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In Reply to: We can always count on you, BH... posted by Jack on December 20, 2000 at 09:19:44 PM:

> But I'm curious why you'd advise them
> away from learning the craft themselves?
> And why analog first?

Well I don't know. It depends how serious of a band they are. If they are a real serious band I think it's a huge mistake to get into recording. It'll take 10-15 years and thousands and thousands of dollars before they ever really start getting top notch results and by that time, their time as a band will have passed. On the other hand they could blow a few grand and get a quality record made THIS MONTH from people who already know the craft. Get it out there, establish themselves as a band, and move forward. Plus what happens is that a musician's songwriting and performing starts atrophying while they spend all their time playing with cables. So I tend to say: be a band, write good music, focus on playing that music well, performing, etc. Leave the second craft recording/mixing/mastering to the people who have chosen to do that all day.

I said analog first just cause I'm a biased wanker. I personally loath computers for recording. Sound cards and software and mouses... yuk! I'd take a 4track cassette recorder over that stuff any day. But if I was gonna use a comp, I’d use a MAC! They sorta dominate for audio/video. But that's about all they dominate.

-BH

Follow Ups:

• Interesting point of view. (n/t) db 02:25:21 PM 12/21/00 (0)
• Re: hehe, ya I'm trouble DanS 08:46:01 AM 12/22/00 (1)
  • A different point of view Guitarman 05:04:46 PM 12/22/00 (0)