On Wed, Apr 11, 2012, at 09:29 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> > 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.
Sounds like Rudy Van Gelder.
Joel W.
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