“What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.” SoundChangedStudiosProducersNever Change Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.” KnowsShouldBelieveI BelieveSoundKnow HowStageVicesStudiosPerformersVice Versa Author:Haley Reinhart
“I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love are like The Beatles and Radiohead, and all those records by bands whose music is really involved.” WantedSoundRecordsInvolvedBandMusic IsStudiosExperimentsRadiohead Author:Regina Spektor
“The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers.” EndsSoundHoursStudiosSpeakersFrustrating Author:Mike Love
“I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.” WantSongSoundAchieveListeningStudiosRelevant Author:Sondre Lerche
“I didn't really think about the sound of my songs before I started recording things in the studio.” ThinkingSongSoundStudios Author:Aurora Aksnes
“When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.” WritingPlayBigsStuffSoundAbilityRocksGuitarStudiosHeavyPostsLoudAggressivePunk Author:Tom DeLonge
“When I go into the studio - it [words] has to sound the way I heard it in my head. So that's probably one of the biggest things that separates me when I'm working in the studio - just how I hear certain things.” WayCertainSoundHeardStudios Author:Kendrick Lamar
“There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.” PeopleIfsShouldWellsTwoWholeUseAbleUsedSoundHellBalanceBandInstrumentsDistanceDepthGuitarStudiosToneMaximsMicrophonesMicsTrackingPlacement Author:Jimmy Page
“Writing more and more to the sound of music, writing more and more like music. Sitting in my studio tonight, playing record after record, writing, music a stimulant of the highest order, far more potent than wine.” WritingOrderSoundMusicRecordsHighestSittingWineStudiosTonightWriting MusicStimulantsSound Of MusicMusic Writing Author:Anais Nin
“I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and imitate a Motown sound, you can't do it, it's impossible because of the studios and players involved and the atmosphere.” IfsThinkingPastSoundPlayerImpossibleInvolvedStudiosAtmosphereCan NotMotown Author:Elton John
“I wanted to use the studio like a microscope for sound, which is what good engineers do.” UseWantedSoundStudiosEngineersMicroscopes Author:Brian Eno
“In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a record and the drums are perfectly gridded and the vocals are perfectly auto tuned, I throw it out the window. I have no interest in rock music being like that.” HandsHateSoundInterestPerfectRecordsRocksMusic IsWindowI HateStudiosTunesVocalRock MusicGridsAuto Tune Author:Taylor Hawkins
“Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice clean, warm sound, and it blended well with the other amps that were in the studio.” KnowsWellsMadeUsedSoundNiceCleanGuitarIncrediblesStudiosWarm Author:Kirk Hammett
“It is really amazing to be able to do cinematic, big feature style film music on a weekly basis and do it in LA, on a big scoring stage, on a studio lot, and do it with the right players and make it sound great.” BigsAbleFilmSoundPlayerStageStyleBasesStudiosFeaturesCinematicReally AmazingFilm Music Author:Christopher Lennertz
“When I record in a studio I don't use an amp. I go directly into the board, so I can get that very fat, full sound - which is my favorite sound.” I CanUseSoundRecordsMy FavoriteStudiosFatsBoards Author:Bill Wyman
“Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I've always had. It suits me admirably to do it like that, and I can imitate that sound by plugging directly into the board in the studio.” NeedsI CanPlaySoundPlayerStudiosFatsSuitsBoardsInchesSpeakersBassBass Players Author:Bill Wyman
“I love the financing. It's fun to do studio movies, too. I think you should do both. You don't want to be this, "He's an independent film guy." It sounds like, "He makes his own dresses."” ThinkingWantShouldFilmGuyFunSoundIndependentDressesStudiosIndependent FilmFinancing Author:Bill Murray
“I don't take so-called "vacations" often. In fact vacations are more stressful than the lives my wife and I worked hard to set up for ourselves in New York. It seems like being on vacation is like normal living, which is not very satisfying. It means we're figuring out what to make for lunch today, and that seems like such an absurd way to live. The issue of dealing with that doesn't seem to be so prominent back home. It sounds so silly and ridiculous, but it's really the way it is. We love what we do, so I prefer being in the studio; that's really living for me.” WayMeanHardFactsHomeSeemsTodaySoundIssuesWifeNew YorkNormalStudiosMy WifeRidiculousSillyAbsurdLunchSatisfyingVacationStressfulBack HomeWay To LiveProminentReally Living Author:Ryan McGinness
“We all just meet up and someone's house or the studio and we'll just jam and we'll lock into something that sounds cool. I'll go home with tracks of cool parts and work on words. Everyone in the band has a job to do and everyone knows their job and we all do it really well. So, when we're writing, we can just look at one another and say, 'OK, go write this part'. It's not just one person writing or producing everything - everyone's working to product what we have.” KnowsWritingWellsLooksPersonsHomeJobsHouseSoundProductsBandTrackStudiosJust OneLocksJam Author:Mitch Lucker
“I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.” SoundFrontsComputerBirdRainWindowGuitarFinalsStudiosChickensHanging OutFarmsHittingCricketVocalFilesSound Of Rain Author:Jason Mraz
“What's important is a great set of objective ears, years of experience and a great room with a true sound. Look at this way: If the equipment in a studio is a high performance car, and the mastering engineer is the driver, putting the car on ice and trying to achieve a good lap time is like trying to master music in a bad room, all the equipment in the world wont help you connect with the music and let you hear what's really happening. The room is the environment in which the mix performs to its potential, as the road is to the car. It's hugely important.” IfsWorldWayTryingYearsLooksImportantHelpingSoundRoomsEnvironmentAchieveCarMastersHappeningsPerformancesEarsStudiosObjectivesIceDriversEngineersEquipmentLapWhat's ImportantYears Of Experience Author:Chris McCormack
“The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.” GivingWritingWellsPersonsHas BeensIdeasStatesSongSoundExerciseGive MeSatisfactionStudiosSongwritingArrangementsNurtureMasterpieceWriting SongsEnvisioning Author:Brian Wilson