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Originally Posted by Dave Martin What the fact that for 15 years I've only been recording great musicians really means is that my engineering skills are light on the 'polishing a turd' tricks, and lean more towards getting that last 2% of the magic that was in the tracks into the mix.
I'm of two minds about this - on one hand, I'm happy that I can concentrate on the music and not the lack of talent on the part of the guys I work with. On the other, as a professional engineer, I feel that it's part of my job to know as much as I possibly can about the tools and tricks of my chosen profession. But I'm not sure I want to bring in a group of kids who can barely play their instrumenst just so I can learn how to fix their terrible performances.... |
You are lucky.. I have some amazing gear but with a crappy band.. the gear counts for nothing..
But when good players DO turn up, its smiles all day..
It could be said that my job is to hoodwink A&R mooks to accept substandard bands..All I need is for the track to cut through last nights cocaine hangover and to make a few commercial hairs standup on the back of their necks, in their shoe box office and then one more time, with their boss in the board room. Thats the main gig for me if I am honest. That's what I am paid for.