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Originally Posted by Studiocat  Moonpi, you're right.
Yes, it's bad enough that we can correct time and pitch. This allowance has produced some of the most uninteresting, uninspired music ever known to man.
The Beatles created beautiful art regardless of their technological restrictions. They improvised methods. They played together. They recorded drums in mono.
Restrict your art, and it too, will improve.
Start by using less microphones!
Adam |
Personally, I don't think that having the tools is the problem, it's what WE do with them that is. The mentality that has been cultivated as a result of the mega onslaught of marketing is every bit as damaging to the quality of the music as a propensity to psyche yourself into using something just because you have it.
I forget who said it or where I read it once, but some extremely-wise sage of a musician said, "
It's not about what you play. It's about what you DON'T play." Do you think that modern crop of producers and engineers could take something valuable from this?
There is nothing quite like starting at the source of what you are recording and not having to try to polish a turd for the rest of the album.
My motto is this, "
Don't try to polish a turd. It never gets the shine you're after and you just get shit on your towel."
Plus I think it annoys the pig, too.