maybe it's just me, and this is the opinion of a drummer who knows shit about anything, but...
if i were MM and i was working with a band, and the guitarist sulked his head and said "thats good enough" while we were tuning his sound as he walks out the controll room...
that band would be gone. i would kick them the hell outta my studio. too bad he doesn;t get paid without putting up with the kind of people who think something can be "good enough". people like that shouldn;t be allowed to record or play. they're the ones lacking professionality. i would be sick to my stomach to see a drummer who EVER thought his set sounded "good enough" on an album. get out, this studion is for musicians. people who take this shit seriously. not people who wanna just get on stage and bang their heads and make record sales.
i dunno how many times someones been recording my set and said, aww, it sounds good enough to me, and i pack my shit up and out i go. it's as simple as that.
ask yourslef this, would YOU want your "professional level" albums, that will be out on the charts, paying your way to be a musician to be...... good enough??? you better not quit ur day job cuz you won;t be sellin enough records to put new strings on ur guitar.
and as far as cuttin on MM for not having the best attitude, from what i've read, the band is fueling that. THEY arn;t having fun with it or taking it seriously. and that gotta be pretty hard to deal with for someone who does take it seriously.
the band doesn;t live up to it's obligation as musicians. to do it ALL THE WAY. to make sure they pay attention to every aspect and NEVER settle for good enough. yea, it takes time and gets frustrating, but if thats gonna make you hang your head and give up, settle for good enough, then you need to find a new planet to live on. cuz here on earth, shit don't get done at all that way. you do it half assed and don;t put the detication and time and effort into it, you get half assed results.
if this band would do their job and take things seriously and maybe take advantage of THEIR awesome opportunity to record their music, MM would be much more happy to work with them.
in the army do you think your seargeant would ever accept good enough attitude? do you think an army would survive a battle if their guns were "good enough"????
if you'll say it's "good enough" in the studio, then when you get your light-weight turn out and pay check and short ass career, then you better say that's good enough for you as well.
i would be disgusted with that guitarist if i were MM. send em back to the garage untill they take things seriously. my band has a LONG way to go before being ready to record and we'd fare a thousand times better than this band had we been given the same opportunity. makes me ill to know it doesn;t take talent or hard work, it just takes alot of money and friends in high places, your band could SUCK ASS ETERNAL and you'd still get a record deal. while the best music in the world is being made by poor folk sittin in their basement and they'll never be heard cuz they ain't rich or famous. anyone like to join me in vomiting?
that Bitch Slap Does, you feel the need to give them that extra push across the finish line...