Let's hear it for the M.E.!

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I went to see Beck at a smallish theater in Portland, Maine last week. Great show, and he spent a fair amount of time mentioning the city during his performance.

At one point, he said something like, "You know, everyone needs a secret weapon, and my secret weapon is Bob Ludwig. He makes every one of my records sound as good as they possibly can". The place went nuts. I bet it isn't too often that an M.E. gets a huge ovation from a crowd of thousands? I thought it was kind of cool, but I thought maybe people were just cheering without really knowing who he is, but it's a small city and he's kind of a big deal, so I think it was genuine.

I wonder why he chose to base his business here in Portland? It seems inconvenient for the artists, but maybe they don't physically meet much, if at all, during the process?
 
miroslav said:
He's got a thing for fresh Main lobster.....
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Could be...it's only like $3.99 - $4.99 per lb. right now, and he's only a short walk from the wharfs where you can get even better deals right off the boat.
 
heatmiser said:
I wonder why he chose to base his business here in Portland? It seems inconvenient for the artists, but maybe they don't physically meet much, if at all, during the process?
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"Back in the day" I probably had 75% attended (that said, I was a "known quantity" only locally). But ever since they put the internet on computers it's more like 5%. Even with Chicago area artists, it's probably only 10-20%.

Mastering sessions are boring as hell. Back at JEM, I was generally the guy that would bring mixes to the mastering sessions -- Which was one of the reasons I really didn't want the chair when the boss insisted on it. And at this point, I feel there's a clear advantage to an artist being able to listen with the same objectivity on a familiar system. I still urge local clients to drop in if they can -- But I urge them to do it after they've had a chance to hear it on their own.

Cool of the Beckinator to mention him though... :thumbs up:
 
Interesting. I figured the internet would have had an effect on that, but I guess I'm surprised the percentage was so low after.

He set up shop here around '93 or so, so while I guess there was an internet, it wasn't as prevalent and I'm not sure people knew then how the industry would change. I suppose if you were a NY-based artist not a big deal to hoof it up here, but I bet folks from LA were like, damn, I have to drag my ass up to Maine to meet with this guy?
 
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