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Originally Posted by Brad_Wood  Good question. The answer for me has been pre-production and lots of it. If that is not an option, I usually will: 1) offer to make a rough mix and suggest the player take his/her instrument home for the night for a chance to woodshed and come back for a fresh start. Most of the time this is all that is needed, as I suspect a lot of the time the player has a bad case of nerves. 2) Track and edit the best of a bad performance and then rough mix. It is a good way for the player to have a chance to listen to the part in privacy and then have another go. 3) Acknowledge that the part is damn hard and perhaps a subtle simplification is all that is needed to make it not only easier to play but might improve the song. In no instance will I suggest I play for them.
Best- Brad |
You're right on all these for sure Brad. I hit the wall on this session and I'm going nuts so I was a little harsh (alright-quite harsh) in my last post. We managed to do get thru everything but that one part I played on. They were happy once it was done and everyone breathed a sigh of relief cause we could move on.
But one other thing to take into consideration is the responsibility to the band and their label to bring the project in on time and budget. I guess it's a fine line and every situation is different. This was one of the hardest recording projects I've ever been on in my life.
Take care-Joe