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Subject: Re: [OM] Now THAT's an update
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:29:34 -0500
> How do you tell a guy that the soprano sax player in his trio is undermining 
> his music?

Easy. make sure you have a producer running the show. It's his/her job
to make sure that everybody's parts fit. The problem with
self-produced recordings is that there is no one person that has the
authority AND responsibility to keep everybody in line. I've been
around recording studios enough to see when something is going to be a
disaster. Watching four musicians try to work everything out amongst
themselves without a producer is like watching "The Birds". The birds
are trying to kill you, but you hear a noise in a room behind a closed
door. Sure, let's go in there to investigate all by yourself!

Speaking of jazz recordings... Man, how did we get from cellphone
updates to jazz music? Talk about improv... I'm not remembering the
guy's name at the moment, but there is this one recording engineer
that had/has this house setup for recording. He would master
everything direct to two-tracks of recording using usually no more
than two microphones. Very simple setup, but with highest quality
equipment. It was proof that acoustics and technique trump technology.
I recall watching a television interview of him one time where they
showed him working. It was fascinating watching him work because he
approached it from the perspective of "this is MY recording, not
yours". If there was a rogue player, he was able to bring him back in
line very quickly. It's been a long time since I've used this one
recording of his that I used for tuning and adjusting studio monitors.

AG
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