[QUOTE=bitmob;5090878]The quality of production and the song itself is much more important than how loud it is. I've heard plenty of tracks get placed (library or custom) that haven't even been mastered yet.
Though I'm a little concerned of getting passed over for other louder mixes, (if and when the opportunity arises) I'm going to go for quality over loudness and see what happens. Also, maybe the guys presenting the unmastered mixes are already well established in this part of the business?
Too bad quality isn't a factor in some of todays major releases.
Talco,
Not only am I trying to match the mixing and mastering to the big boys, I also wrote the damn material so it seems to be even harder.
Problem is, is that there is no money at this point to pay for outside help.
I would definately prefer to do just the writing and the tracking and have someone else look after the mixing and someone again looking after getting the material into the right hands.
I'm too old now to worry about it, but someday I'll have someone to do all this for me.
Thanks for the replies, Rick