compasspnt wrote on Mon, 20 December 2010 07:59 |
For the most part, only the very best, most talented people were able to be in a recording studio back then, both as performers, or as facilitators. |
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If I buy QuarkXPress, it doesn't make me a book editor. But if I buy Pro Tools..... |
PaulyD wrote on Mon, 20 December 2010 11:04 |
Imagine being a musician before there was tape. No rewinding, no redoing your part, no punching in, no overdubbing and no editing. Forget about eq and compression, let alone beat correcting and pitch correcting. If you made a major mistake, the media was wasted. Imagine being in an orchestra with that pressure. Imagine just being a person before there was TV, stereo, home video, and video games. There was a time when having musical and live entertaining ability was a highly valued social skill. It's why you used to see stores that did nothing but sell, transport and service pianos. Lots of homes had them. That was your entertainment center. EDIT: Sorry, didn't mean to drift OT. But yeah, more people participating, fewer of them being chosen. Paul |
tom eaton wrote on Wed, 22 December 2010 00:06 |
they used strobe tuners, and click tracks |
Fletcher wrote on Wed, 22 December 2010 10:32 |
....and sung by actual singers [Bob Dylan didn't happen until the 50's were well over]. |
Dominick wrote on Wed, 22 December 2010 13:27 | ||
A low blow. Props to my man Bobby. As fine a singer as they come. Tony Bennett could not have delivered those songs with that power. Tell 'em Muddy Waters sent you. |
jrmintz wrote on Tue, 21 December 2010 17:51 |
It's funny - they're so ubiquitous now it's hard to remember the time before guitar tuners. We used to have to tune to the piano. Which meant that you had to get the drummer not to play long enough so you could hear the piano. There were people who played great but never played completely in tune. Remarkably enough some of them worked all the time. The groove was just more important than perfect tuning. |
tom eaton wrote on Thu, 23 December 2010 16:07 |
Well, you'll drive most string players NUTS... |
compasspnt wrote on Thu, 23 December 2010 16:12 |
Nothing like a room full of string players chattering away, right up to letter A. |
Bubba Kron wrote on Fri, 24 December 2010 06:36 |
...Guitars and bass however have fixed fret points so they must be in tune and intonated correctly to get any emotion out of them... |
Dominick wrote on Fri, 24 December 2010 05:53 | ||
Paging Chuck Berry |
Wireline wrote on Fri, 24 December 2010 09:14 |
Oh - yeah - one other thing...no internet to blur the lines between reality, fantasy, and utter bullshit |
PaulyD wrote on Mon, 20 December 2010 08:04 |
Imagine being a musician before there was tape. No rewinding, no redoing your part, no punching in, no overdubbing and no editing. Forget about eq and compression, let alone beat correcting and pitch correcting. If you made a major mistake, the media was wasted. Imagine being in an orchestra with that pressure. Imagine just being a person before there was TV, stereo, home video, and video games. There was a time when having musical and live entertaining ability was a highly valued social skill. It's why you used to see stores that did nothing but sell, transport and service pianos. Lots of homes had them. That was your entertainment center. EDIT: Sorry, didn't mean to drift OT. But yeah, more people participating, fewer of them being chosen. Paul |
Hank Alrich wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 05:51 |
I've often thought we could get this country back on track by going to every household, removing all but one television, and replacing those with a piano. |
MagnetoSound wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 08:06 | ||
I don't understand. What do you need even one TV for? |
Dominick wrote on Fri, 24 December 2010 05:53 | ||
Paging Chuck Berry |