The Death Of Mistakes Means The Death Of Rock – Monitor Mix Blog : NPR

Posted by Michael on November 13, 2009 under Misc, Recording Tips | 2 Comments to Read

The Death Of Mistakes Means The Death Of Rock – Monitor Mix Blog : NPR.

This article is a must-read! But I have to state, just because we CAN make things *perfect* doesn’t mean we HAVE to. I believe I find a good balance in my recordings of cleaning up what needs to, but leaving in the imperfections that help make the heart of a recording! This goes for ALL genres, not JUST rock!

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  • jason peck said,

    well said! i have always recorded to a click and on my band’s first album we went crazy and quantized everything. in the end, every beat was perfect and it lost all the soul in the album. now, although we rehearse and sometimes record with a click, we only fix big mistakes. we’ve come to the realization that protools and auto tune are tools to fix problems not make foundations.

  • James Waddell said,

    I agree…the happy accident is something that shouldn’t be killed! The heart and soul of Rock and or Roll gets squished when a recording is too perfect. I would rather hear a band or solo artist giving it their all than hear some squeaky clean album that just lays there flat…like a Creed album for instance.

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