Was back in the studio most of this past weekend working as Producer/Engineer on a couple of projects. Got some quality work done, too. It's always a good thing when you make that connection when trying to find a common ground between artist and producer. It's kind of like a color chart most of the time. Just because you both see red doesn't mean that you are both seeing the exact same shade of red. Same with music. When someone tells you they want something to sound a certain way - it can sometimes be a slow process to get things to sound the way that they are hearing it in their heads. Frames of reference do help. When someone says "I want the drums to sound like Eric Carr's kit on the Creatures of the Night CD - that makes it a lot easier to find that common ground. The trick is to avoid the inclination to copy it exactly. Obviously - influences are great. I know that I wear my influences on my sleeve - people usually can tell who my favorite musicians are by the way that I play and I have no problem with that. On a CD production though - it's not my goal to make somebody sound exactly like somebody else. Unless you are doing a tribute CD - what's the point? Even in that case - I think I would still try to put my own stamp on it. Had some good musical connections this weekend and another project is in the works. Now - if I could only find some time to work on the Jason Mapes CD...... 25 hours in the day please?
on that note... I'm outtie!
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