Why Do My Mixes Sound Bad on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube or Social Media? (Mastering Tips)

Today's video is answering a commonly asked question... "Why does my music sound bad when I upload it to streaming services?". I hope you find these tips useful and can apply them to your own music.

Wassup legends - 0:00
Discussing a commonly asked question - 00:34
What is encoding? - 1:10
Encoding example - 2:05
Tip #1 Preview your track through streaming encoders - 2:34
Tip #2 Consider how much your track might be normalized - 3:57
Tip #3 Achieving perceived loudness - 7:40
Thank you - 9:46

This video is not sponsored and I am not endorsed by any of the products I mention.

Featured track 'Day Trip' by Lamphead
https://open.spotify.com/track/7c8u7f...

iTunes Mastering Guidelines
https://www.apple.com/itunes/docs/app...

Spotify Loudness Guidelines
https://artists.spotify.com/help/arti...

Nugen Master Check
https://nugenaudio.com/mastercheck/

ADPTR Streamliner
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/pr...

AURoundTripAAC
https://www.apple.com/itunes/mastered...

Loudness Penalty
https://www.loudnesspenalty.com/

Hey, my name's Josh and I'm a mastering engineer at Viking Lounge Mastering and a part of the audio team at Tommirock Studios. I want to make videos that help you on your audio journey so you can release better quality music! Let me know if there's any topic you want to know about in regards to audio, production, recording, mixing or mastering and I'd be happy to make a video about it.

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