Wasnt insinuating other wise , just asking if there was protocol as the new site was a little vague <| sep |> Did you read down at the bottom of the page where he talks about mixing sectionV ? $ 75 an hour for mixing , with some general guidelines about how long it usually takes to mix something . Bob cut his teeth in recording and mixing before he started mastering . Clients like per song , because it makes budgeting easier for them up front , bit it usually either ends up leading to a restrictive contract , or just being a PitA for the engineer in my experience . I ' ve had people try to get me to a reasonable per song rate on stuff before , and every time I let myself get talked into it , I get shafted because it takes so much more time than the money was worth to get an acceptable result . Usually , it ' s not the mixing itself that ' s the problem it is noise reduction and editing and comping that chews up time . Hourly also allows for and easy number of unlimited revisions , and makes it more bearable when the p r o d u c e r artistconductorgirlfriend wants to sit over your shoulder and have input on the mixing decisions .