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Originally Posted by robot gigante  Careful with that tactic. You want to be respected and friends with the producers and engineers around, and telling bands that the engineering on their CD leaves a bit to be desired can kill potential contacts for you. Maybe give them a sample of your work and let it speak for itself, but never bash another producer/engineer in order to try to obtain work... it can come back and bite you in the ass, hard. Also it might make the band feel insecure about their recording that they may have put a lot of work into. It's just not worth it to do it that way.
RCM's list of
1) Great credits
2) Personal connections
is right, and you should do nothing to jeopardize #2, even if the engineering that somebody did really sucks. If your work sounds awesome, then people will recognize that and you don't have to tell anyone that someone's else's work leaves a bit to be desired. Building up a client base takes time, and you have to be willing to put up with that fact. |
well, never bash another engineers work, i guess maybe i should specify being very discrete about it,..maybe not saing it leaves sometihng to be desired rather you can point out the good things in the mix (just so they notice you have ears, lol)
this is more of what i mean.
as some others here mentioned, the marketing never stops,...and hanging out with any other local engineers really can help.
i've met a producer in my area that does some realy cool bands, i basically beg to be his bitch every once in a while, i learn a lot,.. and meet more bands,...after a point it's now to where he can mention my name to lower budget, or small name bands.
(another thing to think about)