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Originally Posted by songbirdsound  Overall I find that people who produce and engineer themselves fall short of their mark because it's a lot to tackle and you can get burnt out easily. After years and years of getting good at an instrument and writing, you now have to get good at engineering. Engineering, as we all know, is like an instrument that takes time to master. It took me about 12 years from the time I started recording on a cassette four track, but now I can engineer my ass off from home, especially mixing.
I believe though that the best projects are results of talented teams. |
Well put.
I did my 1st two records on my own "except for 3 special guests", usually for solo type parts. (1 song I was lucky enough to have done with David Lovering on the drums)
Rewarding albeit a long rode of toil and not always fun.
When I was done with my 1st cd I was in touch with F.M. Cornog (east river pipe) ...someone I respect and has done it this way exclusively.
He once told me, "every one of my records has been a soil sucking nightmare" and that I can relate with.
Shared experience is more appealing to me these days when considering the overall end result as well as the experience.
Still, glad I did what I did when I had the time to do it.