Are Mix Engineers Overrated?

This might sound offensive but I think we need to stop worshipping famous mix engineers.

When I look around the YouTube audio engineer space it seems that all anyone wants to talk about is mixing.

And even more specifically, famous mix engineers.

Now don’t get me wrong, I think many of these engineers are phenomenal at what they do (and some are my friends) but are we overvaluing them?

In today’s video, I break down three reasons why I think mix engineers are overrated.

Let me know if you agree!