You turn up the volume on tracks you like, right? You turn down the volume on the LOUD commercials (they are intentionally made louder to make you listen to them). It has the opposite effect on me and I'll bet on most of you, too…we turn it down or MUTE. If a commercial plays at some reasonably volume, I might just let it play. Especially on TV (thank God for the mute button). When a song comes on the radio (playlist or whatever) that you don't know and it's LOUD, compress

Dont ask your Mom. Don't ask your friends. Don't ask your BF, GF or BFF. Don't ask people you know to comment while you are sitting there. None of these situations can be trusted to get you some honest feedback. Do YOU want to tell a friend or loved one that you think their "pride and joy" sucks! Likely not. Try something like this: I once sent a CD of a bunch of my songs and productions to a bunch of friends and included a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) and a c