breathe wrote on Thu, 18 March 2010 15:37 |
I am fucking serious. I WILL OVERTAKE YOU. I may be naive but I have a value system that drives everything that I do. If you seriously feel that everything that could be done has been done before then fucking check out of this situation and check into a retirement home. There is NO USE for cynicism in the facilitation of art.
Nicholas
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I don't think I understand what you're going on about. I'm not at all cynical about my work. My work is not like your work. I have my own first product out (at age 65), and we cut it head-on sans cans, no overdubs, and used all of nine tracks, including the stereo pair.
It has nothing at all to do with pop music, or much of anything mainstream. It's not a big deal. It's a little deal. I produced, played, sang (for some value of "singing"), wrote some of the material, and worked with my trio mates on the arrangements. The music is acoustic, straightforward, not complicated. We used some wonderful gear out at Fred Remmert's place in your new home town, and had a blast.
I like the way it came out. I look forward to doing something like it again.
The hardest part these days is being able to afford a decent space, one that has a good acoustical environment, is nicely isolated from intrusive noise, and is large enough to put everyone together in a room, playing the way they'd normally play. These days home "studios" offer almost none of these virtues, so people figure out all kinds of highly unnatural approaches to tracking. From the gitgo, these approaches almost always preclude a group of musos going about it in a manner approaching the way they'd do it live. So it becomes all about the recording. Please think about that.
There are plenty of ways to go about this. Enjoy your way. Let others enjoy theirs. Understanding a little about what has been done, and how, can help one define a basis from which to develop one's own approach. Understanding how people in groups make real, live music, is a big help if one seeks to get a sense of inspiration across to a listener.