patrickwatson wrote:My question is, what do you have to do to get the energy of a live performance with the precision that you need for a recording? What are good examples of recordings with "energy"?
Bill Hare wrote:Hearing only the audio of the performance as it was is like going to a movie, but the bulb in the projector is burned out. Heck, let's not even go to the theater, but just play a movie on your laptop with the screen turned off - you are removing about 95% of the experience for the person you were entertaining live - they have no context, and need to have things explained. It's become an "audio-only" experience, so there are a lot of senses to fill! Consequently, now they can concentrate fully on that 5% that's just the audio, and a million things they would have missed during your live performance become painfully clear. Add to the fire that this has now become a repeatable performance - they can't hit rewind while watching you live, and will forget about that clunker note in a matter of seconds, but every time it comes by on your CD it will sink in a little more. You don't have the advantage of being in the moment, visuals, etc to distract from that.
patrickwatson wrote:How do you coax an accurate performance with energy?
Bill Hare Some dude who records and mixes people who can't play instruments. http://www.dyz.com
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patrickwatson wrote:Thank you very much for your responses!
Bill - Funny you mention Voices Only...We actually did have a track from our last album featured on Voices Only in 2008, and "Love Games" received even harsher reviews than "Barking Mad"!
patrickwatson wrote:Well the producer was the editor- he did everything, he was the recording engineer and the producer. I don't know much about what went into production- those are his trade secrets.
patrickwatson wrote:I was kind of insistent that we really try to do everything ourselves, but now I wonder if I should have looked for an outside opinion while we were at the stage of reviewing drafts.
Bill Hare Some dude who records and mixes people who can't play instruments. http://www.dyz.com
patrickwatson wrote:I stand by my work on the album.
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billhare wrote:I don't think any of us have "trade secrets" - I know I don't - even if my biggest competitors ask how I did something, I don't hesititate to show them.
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