I am not trying to be rude, or bruise anyone's ego, I seriously am not.... but most normal people don't really know a good mix from an ok mix, or sometimes even a bad one. I have had DJ's open for me that trainwrecked (mashing two songs together totally off beat), and DJ's that were just "ehh" - nothing special.... yet they would get people like "Your ish was TIGHT dog!!" when they were done, usually from their friends, or girls that thought they were cute or whatever.
Point is, you can *think* your mixing is fine, when it isn't the greatest and not get any complaints, or even get complimented on your mixing, because the "normal" people don't really know they are hearing in a mix. They don't know they may be missing a great mix vs. an okay one. Unless you have a monitor (or sometimes some headphones, I'll concede to that) you never really know what it actually sounds like for sure. If you are going off the speakers you are playing out to, it will sound like crap (in my experience). So I wouldn't take the harsh comments about mixing too much to heart. Chances are they didn't have a clue about mixing anyway, and just enjoyed how you played the right songs at the right time. Sometimes mixing doesn't matter all that much as opposed to how and when you play something.
So if a B&G complained about mixing, then they probably knew a tad more about mixing than the regular average Joe and Jane. They probably expected a club-like mixing style, and that just isn't how you approach most weddings.
Point is, you can *think* your mixing is fine, when it isn't the greatest and not get any complaints, or even get complimented on your mixing, because the "normal" people don't really know they are hearing in a mix. They don't know they may be missing a great mix vs. an okay one. Unless you have a monitor (or sometimes some headphones, I'll concede to that) you never really know what it actually sounds like for sure. If you are going off the speakers you are playing out to, it will sound like crap (in my experience). So I wouldn't take the harsh comments about mixing too much to heart. Chances are they didn't have a clue about mixing anyway, and just enjoyed how you played the right songs at the right time. Sometimes mixing doesn't matter all that much as opposed to how and when you play something.
So if a B&G complained about mixing, then they probably knew a tad more about mixing than the regular average Joe and Jane. They probably expected a club-like mixing style, and that just isn't how you approach most weddings.
