funkcore wrote on Sun, 09 October 2005 18:09 |
I gotta mention Brian Mcternan, he's done everything from super spacey, effect heavy albums (Cave In's "Jupiter") to straight, very dry punk metal (Thrice's "The Illusion of Safety"). He might be a little out of place on this list because he does bands that are more in the hardcore/ punk scene, but each of the albums he works on are very varied and I think he does a great job producing, tracking, and mixing the albums he works on.
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Dito... Brian McTernan is often overlooked and he definately is a guy who I look up to as a producer and engineer. 'Illusion of Safety' is awesome!!! It's not even the kind of music that I normally am into but the way that record is presented is really refreshing.
There is a band from around here called This Day & Age that's gaining some momentum on the national level and they worked with Ed Rose. My band played a bunch of shows with TD&A right before they cut their record at Blacklodge. Good live band - lots of energy and big rock sound. I got the record Ed did and was like 'who sucked out all the rock?' - the record was very safe and almost produced like a pop record. I guess after hearing the band rock out all those times, I wasn't expecting to hear such a drastic change. I feel the same way about the Long Since Forgotten records. Ed's definately got game, don't get me wrong. I like a lot of his records (i.e. Brandston, The New Amsterdams, The Anniversary). I just think that sometimes he can be a bit 'one dimensional' in the sense that when you work with him, you get pushed through his 'sound' and his 'thing'.
I also think a lot of it has to do with seeing the bands play live. I don't know if a lot of producers actually go out and sees a lot of the bands they work with play live before they cut their records. I know I do. I know a lot of bands that have worked with 'producers' like Ed that have told me the producer has never seen them play live. This doesn't make any sense to me. How can a producer present an artist correctly without ever seeing the band perform?
Oh, and I also agree... Trombino rules!