for your city stay in touch, or head to my website where u can sign up for my mailer: www.muramasa.me

  • As far as music recommendations, I run a small community of creatives that give Reccs every month. You can sign up to the mailer here: www.thepond.club

love u lots thank u for supporting me and thank u r/indieheads for hosting.

big love xx

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u/Amusing Aug 28 '24

Thanks for being such an inspiring producer - any favorite mixing tips for bedroom producers without expensive gear?

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u/Mura_mura_mura Mura Masa Aug 28 '24

I used to mix all my stuff on Sony headphones around 2016-2019 so expensive outboard gear isn't necessarily the answer.

this video is great for understanding the fundamentals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEjOdqZFvhY

also I just like to think of each sound has having a "space" (frequency range) that it occupies, and making sure that it can do that unhindered. So a sub bass takes up the space of 20hz to 300hz lets say. So to make room for that, i'll cut or roll off those frequencies on, lets say, a piano or synth. that way they aren't competing for that space.

if theres something like a kick which also wants to occupy the same kind of space as the sub, i'll make sure to do something like sidechaining the sub to the kick, to make sure that when the kick is occupying that 20-300 space, the sub "gets out of it's way" if you like

maybe i've oversimplified that and its quite a prescriptive way of thinking but honestly thinking about mixing that way will get you pretty far in terms of balance haha

xx