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Originally Posted by Confusionator I self-produce our band and my own records.
When I'm the expert on the part/instrument, I play it. And I love self-producing because I get all the time in the world I need to get the part down right.
But when I'm not the expert (e.g. I suck on guitar) and no one else in the band is either, then I call in an expert player. Because not only will his EXECUTION be better than mine, but so will his CONCEPT.
Now, that being said, I'm very careful whom I call in. I consider this part of the work to be akin to a casting director's job in movies. Every actor or musician has a very limited range. I expect Tom Cruise to do Tom Cruise well, but if I need George Clooney for the part I'm not going to hope that I can bend Tom Cruise's nature enough that he will be able to pull that off.
I just finished an album which shows this well. You can hear clips at http://www.fredmorgenstern.com. (This is not intended to be SPAM. Don't go unless you want.) |
Yeah, what you say here is very important...dont get a gospel drummer in to do rock tracks, you're never gonna get the sound you want...i had written something to answer the original question about drum ideas but it somehow didnt post...anyways, to sum it up, getting a good musician to play on your stuff should be your #1 goal when recording, cause with your lack of ideas they'll be able to put on the table some of their ideas that very will could work, or at least give you a good place to start...so yeah, get a good drummer that is good at what style you're trying to record...problem almost solved
