NO NO, No disrepect understood.
I LIKE his work, EXPECIALLY on both Jellyfish CD's.
I'd love to have the experience he has had with many influential bands (His resume).
And who among us would NOT want his control room? Equipemnt and Tapistries and all?
I love the Way TLA smashed the Spymob album, where as others didnt.
I love the way JJP mixed the Jellyfish cd's but also his work with No Doubt is nice.
If i had a band today, i think i'd choose CLA to mix it...personally. Not as smashed as his borthers work, but still powerful.
A great album to check out is Jimmy's Chicken Shack "Bring your own Stereo" it has the Lord-Alges mixing against each other.
Before you look at the liner notes, listen...see if you can identify who's mix each song is.
I love digital, i love compression. So sue me.
I DO believe some albums are smashed to oblivion and ruined, but i think others benefit from mass compression.
Kevin Gilbert's THUD is a Compression masterpiece and kicks MAJOR ass.
I think JJP's work is respectable. Who cares if he poses for a magazine cover...Jealous?
I find the cover of Mix where his control room is in full view...simply arousing! and its absent JJP in the picture.
Dennis
wwittman wrote on Wed, 23 March 2005 19:28 |
Ahh, this sort of makes a point for me... NO disrespect intended, but do you really want his "resume and control room" or his "talent"?
if it's the former, then he's successfully sold you the mystique.
If the reason something sounds so good is a collection of equipment, I think that says something. It feeds into the idea that you can BUY great sound and don't need technique or experience or taste. A good paradigm for a magazine. But not one I buy into.
A few other points:
I can like a hair band's music and still hate the hair and spandex.
If the record company suggests that you take your cover photo with you in bed with a clown, a REAL artiste says "no". Same rules apply to magazine covers. Otherwise, if the floppy shoes fit...
I think I'm going to call my next record Sonic Bukkake. No clowns will appear on the cover.
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