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Originally Posted by Quint  Well hell then. Why even have the band come in at all then? Just have them write the music down for you and you can track the whole thing and just call them to come by and pick up the finished product. Is this really what it's all come to now? This is just sad. Based on what you're saying, why even bother recording music anymore? Don't you have any sense of music as art? Does the fact, that music, when done for the right reasons, can be a very personal artistic expression, mean anything to you? For you to go and do this behind the band's back is basically robbing them of that expression. This is what makes this unethical and unexcuseable. Well that and the fact that you wouldn't be here asking this question if you didn't already know the answer deep down. All artistic decisions belong to the artist. Period. If you feel "above" the artist enough to make decisions for them, you are being arrogant and unethical. I can't put it any more simple than that. |
It isn't about being above anyone.....it's about doing what every band I work with asks for......to sound the best they can.....they ask to be tuned, edited, comped word by word......the tracks look like this ||||||||||||||||||||||||
I don't want you to confuse all these things being done, to me wanting to do them. I would rather track a band that needs no fixes anyday.
a quick anecdote......2 projects ago, I tracked a singer, 10 songs in 3 days.....he killed it. No tuning needed, comping is simple..... a pleasure to work with. Since the drums were programmed, and I tracked all the guitars and bass in 3 days......If only all projects were this easy, I'd be in heaven.