RSJ
Well-Known Member
Last two times i was in a studio was with a guy named Michael Richards that Rob Stephenson had thrown us in with for some sessions for a compilation. I always loved being in the studio but those two sessions were two of the most depressing and frustrating days of my life. I've never seen someone so often point blank refuse to do things the way a band wanted. He refused to let us use most of our backing vocals (as in "too many harmonies, just put them in the chorus"), completely refused to let us use our guitar sound ("that'll never come across on the radio" - we were a punk band, we'd never get on the radio), and, amazingly, kept telling me the vocals were too agressive. And of course, stephenson was around for the double teaming on the final mix when the rest of the band was gone ("i really have to agree with michael here brian, it sounds much better without a more commercial sound"). End result - overproduced radio friendly shite from a bunch of bog-punks. All i'll say is thank shite we didn't pay for it.