Right, but you're saying it like I attacked him... The answer that I gave is exactly the kind of answer that helped me the most when I was just starting out.
Why? Because one of the most important things in learning is realizing that many things are really a lot simpler than you think they are, if you just take the time to learn the fundamentals.
It's funny how people ask for advice due to some fundamental issue, and you tell them to learn the basics (which is some of the most important advice anybody can give), and they take it like you were trying to hurt them in some way... Because that CAN'T be the answer
You must just be holding back information to keep them down....
It seems like now, literally every day on this forum there are a million "how do I make this sound" questions due to issues that could be solved by just learning basic layering/eq/mixing/programming/listening fundamentals (and that's not really what this board was created for in the first place). So when someone explains this, they aren't berating anybody. It's just the truth, and the best way to learn.