Elliott Smith

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Does anyone have any information on how the first few elliott smith albums were recorded? Equiptment? Techniques, both recording and mixing? Thanks. Any thoughts on how to replicate it?
 
yea to replicate it... write really soppy shite, and whine a lot when you sing, make the guitar sounds lofi and drown it out in stereo reverb. hehehe :) really though, i dont know how. personally i think 1 out of ever 10/20 songs of his are any good. the rest arent. if it sounds anything like the stuff ive heard its a stereo reverb, and really lofi sounding vocals.
 
no way man. the vocals suck. i think they sound all washed out. thats what they are supposed to sound like, i know they were looking for that sound.
 
kristian said:
no way man. the vocals suck. i think they sound all washed out. thats what they are supposed to sound like, i know they were looking for that sound.
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Uhh, especially that stuff they did at Abbey Road, right?

Funny, I've been looking for that "washed out" sound for 20 years now...
 
whatever floats your boat you guys. i personally think they sound not so good. well, atleast the things ive heard. i think most likely its his voice. you cant polish a turd. :)
 
Well..what have you heard? would you consider your voice better than his? I'm just trying to see where you come from here.
 
hmm... better. that is not for me to judge. gimme a couple months, ill throw up an mp3 into the clinic and you can judge. im not in place to say. AND its all about what he is trying to say. but when he hits anything in the upper octave of his range he isnt singing he falsettos it. which annoys me when people do because it sounds weak. ill try to throw something in to the mp3 clinic in the next 2 months.

later.kz
 
laaaaa.....

see Kristian. Not all falsetos sound weak. :D (Check out Jeff Buckley) I agree though, 1 out of every 10 or so E S songs are fantastic, absolutly amazing, the others, well, bore me to death. He dosen't really grow on me either (guess i haven't given him much chance) but what I didn't like had nothing to do with his voice or the production, I just though the songs were weak, and could not relate to it at all (and I exspected much much more) There was one album that I liked a lot, can't remember the name, a friend had it for a while. you know, the one that's not obnoxious and finely produced... that one. :D

-jhe
 
kristian said:
hmm... better. that is not for me to judge.
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Too late for that, no?

You know, we're talking recording techniques here, not your musical tastes. The original poster wanted info on how sonics are achieved, not whether or not you like falsettos or not, OK?

I listen to horrible skanky shit, music-wise, all the time because I like the way it sounds and I'm curious how the hell the sounds were achieved. I gave up buying music, except in rare cases, purely for the music a long time ago. Ever since I got into recording, I look for interesting production, sonics, and vibe, and get my enjoyment and education from that. It seems that, these days, it's difficult to find something that has those things to offer, and be musically interesting as well...oh well...

Hell, I've heard ads on TV lately that are really effective and interesting sonically, and have ideas that, frankly, I've been ripping off incessently for quite some time now. But I'd hardly argue that it's great music, or care, for that matter...

[Edited by Tonewoods on 12-26-2000 at 11:50]
 
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