Reason 8/9 why your mix isn't as powerful as it could (Patreon)

Topic #1 I nag to clients about, hands down. Poor mono.

Hell, even a lot of great producers don't check their mono, and then it's my job nag about it. I know, I know, I've been complaining about this a lot, but even some of the songs I get for feedback via Patreon still suffer from this.

Won't lie, I just got a fairly big league song as a reference for a mix where the brightness and hihats are barely there in mono, while they're really bright and present in stereo / on the side signal. How come neither the producer or the engineer hasn't checked it out? SMH.

Let's just care about mono a bit more, ok? It's so easy for you to check.