I’m All About That Base

A friend of mine is a music producer, mostly smaller local bands and hobby projects, nothing fancy or big names. He sent a “first mix” to a client (which is kind of a “draft”, not the final product, it’s more a “check it out, what you think” thing).

Client: “The bass is too quiet.”

So he boosts the bass.

Client: “Still too quiet.”

So he cranks it up to eleven, to the point where there simply is no balance anymore.

Client: “Dude, I need BASSSSSSS!”

I happen to be there to listen to it, and it’s horribly muddy and just all low-frequency mush. He’s getting kinda desperate because, you know, customer’s right and all that, but it does sound completely screwed up.

Me: “A stupid question, but what’s he listening on?”

Turns out, his client’s cellphone might not have the most bass-intense speaker…