“…then go back to making music.”
Life beyond the Magazine How-To: If you buy a copy of Live […], here’s what you should do: Make music. Make music all day and far into the night. Don’t worry about mix automation until you need mix automation. When you need it, read the manual. If you don’t understand the manual, and if clicking on a bunch of stuff on-screen doesn’t help, post a few messages on a user forum and learn from other musicians. Then go back to making music.
Yeah. Back to the keyboard, old cat.