Working with an engineer

wax works · Post by **wax works** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:59 am

I knwo this topic comes up a lot and some people get criticised for it, but I currently don't have what is required to make music, and I don't think I will be making music anytime soon due to £££.

Is working with an engineer basically paying to make music in their studio with professional equipment and receiving expert advice and direction in order to get the end result you want?

Does anyone here do this or offer this?

Or is it for people who know how to create music or have experience of making music previously and just want to use a better studio?

mattburns · Post by **mattburns** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:10 am

I know of a few people who all use the same engineer. A couple of them have little or no experience of making music and just go into the studio with an idea of the sound they want and they get the engineer to help them achieve this.

Others go in with tracks they've written themselves and are just looking to get a more pro sound, beefing it up in places etc.

I'm hugely against the first approach though and i wouldn't expect to get any respect from your peers. That doesn't matter to some people though

wax works · Post by **wax works** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:31 am

mattburns wrote:I know of a few people who all use the same engineer. A couple of them have little or no experience of making music and just go into the studio with an idea of the sound they want and they get the engineer to help them achieve this.

Others go in with tracks they've written themselves and are just looking to get a more pro sound, beefing it up in places etc.

I'm hugely against the first approach though and i wouldn't expect to get any respect from your peers. That doesn't matter to some people though

Why are you agaisnt it?

The cost of getting together a decent set up at home, together with buying records and living a normal life makes it a very hard target to reach.

Why should someone get less respect because they can't use a computer programme?

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:33 am

10 pages here we come...

wax works · Post by **wax works** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:39 am

::BLM:: wrote:10 pages here we come...

It passes the day at the least.

mattburns · Post by **mattburns** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:43 am

iainkerr7 wrote:
mattburns wrote:I know of a few people who all use the same engineer. A couple of them have little or no experience of making music and just go into the studio with an idea of the sound they want and they get the engineer to help them achieve this.

Others go in with tracks they've written themselves and are just looking to get a more pro sound, beefing it up in places etc.

I'm hugely against the first approach though and i wouldn't expect to get any respect from your peers. That doesn't matter to some people though
Why are you agaisnt it?

The cost of getting together a decent set up at home, together with buying records and living a normal life makes it a very hard target to reach.

Why should someone get less respect because they can't use a computer programme?

Someone link up the RBMA Theo Parrish interview. You dont need a state of the art studio to make music

wax works · Post by **wax works** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:49 am

I agree completely, but surely there are benefits to learning in one?

Theo Parrish also says you should use vinyl btw.

mattburns · Post by **mattburns** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:53 am

But will you learn that much if someone else is doing it for you? Nothing worth doing is ever easy. Too much of this "quick fix" mentality about.

And I'm against it because it stifles originality.