"the only thing that matters is what comes out of the speakers" has literally been my motto for 30 years. I've been mostly on the live side (as opposed to the studio side) of the biz for the last 30 years, as a performer, promoter, stage manager,.etc. I can't tell you how many times I was racing the clock to get ready by showtime, and I'd see crew members dicking around with lighting placement or decorations or whatever, and I would say (as patiently as possible) that "the only thing that matters is what comes out of the speakers." Music first; everything else second
So true, A few years ago I ran across and some CD's I had burned in the studio on them was three versions of the same song. I did not recognize the song so it had to be a project one the other engineers was working on. Back 20-30 years ago I would do things like make copies for the project in the morning each day. Anyway I listened to each version of the song a few times, I could not find what was different about each version, what ever it was so small I could not detect what changed. In the heat of the mix session the difference was so important they had three versions and had discs burned at something like $20 each so they could pick the version. Twenty-five years later the huge difference in the mixes was undetectable.
"the only thing that matters is what comes out of the speakers" has literally been my motto for 30 years. I've been mostly on the live side (as opposed to the studio side) of the biz for the last 30 years, as a performer, promoter, stage manager,.etc.
I can't tell you how many times I was racing the clock to get ready by showtime, and I'd see crew members dicking around with lighting placement or decorations or whatever, and I would say (as patiently as possible) that "the only thing that matters is what comes out of the speakers."
Music first; everything else second
So true, A few years ago I ran across and some CD's I had burned in the studio on them was three versions of the same song. I did not recognize the song so it had to be a project one the other engineers was working on. Back 20-30 years ago I would do things like make copies for the project in the morning each day. Anyway I listened to each version of the song a few times, I could not find what was different about each version, what ever it was so small I could not detect what changed. In the heat of the mix session the difference was so important they had three versions and had discs burned at something like $20 each so they could pick the version. Twenty-five years later the huge difference in the mixes was undetectable.
No excuses comes from people that have ears actually listen to their music.