Man, the hammering continues. I honestly didn't expect this. Oh well.
And, why do half of the "members" on your site have a big "I'm A Pussy" banner next their names? You'll note I put "members" in quotes, because there is no way that those are actual people. It's pretty obvious that you've populated your "board" with pseudonyms. What kind of real person would fawn over a dipshit like yourself? Do you really have that shallow an ego that you have to start your own board and invent members to blow sunshine up your own ass? Pathetic.
No, actually I have never signed up more than once for any forum. Why would I need to? I'm way too busy to spend my time creating 110 accounts and posting with them. This is a ridiculous notion.
I thought it would be funny to create a silly default avatar. If you joined, you'd get the same avatar. The real motivation is to change the avatar immediately. You may not like my humor and that's fine. One of the reasons I made the forum was to find like minded individuals who would think this sort of thing is funny. I understand that many will not. I'll just have to weigh the pros and cons.
I agree that many musicians take their recording and music very very seriously. I know. I'm usually booked 2 monthes ahead. I've been doing the best I can with limited resources for a long time. I'm getting better and the clients are slowly getting happier. I must admit that most recording forums are eager to help. The tone on this forum is obviously different. Hell, the guys with platinum records at PSW were way more constructive in their criticisms.
As far as the playing on the shootout, I think it is typical for many recordings that I do. Unfortunately, most of the college bands that I record can not take the time (or do not have the talent) of that of a professional. Compromises are almost always made along the way. I'm doing a spec deal with a band now and we have done our best to minimize compromises as much as possible. Working one day per week for the past 9 monthes we have finally chosen the 12 songs for the record (after writing hundreds) and will jump into actual preproduction. This is something a little closer to what a pro on label would have the opportunity to do (only they would be working 5 or more days per week on the project and therefor would not require 9 monthes).
Wednesday night I had a band who wanted to cram in 4 songs in 4 hours. While certainly not impossible, for their style of recording it did not work. Without a doubt, the band made compromises and settled for less. I wish this wasn't as typical as it is.
To me "crappy playing" is a relative term. Compared to big boys, the playing was crappy. Compared to most local bands that I typically record, the playing was about normal. If you thought the playing on the shootout was bad enough to throw off the stupid little test, send me an email.
If very highend preamps are not going to make a big difference recording in an unideal situation, that's fine. If that's the conclusion you have drawn from my stupid little audio files, I can only counter with.... What will make a big difference in an unideal situation?
I apologize if anyone got the idea that I was coming up with a definitive answer to some deep question here. I'm just an idiot who posted a .zip file with some recordings I did. You are free to draw your own conclusions. It appears that are recording with some 2 track Presonus box who are saving for their first 57 are glad they had the chance to hear the shootout. It seams the pros who've spent $20,000 on their preamp rack get angry. I don't understand the anger.
Brandon
