Musician Forum - Band Discussion Board - BandMix

Today someone said this about my music.

Nice powerful synths..very Genesis indeed -I like the raw 'live' sound too.
Respect

It took me a good 4 hours to think about that comment. When I was a kid I used to marvel at songs but these days I don't. The reason for that I think is that its just too over produced, it's not yours anymore once the producer/medallion boy behind the scenes has a say.

That post knocked me back some because I've always said I want a LIVE SOUND so what did I do? I mixed the crap out of it, and reduced any levels that made it sound the way it did. I remember reading an article many years ago at how Genesis would play with level meters after waiting for hours with talk about this and that and no doubt those in the know will know better.

But isn't it nice that people, even now still respect the open view non processed music we hear these days? Were it not for that comment I would have walked and talked a very different path. Loud and sound and hearing everything for what it is I suppose is my goal? After all that is what you hear live and what I really want to emulate, play and sometime........................

Whatever, we all have dreams.....

In short. Technology is fantastic. Use it by all means but don't let anyone get in the way about who you are musically.

Odd day today but I have to say, refreshing.

Keep well.

Blessings Chippy!

And AMEN.


Play it like you stole it.

ANy CD's that I eventually record I want to sound as much as possibe like we do live. Overproduction may be good for certain musicians/genres, but IMO not good for us.

Don't get me wrong peeps. I know what I have isn't up to it at all yet. But what I had yesterday after hours of this and that just made it sound like someone else altogether. Sure it sounded clean and free of noise but everything that it was created for was gone.

A good studio with an engineer who listened to the artist would do it properly, I know that. I've also a lot to learn, perhaps just shaving things as you would an apple perhaps would see me there?

Nothing equals live music.
But I would like my recordings to at leastrepresent same.

I don't like overproduced stuff. I DO, however, like well-produced stuff, & that doesn't necessarily mean that it absolutely must represent an act's live sound.

I like some differentiation between the live & the studio, myself. If I want to hear the studio, it's easy enough to listen to, but I want something a little extra, live. I don't mean "extra" in terms of instrumentation or production, although that can work, too. What I want is more effort in the performance than you can show in a recording. Gimme something visual, or better or more energetic guitar licks, let someone other than the singer or guitarist take a lead.

Stripped down sounds are nice, in thier place, too, don't get me wrong, but, depending on what kind of music you do, there is so much you can do in the studio to cover the lack of visual factor, to keep it entertaining, so why not use some of it, if it's called for?

That's what it comes down to, more than anything else - personal taste.