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insane how hard it is to get the simplest, most primative instrument to sound real. being a solo recordist i have best results in a dead room or burried under a baffle. make multiple passes with different mics (small condensers work for me) and i mute the previous pass(es) so i can get as natural of...

toaster...et al... funny you say this about the sound... my friend, a non soundnerd, layperson, went over to that stage and said she had to leave because is sounded '...very off...' as she put it during tv/radio and death cab but just chalked it up to not knowing the music. yet, she didn't know much...

I have to say it's pretty neck and neck for me...little chunks of each here and there. My question: how much of a song has to be completed/formed before you demo it? i'm a completist and it drives me crazy. I probably have 6-9 60% completed songs but i just can't get them down on tape. drives me up ...

i'll play... elliott smith played my living room to about 25 people in columbus oh. had dinner and drinks with him (and the softies) later that evening. watched the oj simpson verdict in my living room with fugazi and make-up members in columbus oh. my buddy nick recorded the original 'teenage fbi' ...

I first have to state that the conference as a whole was an 11 on the inspiration meter--from stapled kinkos copies to a 500 person conference is just amazing to see. Friday night's remarks hit home...And Sam and Janet (quasi)at the Home Recording panal on sunday just made me feel like I was on musc...