zmix wrote on Mon, 11 July 2005 01:39 |
In the article I cited, Mr St. Croix laments the lack of mentoring and the overabundance of people who, simply by virtue of purchasing a DAW, are de facto recording engineers.
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Why should that be "lamented"??
I've been recording lots of local talent who:
1) Would never otherwise be recorded because they cannot afford to book "real" studios, and/or
2) Have recorded in "real" studios and found the results unusable.
...And got mentoring to help me achieve results for those folks, right here and elsewhere on the Net, from people like GM, Jules, Fletcher, W. Whittman, Fibes, B. Olhsson, Rail Jon, Dave Reitzes, John Paterno, Craig Anderton, Dave Frangioni, Terry Manning, Dave Pensado, Charles Dye, Bruce Swedien, Mike Shipley, Ross Hogarth, Brad Blackwood, JJ Blair, Lucey, Nika Aldrich, Slipperman, Mixerman, Recorderman, Tom Cram, Dave Derr, James Demeter...et al...
So, I fail to see the problem here. The equipment works, and the information resources are readily available. One simply needs to take the extra step of getting talent in front of the mics.
The present era is a virtual dream world of recording and mentoring, yet this Mr St. Croix "laments" it.
What am I missing here??