as far as radio-friendly eq and mixing - broadcast compressors mess with mixes. especially unmastered mixes. smaller stations tend to have cheaper compressors which tend to be less subtle.

Anthony Flack wrote:I don't know if it's true that non-musicians don't notice, but the number of clams and fumbled beats in songs played on the radio, even public radio, is typically zero. I don't think there is a radio sound in terms of EQ or whatever. Being in tune, in time and no fuckups *is* the radio sound.You've heard Let it Bleed, right?