Cap, answering your question about Coupe Studios
made me think about my studio experiences in general.
I've probably worked in over 100 of them in multiple places including,
New York, Rhode Island, Colorado, California, Puerto Rico, The British
Virgin Islands and most memorably, in Port 'O Spain, Trinidad W.I.
What I'd like known, as my opinion only, is that there are no magic studios.
What happens on the "south side of the glass," where the singer/instrumentalist
performs is where the only possible magic can occur. As I've said for many years, "you can't
shine a turd," and regardless of what super engineers, and elaborate processing
tools (including auto tune) are employed, if it ain't going into the mic good, it ain't
gonna be more that a post production patch job. Honestly, that's what the pop music
today is all about. It's the product of producers, engineers and digital equipment that turn crap
into louder crap; once again, strictly my opinion.
I loved recording the entire production all at once, either via direct to two tracks, or having
everyone in the room at the same time, with overdubs only for multi instrumentalists and the vocalist(s).
I read once how Tom Petty thought having all five members of his band record at the
same time was not only more spontaneous but permitted the musicians to create based on the
interplay of playing together. It's cost effective, as well!
AI
