During my 5-month period here on NG, out of all of my audio submissions, not one person gave a review about the mixing/mastering. The reviews I got are often about the dynamics of certain instruments (natural sounding instruments, especially), suggestions to replace an instrument, making a different melody that compliments the bassline, adding variations of certain patterns (the beat, or something), but nothing about the mixing or mastering.
Just something I noticed recently. During production, I do put a certain amount of effort on the mixing, but they're (in my opinion) slight edits that I'm not sure if you'd notice it, like EQ-ing, bit-crushing, adjusting volumes of each instrument so none is overpowering the other (for some reason, I seem to give priority to the kick, snare, and bass instruments) , and compressing (although very rarely).
Am I doing it (the mixing, and stuff) properly? Does it sound bad/weird/off in any way?
VicariousE
I've never listened to your work, but it is a fair question. I'm sure a lot of listeners don't even consider what goes into the production, so long as it sounds good.
But based on what you've described in your post here, I think you're definitely on the right track... no pun intended.
Yoshiii343
Well...I'd have to agree to the bit about the listeners not considering the effort in the production. People seem to give more attention to the music part (the melody, the riff, etc.) of a music, but not the finer details of it. I often pay attention the finer details, hoping that some of my knowledge would help connect the dots of why something sound the way they sound.
And what do you mean by me being on the right track? Are you referring to the fact that I'm questioning my method of working, and asking for opinions or something else?