| I do remember chatting with you a while back, Jerdude - what' happenin?
Mostly what I'm saying is that these sorts of things need to be discussed in advance - some bands are, shall we say, less capable of taking direction than others. Some producers are better at simply realizing the band's own vision while other bring something much more interesting to the table that allows the band to grow in directions that they wouldn't have thought of on their own.
Indeed, some producers don't fit with some bands. But I'd suggest that in the majority of cases, especially those that most of us encounter, the biggest hurdle is communication - the band articulating what they expect from the producer and the producer making sure that the band knows what he exects to do. When label money is paying for the producer, everything changes, however. |