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I really recommend anyone that is into recording their own music (or recording other people's music) at home buy The Beatles Remastered Box Sets.

Why? Regardless if you are a fan (I happen to be a huge fan of The Beatles) you cannot deny their huge influence on music over the last 40+ years. I think because of this, it's necessary for anyone who is serious about music to be familiar with their music and there's definitely no better way to get familiar with their music than with these box sets (they're all I've been listening to over the last couple of days and they sound amazing.)

Being ignorant of The Beatles work while trying to record music is sort of like being ignorant of Shakespeare and trying to write plays.

There's so much that can be learned from The Beatles albums. Both as far as their music itself and as far as their recording techniques. While their music was recorded over 40 years ago, it still sounds better than just about anything recorded today (to my ears) - why is that? And how can you incorporate some of the things that makes their music eternally fresh into your own music?

I think both the mono & stereo box sets are essential because they both sound great, but they sound great in different ways. The mono box set is quite amazing to hear for me as it's the first time I've heard their songs as they were originally intended to be heard (The Beatles were focused primarily on the mono mixes in the 1960s.) It's impressive how great they were able to get these recordings to sound working in mono.

I think there is a lesson in that too.

A trick I've been using and will continue to use after being inspired by The Beatles in mono is to mix my music in mono first. I try to make my mixes sound as good as possible in mono before even worrying about how it sounds in stereo. I've found that if you do your panning while you are in mono, you can usually find the perfect fit. That may sound counter intuitive to you but I recommend trying it for yourself.

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