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Post by scumbum on Aug 4, 2013 13:15:51 GMT -6
Better hope Bob Filner doesn't sign up. Not much chance considering how few women there are here. Well it looks like mobeach has his shirt off in his avatar . Maybe that will entice Bob to sign up ? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 9:29:59 GMT -6
smallbutfine, I gotta say, I might be inclined to listen a little closer to someone with 23 platinum records on the wall :-)  Yeah, Martin, i am always curious and try to listen closely to people that i communicate with and consider they know their stuff. With or without platinums...  Well, i have some funny loose contact to a producer whose team did a few platinums in the last decade (15, 6 of them last year - yepp, the 'lotto win'-kind of lucky success), knowing him from his very engineering beginnings in the early 90s where we had a rehearsal room in the studio he worked at. We had some fun exploring sound stuff, technics, discussing for a few years (beeing both active bassmen in rock bands that days...) ... and sure they know their stuff today, otherwise they won't make money. But i don't consider only the fact their corridor wall is plastered with metallic records to be a convincing argument in a factual discussion alone. I mean like "Just trust me, i am a platinum engineer."  Well, those guys btw. are very nice people that never would stress that "platinum" point in a discussion about engineering or music, and don't take their own opinions too serious. A good portion of humor, self-criticism and curiosity about other peoples opinions should not hurt the ego and should be considered a sign of a nice character generally, i guess...even for platinum producers.  Cheers and thanks for your comment, made me smile. I admit i expected somebody would write something like this sooner or later... Best regards, Martin |
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Post by Martin John Butler on Aug 5, 2013 9:49:56 GMT -6
I'm with you here FM. Obnoxious has no place in forums like this.
I feel this way, great commercial success does not equal greatness. Same as equating McDonald's burgers as good food, because they sell a lot of them. There are often extremely popular artists getting attention, while some truly great ones get somewhat overlooked. Time usually takes care of that, but it might be painful to suffer through if you were that artist. To me, someone like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, The Beatles, Dylan, Johnny Cash, qualify as being great, not just high selling artists. Occasionally, commercial success and great artistry do go together, and I sure do love to hear from great engineers and producers who participate on forums like this once in a while.
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