Will check it out.

I'm halfway through Systematic Mixing and really not disappointed so far. I'd picked it up mainly for bass and guitars, but it gave me a couple of very good pointers for drums as well, as it is a lot more surgical than pretty much everything I had read before.

And for bass, which I've always struggled w/, it definitely opens a whole new world of possibilities and I finally got that bass much closer to where I want it. But once again, it isn't a case of simply throwing an EQ and a compressor - we're dealing w/ very granular automation, stage compression, multi-band compression, limiting, etc... 

Definitely not a case of trying to make it all happen w/ just a channel EQ and compressor.

 Rain, really good stuff. Thanks for posting. I wish someone would do a similar book for Nashville type recordings. The ballad snare is an art form in itself.

You guys are making me want this book. I might have to check it out. I have Mike Senior's book and it is very good and I especially like all the links from his book webpage. Will probably have to get this one too!

BTW isn't mixing one of those arts theory won't help much only practice, practice and practice?

Yes. But obviously, you could practice for 3 life times and never get anywhere if you don't have some basic knowledge and/or a good mentor.