Perfect timing or not while recording?

[teainthesahara]

I love the music that came out of the 60's as much as anything. Having said that, can you use an example from the last 30 years???

Radiohead, Smashing Pumkins, Big Sugar, Gun's n' Roses, Neil young with Crazy horse, some U2 stuff, alot of grunge from the 90's...

Back then, alot of things were acceptable that aren't now. Try walking into a session on acid the way they used to back then. Not everything that applied then applies now. The proof of that is everyone you mentioned is from at least 30 years ago, it went with the vibe of the times. It doesn't now. Playing in time and in tune does matter now. It's hard to compare eras, but if Mitch Mitchell auditioned for a gig now with the top guitarist , he wouldn't get the gig. If Dylan put out a demo now sounding the way did then, he wouldn't get signed or even taken seriously. I'm not saying that's a good thing, just saying that's the way it is, so your examples, while seeming valid...aren't

That is more true if your talking soley about professional studio/session musicians...less so for actual artists i would think...

 

[Heifsin85]

right, cant u just record the drums, then the guitarist records the guitar while listening to the drums?

 

[noisewreck]

I love the music that came out of the 60's as much as anything. Having said that, can you use an example from the last 30 years??? Back then, alot of things were acceptable that aren't now. Try walking into a session on acid the way they used to back then. Not everything that applied then applies now. The proof of that is everyone you mentioned is from at least 30 years ago, it went with the vibe of the times. It doesn't now. Playing in time and in tune does matter now. It's hard to compare eras, but if Mitch Mitchell auditioned for a gig now with the top guitarist , he wouldn't get the gig. If Dylan put out a demo now sounding the way did then, he wouldn't get signed or even taken seriously. I'm not saying that's a good thing, just saying that's the way it is, so your examples, while seeming valid...aren't.

Yeah, unfortunately today's sound is the sterile, soulless, metronomic (most of the time quantized in the computer), prefectly in-tune (most of the time autotuned in the computer), compressed to hell and then limited to fuck sound. Yep, we've progressed alright.

I hate today's pop. Come to think of it, the last sort of "mainstream" CD I bought was System of a Down's Mesmerise... and although I love the band and their live performances, the CD is ruined by overproduction, overcompression, overlimiting and overpolishing. I think that's it... I'm not gonna waste anymore money on mainstream stuff. I'd rather listen to music done by someone like Four Tet, who uses a mic that came with his computer and a SoundBlaster card.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go put on a nice, raw, messy DRI LP

 

[s_m_hendrix]

A Cow Dont Make Ham!!!

A cow dont make ham... meaning... i dont care if he could shred like Zakk Dime and Hendrix in one... if he is outa time.... its not gonna work.. buy him a metronome and make him practice the individual parts he is havin trouble with

 

[BabyGrand06]

Solutions:

1.) Get a guitarist that can play. Believe it or not but TIMING is as important as pitch... maybe more important.

2.) Get ready for punch-in-O-RAMA! while you contend with his miserable playing.

3.) When he isn't looking have someone else play it right and delete his weak tracks.

4.) Make him practice the part for a few weeks.

5.) Give him an electrical shock everytime he falls off beat.

LMFAO---HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAF#CK#NHA

Personaly, I live by a click track even when drums are down. It is a solid foundation you can rely on from begining to end. And it never lies!