The use of short clips from copyrighted works for the non-profit purposes of critique and analysis is typically considered fair use.

A reference mix is a set of tracks that an engineer is familiar with and uses as a source of imitation and inspiration. They also use them to identify differences in sound systems.

For further details on these songs and why I chose them, refer to this google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AYfDxBh--egnAr4SAgTNcKlIZxf09eJILLWiKQXSGK0/edit?usp=sharing

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