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Glow Worm
Posts: 89 (01/11/2010 21:19) |
This is a real big deal in this neck of the woods - but Smart Studios has also made it's mark in music history. Very sad for us all around here who have
done work there over it's long life-span. Great people and great studio!
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Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. ~Henry
David Thoreau
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Posts: 5293 (01/11/2010 22:06) Faith Healer |
All the people asked why do we need big labels? Pretty soon you will know when businesses like this will go under in a landslide.
Future of music is an artist recording crap alone with his laptop in his bedroom after coming home from their real job. Releasing it exclusively to friggin MySpace. Sounds so good that I just can´t wait.
He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
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Glow Worm
Posts: 67 (01/12/2010 12:51) |
I beg to differ chrome3d - have you not heard the creative, emotional, thought-provoking and (beyond) fantastic pieces a certain Mr Kilbey has come up with for
fellow fiends like me who can't wait for the next master-piece?
How did he do it? Basically, alone with his laptop in his room (although possibly not bedroom) and not even a cleaner's job to go to. Releasing it initially to his DEDICATED, and even not so dedicated followers on ttb. But yes, you are right in that it sounds so good I too just can't wait for the next one and following persistent requests from people like me SK is going to release some of them on a double CD. Please think on; whilst SK is well known, loved and admired by many, every one needs to start somewhere and with computers and technology first replacing good old vinyl, then cassettes and it seems, in the not too distant future CDs, maybe; just maybe, there'll be some artistic crap posted somewhere that will be spotted for the raw talent it is. Please don't stereotype, I personally know some very talented musicians, singers and song-writers who know they will never get a break and are not in a position to take the risk of giving up their cleaning jobs. |
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Posts: 5293 (01/12/2010 21:28) Faith Healer |
I know SK makes it work to almost good level with that kind of work flow. To get that stuff released to a real CD with an okay level is another matter though
and there he needs some assistance. Probably from people who make their living from big labels. People rave on about laptop-studios but generally it doesn´t
produce good enough results. Lot of independent artists (including SK) pretend that they couldn´t care less about the big labels. Sad fact is that many of the
independent artists exist purely as a side act to the big label stuff. Once the cash flow from big labels stop then many professionals, like that studio, can´t
continue anymore.
Their work could be anything but they sure need the real work.
He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
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Posts: 5893 (01/13/2010 12:21) Faith Healer |
of course i might even enjoy a recording of The Radio Orchestra Of Eastern Transylvania playing a Mozart symphony on a Malawian tape-only level, it's still
Mozart, but there's nothing like a crisp recording of beautiful music engineered by someone with love and a good ear for music. When the infrastructure
closes down, music will definitely become more isolated, wankish and autistic! There's nothing to be said against home recording, but then, there's
nothing to be said against keeping a diary, and nothing against making videotapes of your holidays. I still enjoy real literature, great films, and yes - good
recordings of good music that had a little time, room, and expert hands to grow under. So P=A had been (scientifically
 - elected as the best Church album of
all, and you can hear the gear and engineering bill in every bar, if you pay attention.
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Glow Worm
Posts: 89 (01/16/2010 16:17) |
I've heard some pretty decent recordings come out of home studios but this was usually from folks who've been around the block a few times in bigger
studios and learned tips and tricks from the pros. Home recording is a great way to get your ideas down and do whatever with it. But experience is the real
tool - a real pro can have nothing but a laptop and some mic pre-amps and make pure magic. A novice could have all the high-end gear available they want but
still make crap.
Fandorin's comments about P=A are right on. I believe the reason this recording usually tops the lists of favourite Church albums IS due to the production. Yes, the music is great but no more so than nearly all of their other recordings IMHO. One needs to remember also that tracking is one thing - gtr, vox and even drums in a good sounding living room, basement, whatever - can be done pretty effectively in a home studio. But often over-looked is the mixing and mastering. You just cannot replace a well-built, proper acoustically designed room for mixing, or the ears of someone who knows how to master properly. SK's home recorded work is mixed and mastered in a 'proper' facility - not in his home studio. Anyway, here's another link to our local 'alternative' news rag about the closing. More detail with a short list of artists who have recorded there. http://www.isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=27926 Tar Babies: Honey Bubble (1989) Killdozer: Twelve Point Buck (1989) Nirvana: Nevermind (1990) King Snake Roost: Ground Into the Dirt (1990) Laughing Hyenas: Life of Crime (1990) Smashing Pumpkins: Gish (1991) The Young Fresh Fellows: Electric Bird Digest (1991) L7: Bricks Are Heavy (1992) Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World (1994) Everclear: Sparkle and Fade (1994) Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) Garbage: Garbage (1995) The Promise Ring: 30° Everywhere (1996) Fall Out Boy: Take This to Your Grave (2003) Death Cab for Cutie: Plans (2005) Sparklehorse: Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain (2006) Jimmy Eat World: Chase This Light (2007) Hotel Lights: Firecracker People (2007) And for those who are Facebook inclined: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=54604041378&ref=mf Butch Vig posted a comment about it all there.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. ~Henry
David Thoreau
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