Music Production and acoustics (house, metal, punk, genre, albums)

jackhammer · 03-06-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Production is nothing, if the music is quality.
Like the old saying goes, "it's what's in the groove that counts."

I don't know if I can agree entirely with this. While the groove definitely does count, an album that sounds like it has been recorded in sand cerainly loses something in the process. Think of say Martin Hannett and what he did with Joy Division. Of course the raw sound has to be there in the first place but there is no denying that his production added another dimension to their music.

right-track · 03-06-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I don't know if I can agree entirely with this. While the groove definitely does count, an album that sounds like it has been recorded in sand cerainly loses something in the process.

Production on albums from the sixties left a lot to be desired.
Certainly nowhere near as good as the production now, but it took nothing away from the musicianship.
Motown is a perfect example of the point I'm trying to make.
The recordings made back then (snakepit) added to the overall sound and gave it a feel and atmosphere all of it's own.
A sound that would be difficult to reproduce today.