J Moose
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Re: The Well ~ Lucky #13. Cavefish spills all
I'm not so much into the "hired gun" thing if it can be avoided... though, about two years ago I ended up learning and replacing 70% of the guitar on a record for various reasons. It ended up being shelved by the label for other, but somewhat related reasons like the drummer had quit and they weren't the same band they were when signed... Anyway, due to non-disclosures, that's not the kind of thing that anyone can talk about, not even behind closed doors... But you might be surprised at how many of your favorite musicians didn't/haven't ever played on their hit records...
I'm not into the "one chord at a time" method either and don't make those kinds of records. Don't know how to really... I had a friend who worked with Dream Theater... the stories he had from that... oh man!
Always in the back of my mind is the artists definition point... does what we're getting sound like the artist is it pulling them in a different direction? If there's no keyboard player in the band I'm not about to suggest that we add 'em to every song! Of course, maybe the artist wants to explore new directions but it's not something I automatically push...
I prefer to get everyone tracking at the same time, as live as possible... maybe to a click, maybe not. Really capture the energy and nuances that come with that feel before overdubbing and building the rest of it. Sometimes we get on the bonus plan and someone puts down a great solo or parts that don't need to be redone...
Of course, modern rock & recording techniques dictate that you need to record one band member at a time, always on a grid, and make sure it's sterile and "perfect" before moving onto the next part...
:sad:
Could you imagine if all those Zep records were cut on a grid? How about AC/DC? Sad thing is, a band that sounds like that today would get shooed away from major labels & rock radio.
Shoot from the hip... go with the gut. Try not to get too cerebral because that's NOT what music/art is about.
I dunno if that answered your question or not...
Gotta get back to this mix...
I'm not so much into the "hired gun" thing if it can be avoided... though, about two years ago I ended up learning and replacing 70% of the guitar on a record for various reasons. It ended up being shelved by the label for other, but somewhat related reasons like the drummer had quit and they weren't the same band they were when signed... Anyway, due to non-disclosures, that's not the kind of thing that anyone can talk about, not even behind closed doors... But you might be surprised at how many of your favorite musicians didn't/haven't ever played on their hit records...
I'm not into the "one chord at a time" method either and don't make those kinds of records. Don't know how to really... I had a friend who worked with Dream Theater... the stories he had from that... oh man!
Always in the back of my mind is the artists definition point... does what we're getting sound like the artist is it pulling them in a different direction? If there's no keyboard player in the band I'm not about to suggest that we add 'em to every song! Of course, maybe the artist wants to explore new directions but it's not something I automatically push...
I prefer to get everyone tracking at the same time, as live as possible... maybe to a click, maybe not. Really capture the energy and nuances that come with that feel before overdubbing and building the rest of it. Sometimes we get on the bonus plan and someone puts down a great solo or parts that don't need to be redone...
Of course, modern rock & recording techniques dictate that you need to record one band member at a time, always on a grid, and make sure it's sterile and "perfect" before moving onto the next part...
:sad:
Could you imagine if all those Zep records were cut on a grid? How about AC/DC? Sad thing is, a band that sounds like that today would get shooed away from major labels & rock radio.
Shoot from the hip... go with the gut. Try not to get too cerebral because that's NOT what music/art is about.
I dunno if that answered your question or not...
Gotta get back to this mix...
