Get Your Beats Bouncin' with Mutes, Drops, & Automation

i usually get a mail from modernbeats.com with tips so i post them here, there very usefull

Get Your Beats Bouncin' with Mutes, Drops, & Automation
So you've finished with the bulk of your mix - you've EQ 'd, compressed, gated, panned, & added effects to your complete satisfaction. So you're ready to lay down your final mix, right?

Wrong!

Now it's time to take your mix to the next level. Adding in mutes, drops, & other types of automation will help shape and give a new energy to your mix that you hadn't imagined before:

Try muting out bass & drums tracks near the end of 4 bar phrases throughout your song and you'll see what we mean. Listeners love dynamics - adding in automated mutes & drops on bass & drum tracks throughout your song adds the dynamic energy hits require. Also, experiment with different combinations of drum drops. Don't use the same exact drum drops over & over - Mix it up!

So what other types of automation will bring the final mix to higher grounds? Well, depending on your console/computer setup, all of the following can be automated: Mutes, Pans, Effects sends, EQ, Compression, Gates, and more. Don't fall short during the mix process, your beat deserves more. Imagine the energetic & dynamic possibilities with all that you could automate!
By modernbeats.com

That is fairly useful though I thought that adding mutes and drops and such was fairly obvious...shit I did that when I first started

i also did that shit from the jump... at least theyre tryna help tho

yes, please do post any emails that you get from them that you think could help the producers

thnx

oh yeah, I know it's to help, I wasn't saying anything against the info or anything like that...

i usually never add mutes untill i get some vocals. then i can see what i feel is strong and should be emphasized. may hurt the first impression of the beat itself if im trying to sell but i think the lyrics themselves are just as big as the music that surrounds it.