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Originally Posted by Dor So you mastered that album? Why such a pain? |
Yeah, I did.
It's a long story but the short of it is:
RZA and co. would show up an average of 3 to 6 hours late for every session.
There were quite a few last minute recalls.
We spent about 8 hours one night working on a "skit" that I knew wouldn't work within the first half hour. Not to mention that the samples weren't cleared and I was pretty damn sure they weren't gonna be.
And I ****ing hate skits.
The record took about a week or so to do because they wouldn't show up even though the sessions didn't start till 5 or 6 pm [one night I told them I was leaving at 5am "no matter what" to which the incredulous A&R guy had the nerve to ask "why"!! They showed up at 4:30am, I did one song and left at 5am. - and yes they got charged for the whole 10 hrs that I waited for them!].
When we finished the record we didn't hear from them for more than a week before we got a call from the label saying that RZA wanted to re-do "the whole record" the next day [the day before Christmas!!!], to which I replied "I'm out of town for the next week, see ya later". Of course they couldn't wait so they finished the record at the Hit Factory.
It's too bad such a good record had to be such a shitty experience. It happens.