Fear and loathing

[Al]

think the people you end up having disagreements with on this board, in all likely hood would be the folk you would get along with the best in real life!...if that makes any sense??

Great - let's have a pint or two at TapeOpCon, shall we mate?

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Didn't we just drink to each others health with some Isopropyl on that very thread in question...remember??..

[bobbydj]

I also think, that for all anyone knows here, the guy with only a couple of posts to his name might just know a hell of a lot more than most.

Absolutely. I for one have never assumed otherwise. Nor should anyone else. Not least because there're turkeys like me knocking around with posts well into 3 figures who know jack shit about anything.

[Al]

That wasn't aimed at anyone, just an observation!...i know yir cool Bob.

[vvv]

Soundguy, thank you for that and please rant some more; great thread, J. and all who added.

[Electricide]

It's easy to focus on the knobs instead of the music.

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Time to get back to what this is all about



music




have fun

well, it depends on if you consider your self an "engineer" or musician, or guy f'ing around in his basement. Engineers who make a living of it get hired to obsess over noise, tweaking and editing, moving mics by millimeters, etc. But for those who wear a couple hats, they find themselves giving up the producer in them in order to engineer, and vice versa. "Producer" in the traditional way, and also in the producing a product/songwriter way.

If you were paid only to focus on the music, getting the best take, experimenting with telephones, how much would you pay somebody else to obsess about getting all your amazing stuff down to tape accurately? So you didn't have to worry about it?
And that guy would do it, because he doesn't care about the music. It's not his job.

As long as you're playing both roles, you have to expect to lose some focus in one or both arenas.

[Scodiddly]

Bottom line is you need to figure out what you really love doing, and then you'll know what you should be doing.

I play a few instruments, and I like engineering... really I like digging into circuits and fixing things. So while it might seem like a PITA to be hired to "obsess over noise floors", there are indeed people happiest doing just that.

[antilog]

c-man - I sometimes forget this. I forget about specialization. I am not a specialist.

I don't think obsessing is good.

1 : a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling

This may be just semantics, but I am trying to make a point: I value balance. I am not good at balancing, but I value it. Focus too much on one thing and you ignore something important.

have fun

[Electricide]

I'm the king of balance...I do a lot of things pretty well, but I'm not really good at anything. I submersed myself in studio life for a year and burned out because I couldn't paly softball on Sundays.

This helps my recognize that my songs won't sound as great as they would if I went to a studio, and the songs won't be as strong if I focus on getting the engineering right. But they won't be too bad in either area either. Assuming I ever get around to writing and recording an actual song.