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Originally Posted by mwagener The logical next step for those kind of musicians is to produce their next album themselves, their ego telling them they don't need a producer and, like in the above mentioned case, they might fall flat on their face, and come up with an album that doesn't sell anywhere near what the previous one did.
In any case, the combination producer/band turned out a great album, which seemingly couldn't quite be repeated on later records. In this business egos can be wonderful, but they also can be a curse.  |
Sorry to dig up an old thread... but this quote (and subsequent ones) stirred in me the feeling that the Extreme Porno and III Sides comparison is unfair. While I agree completely that bands can (and do) overlook what a good producer is able to bring (in fact I just did it this past summer)...
...doesn't the III Sides example -- taken as a less successful followup to Porno -- have just as much to do (if not more) with the radical change that took place in popular rock during the interim (aka grunge), than it did with the fact Nuno produced the latter? For some reason I find that as obvious today as I did back in '93, but maybe I'm missing something.