John Rodd – Composers must be good engineers

A composer who is producing their score needs to constantly make creative decisions that will shape the music. They have to find a way to deliver a good sounding end result regardless of their budget and schedule. The more a composer knows about music mixing, the better they can produce a superior end product. That's true if they are doing the mixing or if they are hiring a professional music mixing engineer, because the composer has to give revisions and overall sonic guidance to the engineer for the end result.