Mixing music is about volume and paning whatever you participatie the mainstream or the alternative music scene. Music is an artform which you can not take away, and not the fact that people like it regardless of sound quality. If the volume and panning is not in place along with the recorded song's intention, the mix is not gonna be complete.
The importance of a finished mix is to be aware of the song's intention. A mix is completed when (especially) the volume of the instruments and effects (and panning) is in phase with the song's intention.
Defenition of Intention: purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions orconduct
Ask yourself next time when you insert a compressor, gate or you actually make a crucial decision in your mix (like for instance you dont do anything except set your faders), in what purpose you do that?
