Poor poor engineers! Once again, rather than work on improving our recording techniques, it makes much more sense if we just prevent artists from recording in a way that allows them to be the most creative and emotionally intense.
I think we are only just scratching the surface here. I think for orchestral recordings, we should have each violin, viola, cello, oboe, bassoon, etc. play their parts one at a time. And if they don't like it, then, (how did he put it? oh yeah...) bitch slap them a few times until they see our logic. It may not sound much like an orchestra when we're done, but at least we won't have to worry about bleeding. Except for the bloody mess from all the bitch slapping.
And drummers? Let them record the kick on one pass, the snare on another, the toms on another, cymbals on another, etc. It will surely be a much better sound, and if they don't like playing that way, then I guess they're not real pros. Any real engineer should be able to convince them this way is the best! Just use diplomacy and a lot of free drugs.
Making recordings of bands in live performance/concert settings? Forget it! It just can't be done! Think of all the bleed! How could you ever get enough isolation...! Who could even consider such a horrid idea.
Spontaneous interaction? Feeding off of live energy? Creative interplay? Sounds like a bunch of Commie bullcrap to me!!
Maybe we could even get guitarists to play on only one string at a time while muting the rest, so we don't get any of that annoying resonance or sympathetic vibrations. After all, we can always use a nice digital reverb plug-in later if we want any ambience.
Yeah, THAT'S the ticket!!!!!
