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Originally Posted by henryrobinett  No, no, no!!!!!!!! That's what f***s musicians up. Let them hear how lame they are so they can improve. If they go in to a studio, play like shit and it comes out sounding sweet, what f***ing motivation do they have to actually play better?????
No way do I see this as ethical, from any number of vantage points. And DEFINITELY NOT DISCREETLY. Up front all the way. |
If musicians can't tell that they suck just by evaluating their own playing, they sure aren't going to realize it after hearing themselves recorded.
And that still doesn't help me produce a quality product. I don't have time to wait for some band to get good, all the while trying to get out of paying me/trying to pay me less/trashing my studio/complaining about the free drinks in the fridge/not having their parts worked out.... why should I help them see the light at the cost of future business to me? **** bands that can't play. They can come in, record, and I'll do what it takes to give them a good finished product.
So you can remain a purist and do what you want. We all have lines we don't cross when it comes to producing music... for instance, I won't do autotune or any kind of beat detective/snapping-to-grid thing.
Nobody would have to do any of this if bands came in rehearsed and ready to lay it down. But the ones that don't have enough respect for their own music to learn their shit don't get any respect from me. I take pride in my work, and I'll be damned if some ******bag slacker is gonna make me look bad.
Then again, I haven't done anything like that yet. And I don't want to. All I'm saying is that I think I'm justified in merely considering it sometimes.