Saturday, July 18, 2009

there is no magic

over the years, i've heard people refer to ''studio magic'' as if there is some sort of magic knobs the engineer/producer can do to make everything sound great. in the end, people make recordings... not machines... not gadgets. so, much of the tone of the drums, bass, guitar and vocals is within the musician themselves. don't believe me? hit the drums and try to make them sound bad! intentionally make your guitar sound bad just by the way you are playing. it's not difficult to make an instrument sound bad. obviously, the better the player, the better tone they can get out of it. for example: Dave Grohl on a kids drum set.

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