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Greg_L
Banned
I should have know you were just starting trouble
I'm not really though. I'm not an audio snob. Most of my favorite stuff to listen to doesn't have the best production quality.
I'm not really though. I'm not an audio snob. Most of my favorite stuff to listen to doesn't have the best production quality.
gregsk777
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I listened to you CD and it sounds damn good! The guitars tick ass!
You're production is pretty good, way crisper and tight then many old school garage punk bands.
You're production is pretty good, way crisper and tight then many old school garage punk bands.
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Greg_L
Banned
Thanks. Buy a few copies.
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jndietz
The Way It Moves
My favorite album from an engineering standpoint is Tool's 10,000 Days.
My favorite album as far as production goes, is likely Incubus' Morning View.
Nice.
My favorite album as far as production goes, is likely Incubus' Morning View.
Nice.
gregsk777
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I always preferred Tool's Undertow with Sylvia Massy mixing. I kind of stopped listening to Tool after Aenima because it just got a bit too prog for me.
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Chibi Nappa
New member
#1 in my book is always "Siamese Dream". I'll never forget hearing it for the first time. Cherub Rock is building up the intro...building...HOLY CRAP ARE MY SPEAKERS BROKEN?! That guitar sound is simply the most amazing thing that will ever be recorded. The drums kick some serious ass, too. Then you take a song like Soma that starts way down here and minutes later is somewhere way up here... I love every pit and landing on that disc.
*Medeski Martain and Wood- Shack Man.
It's raw, energetic dance music recorded with jazz-like "authenticity" for a live feel and honest sound. And MMW make some sounds that are really "out there". The apparent lack of meddling on the engineer's end really lets you appreciate the crazy stuff the band is doing.
*Radiohead- Kid A
Yeah, it got destroyed in the loudness war. But it's Kid A! Sounds soooooo good.
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Part of me knows it rightfully sounds awful with loose timing and some dire croaking on the vocals. Another part of me knows it rightfully sounds like absolute beautiful perfection that couldn't possibly work any other way. I don't know how it overcomes it's flaws to sound amazing, but it does.
NiN- The Downward Spiral
I need a shower after I hear this album. It transmits its message that clearly.
Porcupine Tree- In Abstentia
The best sounding modern rock album period.
*Medeski Martain and Wood- Shack Man.
It's raw, energetic dance music recorded with jazz-like "authenticity" for a live feel and honest sound. And MMW make some sounds that are really "out there". The apparent lack of meddling on the engineer's end really lets you appreciate the crazy stuff the band is doing.
*Radiohead- Kid A
Yeah, it got destroyed in the loudness war. But it's Kid A! Sounds soooooo good.
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Part of me knows it rightfully sounds awful with loose timing and some dire croaking on the vocals. Another part of me knows it rightfully sounds like absolute beautiful perfection that couldn't possibly work any other way. I don't know how it overcomes it's flaws to sound amazing, but it does.
NiN- The Downward Spiral
I need a shower after I hear this album. It transmits its message that clearly.
Porcupine Tree- In Abstentia
The best sounding modern rock album period.
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
The entropy twins
When two Gregs meet in cyberspace, it is a humbling experience........(or a negative reality inversion)
I have to say that unless the quality is really 'terrible' to my ears, I just do not notice. And even if I did, superb recording quality means nothing to me if the songs don't move me. It can't make me like them more. Or to put it another way, the wonderful quality of a recording cannot in any way make up for crummy songs.
I should have known you were just starting trouble
When two Gregs meet in cyberspace, it is a humbling experience........(or a negative reality inversion)
I have to say that unless the quality is really 'terrible' to my ears, I just do not notice. And even if I did, superb recording quality means nothing to me if the songs don't move me. It can't make me like them more. Or to put it another way, the wonderful quality of a recording cannot in any way make up for crummy songs.
willied
New member
That's one of the best albums ever. The way Billy Corgan builds up in the songs...just amazing.
diggy_dude
Now 169% diggier!
The way they kept some of the guitar chords on Mellon Collie from sounding muddy is unreal.
As for Downward Spiral, I have to say the sparser Pretty Hate Machine had more psychological impact.
As for Downward Spiral, I have to say the sparser Pretty Hate Machine had more psychological impact.
Richard King
New member
Don't bother pursuing the name change...just work on the address and phone change in the public records instead, so you can take the credit and get the work offers
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Very tempting. I did get an email from another Grammy award winning engineer quite some time ago looking for him. I had to tell him that I am the other one, not the one he is looking for.
I thought I had some work coming in. 
I'll start working on the address and phone number hi-jack today. I love it when people here are so helpful with ideas. 
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
steveneudaly
New member
Richard King
New member
A neighbor is selling his 300 LP collection of records. He says it's mostly '70'a and '80's rock stuff. I'm going to go see it this morning. The only problem is that he wants to sell it in a package deal with a bunch of very high $$ vintage stereo "stuff", amp, speakers, turntable, etc.
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Chibi Nappa
New member
That might not be as big of a problem as you think! For one, if you can afford it and it is an upgrade on your equipment...score!
If not, sell it off. That kinda' stuff can bring in money.
I have another CD for the list:
Buena Vista Social Club- It's a clinic on playing up the room sound in a recording.
What do you guys think about CDs that clearly aren't "good" recordings, but fit the music so well that they make for a "perfect" listen?
Operation Ivy- album of the same name
Presidents of the United States of America- album of the same name
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Greg_L
Banned
Yup. Love em. By the way, that Op Ivy album is called "Energy".
Most of the stuff I listen to is pretty poorly recorded by even mediocre standards. But it's still awesome.
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Chibi Nappa
New member
In '91 and '07 they put out a CD that included all of "Energy" along with most everything else they recorded. They called that one "Operation Ivy". I was speaking of the '91 release. Never heard the '07 release.
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Greg_L
Banned
Oh I don't know. I got "Energy" on cassette in 1989 or 1990 from Thrasher Magazine.
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Yammie072
Not a Newbie
I really really dig the way The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonight's sounds - really very retro yet modern, most of the album is dripping in 60's style echo.
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia is a really great sounding cd too.
The newest Raconteurs is really up there as well. Wow, it sounds like I dig cds that sound least digital, I'm betting a lot of those most of the work was done analog.
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia is a really great sounding cd too.
The newest Raconteurs is really up there as well. Wow, it sounds like I dig cds that sound least digital, I'm betting a lot of those most of the work was done analog.
willied
New member
Consolers of the Lonely is amazing. You just don't hear stuff like that today, especially in a well known band. That's Jack White for ya.
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Lance Lawson
New member
Bruce Hornsby's Hot House is IMO the best recording of the past 20 years. Among many other things its the only CD that sounds as good as vinyl or tape.