[Dixielandjazz] FW: Bands with CDs

[Paul Kurtz Jr]

Jim, I, too, want to thank you for your inciteful presentation. I happen to like either live music or studio music and dislike the embedded applause and such. I consider the latter to be a bit hypocritical for people who just don’t want to take the trouble to record on location. 

I love the live stuff because it always brings me back to places I’ve either gone to listen to concerts or places I myself have played. I get that extra zip out of things. Yes, I know, and especially in older recordings, that some music may be partially lost, but I just try and listen harder. 

For newer groups, the live performances give me a preview of what I might hear if I go and listen to them. That’s useful to me. Again, the straight studio’s fine, too, but that live stuff has a movement to it. 
Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 7:01 AM, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks to those that liked my suggestions on live recordings.  Kevin tells
> me that he prefers a studio recording, which is fine.  Some musicians prefer
> the cleaness & tidyness of a studio recording, however, as I said before, I
> find the cd buyer at a gig prefers something live.  
> 
> Kevin mentioned that applause & background noise can be added to a studio
> recording, but it is not as easy as it sounds, and I would stay away from
> such antics.  I was required by a record company to do just that to half of
> a recording that was done in the studio (a rock band).  The rest of the
> recording was live.  To match the two ambiences took a lot of time & effort.
> My bill to the record company was well over $10,000, and I put in a note to
> them that if they heard what they were paying for, then I hadn't done my
> job!   :>  Cheeky, but true!  It had to sound just like a seamlessly live
> recording.
> 
> Some of my notes in my previous email will be useful even for a studio
> recording, such as time limits on a cd, the brochure suggestions, etc.  I
> would also include the necesity for mastering, where many small details can
> be attended to.  In a band effort, it is always best to have one (or 2 at
> the most) appointed members to make the decisions.  If you leave it up to
> the whole band to make decisions you may never, ever finish your recording!
> Have a plan of the tunes you want to do (with a couple of extras, just in
> case), and a plan on order of solos, etc., before going into the studio.  
> 
> If you go into a studio school setup, as you mentioned you might, Kevin, I
> would aim for the "let's set up just as though on a small stage".....all
> close together.  The studio guys will most likely want to get you separated
> into little sections blocked off by screens & using headphones.  Unless your
> guys are session musicians, they will find this a strange way to play, and
> you won't get the friendly atmo you get on gigs.
> 
> We even find that sitting close when on a large stage at big concerts is
> better for us.  We arrive at a big gig, and immediately have to pull
> everying from the far sides of the stage into the middle, where we can make
> believe we are in a small club.  I even suggest a nice carpet, and some
> living room lamps around the band many times.  Gives the intimate feeling
> for great playing.  Same thing goes in the studio.  The less cold &
> separated the better.  You can still boost a vocal, etc., in the mix even if
> there is some drums getting into the vocal mike, although the engineers will
> insist that you can't!
> 
> Good luck, Jim
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