Blue Bastards - Lights Out

[andreybenassi]

I liked it a lot! Liked the snare dark sound! I just put a mix in the forum but I can´t compare with you guys. Didn´t use automation. Is it necessary in this song?

Oh, nice! Thanks my friend!
Automation is useful in a lot of ways, I use in every mix and it's my way of mix, there's no rule.
Use automation to show interest in the music, you can use to show details of the arrangment, to makes the song grow and add impact if it needs.
Sometimes the "static balance" doesnt work, for example in this song, the vocals, in the chorus we can make it sound right, but maybe in the intro as we don't have too much instruments, It can be useful to do some automation in the vocals to bring it at the same spot as the guitars, you know what I mean? Let's make things play together!

I will do some feedback to your mix to see if I can help you.