[BC] Re: Making music worth listening to

[Rockwell Smith]

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> In a message dated 10/23/2007 11:58:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rockwell at rmci.net writes:
>
>> Just
>>  today I was handed a stream of profanity and told "you can't mix it
> because
>>  you don't know our music".  Well, he still never got in the room, and we
>>  have another pristine, well-mixed set of three songs that surpass most
> CD's.
>
> Curious- did you give him a chance to hear that final mix after they 
> finished
> the set? I wonder if he would admit that it sounded good! ;)



He wouldn't listen to it, but the rep and the aritist both heard it, and 
liked it.




>
>>  We have been doing live mixes longer than some of these guys have even
> been
>>  on this earth, and we DO know what we are doing.
>
> There ya go! LOL! Something to remind them of... but also, to remind them
> that a *radio/recording* mix is *very* different from a *stage* mix!
>
>>  Do any of you do anything similar, and if so, how do you handle the
> upstart,
>>  know-it-all tour managers that may be able to put on a passable stage
> sound,
>>  but are clueless when it comes to a really good radio mix?
>
> Not yet, but *someday*, I most certainly DO plan to do this! :) Look here:
> http://www.wphafm.org/concept
> That's a simulation of my life's goal.
>
>>   Fortunately,
>>  the rep from the label was there with them, and he understood the 
>> problem,
>>  and told his tour manager to chill.
>
> That worked out very good, then! :)
>
> Thankfully, the Artists/Groups I plan to work with in the future will be 
> far
> more accomodating, I'm sure! It will also be explained to them in advance 
> that
> our own Engineer will be doing the mix for broadcast.
>

He was supposed to have been told by the rep ---  but he either blew it off, 
or that part was not conveyed.

Anyway, the end result was good.  I just don't appreciate being treated that 
way by some people, but, oh, well, I guess some of it goes with the 
territory......

- - -   Rockwell