Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
Definitely liking Beggars.
Weird how something so different from what I'm used to from those guys caught me like that.
Not weird, actually. Music nerd post, I doubt this will get any response, but that's ok. :laugh:
I love recordings without a lot of processing done on them. Autotune's the obvious thing, but beyond that, I love it when a band just sits down, records whatever the hell happens in the studio, and puts it out there.
A few examples that I like:
Incubus did this with Morningview.
Extreme (more than words, anyone?) did this with Waiting for the Punchline.
Dream Theater did this, somewhat, with Falling Into Infinity.
Van Halen did this with Van Halen III.
and Thrice did this with Beggars.
Most of these have become my favorite albums from these bands. And not everyone can pull it off...usually, the only bands that do this, and make it work, are the ones that have talent in the first place. The ones that don't, need a lot of post-processing or editing to even have something marketable.
Depending on the fan base, these kind of albums are usually hit-or-miss. The albums from Extreme, Dream Theater, and Van Halen were commercial bombs, because they were a total departure from what the bulk of their fans had come to expect. Extreme was either early-90's glam-rock or power-ballads; Dream Theater is progressive metal; Van Halen is, well, iconic guitar-rock that basically influenced the entire genre from the late-70's on.
But all of those albums were stripped down, just makin' music, screw tradition and stereotypes...and in these cases, I like that. Guys that got fed up with the demands of a record label or got burnt out on the stereotyping, and said let's just make a XXXXin' record.
It doesn't always work, but when it does, that's the stuff I really find great - and Thrice totally nailed it with Beggars. Maybe it's because I never had the advantage of expensive and complex post-processing in the recording I've done, but I've always thought that anything I put out there, I just want it to be me playing what I can and want to, to the best of my ability. And when mainstream or semi-pro artists do that, it tends to be pretty inspirational to me.
Here's to big live-room drum sounds, amp noise, mic bleed, ground loops, static, click tracks, squeaky pedals, broken strings, feedback, fret buzz, overdrive, strained vocals, and all those other things that make a recording real. We're all just in this to have fun, at the end of the day.
Goodnight.
edit: just bought a 16-track digital recorder to replace my 8-track. Y'all will be the first to know when I come up with something good.
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