Van Halen 2 for 1
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004831B6677B2D?did=vh2012
They overpriced the tickets and released a good new album no one heard.
You get one reunion tour, after that, you're starting all over. Tickets have to be cheap and you've got to convince people to listen to your new music. Otherwise you're just a has-been trying to lap up a little water. But these Baby Boomers and Gen-X'ers have bills that they just want to pay from going on the road. The audience is saying "no mas".
Furthermore, word of mouth on this tour was not good. Everyone's saying Dave can't sing. Used to be if you controlled the media you won the war. Now you've got to hope and pray the chattering masses, the public, are on your side online.
_____________________________________
"UCLA scholarship for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' son raises eyebrows"
http://lat.ms/L23MPR
Diddy's worth $475 million and he bought his kid a $360,000 Maybach when he turned sixteen and now UCLA's giving him a full free ride, a football scholarship?
Meanwhile, he's a 5'9" 170 pound defensive back, do you really expect this pipsqueak to dominate in the Pac-12?
And the kid talks back on Twitter and UCLA defends the process.
Hell, big time college sports are professional leagues, why not pay the players, they earn it. But pay them all!
But if you're gonna operate under the guise of being an "education institution", don't you ask Diddy for a building instead of giving his kid money to go there?
_____________________________________
"Paul Begala: The Right Hates Spending, Unless It Pockets the Cash"
http://bit.ly/JAaoVD
The next President will get elected on his looks, on external events, not his policies. Because if he did, Romney would have no chance.
Yes, Begala is a left-winger. No, this essay will not have any effect on the right wing. We live in a crazy world where the truth is irrelevant.
Begala's point is the rich want smaller government but then they partake from the collective kitty.
"When Romney drove GST Steel into bankruptcy, he and his partners made $12 million in profit and another $4.5 million in consulting fees. But Romney stuck the taxpayers with a $44 million tab for the company's underfunded pensions."
And Joe Ricketts, who was gonna spend $10 million attacking Obama, got $99 million from Mesa, AZ, to keep his Chicago Cubs there for spring training and now he's seeking $150 million of taxpayer funds to redo Wrigley Field plus a share of amusement tax revenue in perpetuity.
Your move, shrink the government, lower the taxes on the rich Republicans.
_____________________________________
Facebook
It's just like the music business. Fat cats drum up heat in the media but it turns out the public doesn't care. Insiders knew the Facebook IPO was a bust, it's only the uninformed who got burned. And now the company is tarnished, maybe forever, because the people know it's ad and mobile challenged.
Just because something's all over the newspaper and TV, that doesn't mean it's true, real and worth a damn.
_____________________________________
"Conan O'Brien: KTLA Morning Team Is the Reason 'China Is Kicking Our Ass'":
http://bit.ly/JQeOM6
_____________________________________
Jason Mraz Reveals His Truth
http://on.vh1.com/KxMA80
Having it all doesn't make you happy. Mraz had a worldwide hit and was on the verge of suicide.
I wish Jason gave more details in this speech, but even still, there's more honesty here than you get in a week of television.
That's what artists used to do, reveal truth, by opening up their wounds and telling us about them.
Kudos to Jason.
_____________________________________
From: Matthew McClain
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
So these guys seem to think Rdio is such much better I gave it shot. Spotify has been frustrating me because they don't have a ROKU app and you can't sort your music through their mobile app.
Well Rdio interface is nice and their mobile app is nicer. They don't have apps but you can comment on songs which I like. Their heavy rotation playlist is a nice touch. But there is a huge problem, the songs take a second or two to start because it's not P2P. Another thing is every once in a while a song just stops and restarts. After a google search it looks like I'm not the only person that has seen this.
But I'm going to stick with them for a while because I like the ROKU app, the UI is nice, and the restart issue is pretty infrequent.
I have one other gripe about Spotify. If you take a look at their message boards they have a spotify ideas section where you can vote on new ideas you like. It's here
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/idb-p/ideaexchange
Well I don't know why this even exists because they don't implement any of the ideas. There are some great ideas here and some of them have been here for years.
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
From the artists perspective, it seems like 99% of these responses are hoping to make a living off of streaming royalties. With all due respect to them, it's time to get a new business model. I make a living as a TOURING songwriter. I have made more money this year, by playing shows, alone, then I ever have with online sales. I was featured on ITunes for the entire month of September. Guess how much I made for my "single?" Around 75 dollars. Guess how much I made selling merch? Far more and my market history is better. Not to mention I booked smart shows, promoted everything well, and worked the room. If you are thinking you will make a living, stuck in your hometown using online avenues, you are setting yourself up for failure. Sure there's a balance, but if you aren't playing the "right" bill or playing at all, then you're doing it wrong. It's a business first. Put the instrument down and get to work.
Derek Evans
Www.derekevansmusic.com
_____________________________________
From: Aaron Harris
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
Artists need to shut up about not getting a high enough percentage of sale price. Ever heard of markup, people? Go to the store and buy a loaf of bread, and half that money will never leave the retailer. THAT'S HOW BUSINESS WORKS. If you want the whole thing, you have to sell direct. If you want to sell volume, you need a retailer.
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
While I am old school and prefer buying cd's, Spotify works much
better than the last streaming service I paid for. So here I am in the
middle of New Mexico and as we are passing through Ruidoso, my friend
starts singing Charlie Daniels song "Saddle Tramp" because it mentions
the town. I gotta say it blew his mind when I streamed the song just a
few minutes later via my ipad and the aux input in our car. Spotify
has a lot to enjoy for the music listener. Maybe not so much for the
artist when you consider Charlie made less than 1 cent on that stream.
Joe Sherfy
Austin
_____________________________________
From: Andrew Stone
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
Nearly 3 in 4 Americans have a Facebook account now. I feel like the people railing against it were the same ones still proudly taking a stand against the "constant intrusion" or "unnecessary nature" of cell phones in 2005. The rest of us would care, but we can't get hold of you anyways, so whatever.
My mom kept complaining that she couldn't get in touch with my younger brother, an art student. "He won't return my calls!" she'd say, over and over. It took nearly two years and untold harassment, but now she's figured out she can send him a direct message on Facebook and she'll hear back the same day at worst. Kid may forget to listen to his voicemails for the weekend (or to pay his $60-a-month cell phone bill, for that matter), but he's sure as hell going to see your Facebook shout-out.
The service may not be perfect, but that never stopped the postal service, fax machines, telegraphs, satellite TV or any other new communication technology. A large majority of people seem to tolerate, if not outright enjoy Facebook. If you really care about privacy, take 30 minutes to set up your settings, and don't give them any info they don't require. Nobody is forcing you to use the location based features, or input your favorite movies, or add your accountant as your Friend. I'm not sure why we trust Verizon and AT&T to know damn near everything about us (and they DO), sign up for years of commitment to their known-to-screw-consumers policies (and pay them monthly for the privilege), yet balk at Facebook. Perception is everything. Don't be scared of change.
Andrew Stone
_____________________________________
From: Cathy Burke
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
I got one of the early Spotify accounts in the US when you did not have to sign in through FB. I dug it. But once the FB sign-in was mandatory shortly thereafter, I stopped my subscription with no regrets. I do have a FB account, but will not participate in anything that HAS to be used through FB. Additionally, I don't play WWF through FB. I don't tie Pinterest to FB and I don't use social readers that are tied and posted to FB. Why would anyone want to just hand over every waking move they make to FB and whoever does or ever will do business with FB? As you know, I worked in the music industry for many years, but I have worked in digital marketing for quite a few more. Even when FB use loses its luster, all that info on one's activities will remain with whomever the powers that be want to share it with. The user has no control over where it goes. Forever is a long time. There are many, many people who gave up on Spotify or never signed up because of the FB tie-in. If Ken Parks truly thinks otherwise, he's delusional.
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: The Beer Market
Hey Bob,
Facebook's done, dude.
Does anyone in the room know *anyone* who reads 'Event Invites' anymore? Right. I'm an artist (and doing fine, thanks) and I don't even make them anymore, to say nothing of buying ads, or spamming the shit out of everyone I know. I resent the fuck out of being added to more open groups in the run of a day than I can weed, and not being given a means of stopping the insanity. Their app is so bad I took it off my phone. Fuckit.
Twitter just works way better.
Kev Corbett
_____________________________________
"Some teens aren't liking Facebook as much as older users: For these youngsters the social networking giant's novelty has worn off. They are checking out new mobile apps, hanging out on Tumblr and Twitter, and sending plain-old text messages from their phones.":
http://lat.ms/LRTnJH
_____________________________________
From: ken caillat
Subject: Making Rumours
Hello Bob, I saw your article on my book. I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to get your clear perspective on it. My goal was to try to give people a taste of how real records are or were made, and to experience a small bit of the excitement recording offers w/o getting too detailed. But I did hope that someone who read my book might pick up a studio term or two along the way, and gain a small understanding of how many possibilities music presents. Lastly, that musicians today should slow things down a bit and not let the new technologies make them loose site of how to make a good record. Pro-Tools has brought as many good things to recording as bad things. With my daughter, Colbie, I stress how to slow things down in the studio. Just because PT let's you move quickly doesn't mean it will make things better. "Make time to listen to your music, make it the best you can."
Regards
Ken
_____________________________________
From: Rubinson David
Subject: Re: Rhinofy-Abraxas
It was Bill Graham who introduced Carlos to Tito Puente.
Bill danced almost every night at Corso's in NY when he lived there, and was a true salsa fan and great latin dancer.
Alberto Gianquinto was the soul behind Incident.
And of course, the amazing Fred Catero gave it the "sound."
Thanks,
DR
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: Rhinofy-Abraxas
Santana was the poster child for synergistic music. The sum of the parts was greater than the band namesake. Yes Carlos can play. Let's just get that out of the way first. He is a great guitarist..."he plays like the wind" quoting Bill Graham. However you said it yourself, the haunting organ playing and haunting lead vocals of Greg Rolie propelled the hits onto the radio for the masses to catch on to. Greg was also the writer of "Mother's Daughter". Only then was the road paved for all of us to enjoy "Soul Sacrifice" "Jingo" and later "Oye Como Va" and appreciate the fine drumming of Michael Shreve, and killer percussion section with Chepito Areas and Michael Carabello.
But history reveals the truth. Without a charismatic lead vocalist and a good pop song, Carlos is just another great guitarist like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai or Eric Johnson, the sum of which couldn't even fill up a shed ten years ago. After Alex Ligertwood sang "I'm Winning" in 1981, we then saw a lull in Santana's career until he paired up with Rob Thomas and Nelly Furtado to rise like a Phoenix with Supernatural. But because Carlos can't make a solid business partnership with a lead vocalist, he sank once again off the charts and ended doing showrooms in Vegas to pay the rent. My suggestion to Carlos..."pay your band and split some royalties dude, maybe then your empire shall rise again!"
Kenny Lee Lewis-Steve Miller Band
_____________________________________
Subject: Ezrin's method first hand
Hey Bob, Bob Ezrin produced 2 albums for The Kings including our hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide".
When you mention he tells bands "no", boy does he ever! Here's how he does it. You play him your song and when he feels it starting to go wrong, he'll yell "Stop! Stop! Okay, it's good until there, then it goes off the rails. Go fix it."
This is how we learned the fine art of re-writes. How you're not done until it is as good as it can be. It hurts to have someone say half of your song sucks, but it also means half of it is good, so toss out the bad and work on the good. That is what a real record producer does, he brings out those tasty hooks.
best,
John Picard aka Mister Zero
The Kings
_____________________________________
Subject: 10,000 hours...?
In the mid 80s I got my start training to be a recording engineer in the music business. My first big break west to do an internship with Quincy Jones' legendary engineer Bruce Swedien.
I remember watching bruce at work on Michael Jackson's "Bad" album. When I asked how he survived being tossed into the fire on legendary jazz sessions at Universal Recording in Chicago by his mentor Bill Putnam at age 20 or how he instinctively knew what to do when changing the EQ or some other aspect of the recording he would give me the answer...
"The first million hours is a bitch, after that it's a piece of cake!"
That has always stuck with me through the years and when somebody asks me a deep engineering question it's always my first reply. So much truth in one sentence! Thank you Bruce!
Kind Regards,
Mark Hagen
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http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004831B6677B2D?did=vh2012
They overpriced the tickets and released a good new album no one heard.
You get one reunion tour, after that, you're starting all over. Tickets have to be cheap and you've got to convince people to listen to your new music. Otherwise you're just a has-been trying to lap up a little water. But these Baby Boomers and Gen-X'ers have bills that they just want to pay from going on the road. The audience is saying "no mas".
Furthermore, word of mouth on this tour was not good. Everyone's saying Dave can't sing. Used to be if you controlled the media you won the war. Now you've got to hope and pray the chattering masses, the public, are on your side online.
_____________________________________
"UCLA scholarship for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' son raises eyebrows"
http://lat.ms/L23MPR
Diddy's worth $475 million and he bought his kid a $360,000 Maybach when he turned sixteen and now UCLA's giving him a full free ride, a football scholarship?
Meanwhile, he's a 5'9" 170 pound defensive back, do you really expect this pipsqueak to dominate in the Pac-12?
And the kid talks back on Twitter and UCLA defends the process.
Hell, big time college sports are professional leagues, why not pay the players, they earn it. But pay them all!
But if you're gonna operate under the guise of being an "education institution", don't you ask Diddy for a building instead of giving his kid money to go there?
_____________________________________
"Paul Begala: The Right Hates Spending, Unless It Pockets the Cash"
http://bit.ly/JAaoVD
The next President will get elected on his looks, on external events, not his policies. Because if he did, Romney would have no chance.
Yes, Begala is a left-winger. No, this essay will not have any effect on the right wing. We live in a crazy world where the truth is irrelevant.
Begala's point is the rich want smaller government but then they partake from the collective kitty.
"When Romney drove GST Steel into bankruptcy, he and his partners made $12 million in profit and another $4.5 million in consulting fees. But Romney stuck the taxpayers with a $44 million tab for the company's underfunded pensions."
And Joe Ricketts, who was gonna spend $10 million attacking Obama, got $99 million from Mesa, AZ, to keep his Chicago Cubs there for spring training and now he's seeking $150 million of taxpayer funds to redo Wrigley Field plus a share of amusement tax revenue in perpetuity.
Your move, shrink the government, lower the taxes on the rich Republicans.
_____________________________________
It's just like the music business. Fat cats drum up heat in the media but it turns out the public doesn't care. Insiders knew the Facebook IPO was a bust, it's only the uninformed who got burned. And now the company is tarnished, maybe forever, because the people know it's ad and mobile challenged.
Just because something's all over the newspaper and TV, that doesn't mean it's true, real and worth a damn.
_____________________________________
"Conan O'Brien: KTLA Morning Team Is the Reason 'China Is Kicking Our Ass'":
http://bit.ly/JQeOM6
_____________________________________
Jason Mraz Reveals His Truth
http://on.vh1.com/KxMA80
Having it all doesn't make you happy. Mraz had a worldwide hit and was on the verge of suicide.
I wish Jason gave more details in this speech, but even still, there's more honesty here than you get in a week of television.
That's what artists used to do, reveal truth, by opening up their wounds and telling us about them.
Kudos to Jason.
_____________________________________
From: Matthew McClain
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
So these guys seem to think Rdio is such much better I gave it shot. Spotify has been frustrating me because they don't have a ROKU app and you can't sort your music through their mobile app.
Well Rdio interface is nice and their mobile app is nicer. They don't have apps but you can comment on songs which I like. Their heavy rotation playlist is a nice touch. But there is a huge problem, the songs take a second or two to start because it's not P2P. Another thing is every once in a while a song just stops and restarts. After a google search it looks like I'm not the only person that has seen this.
But I'm going to stick with them for a while because I like the ROKU app, the UI is nice, and the restart issue is pretty infrequent.
I have one other gripe about Spotify. If you take a look at their message boards they have a spotify ideas section where you can vote on new ideas you like. It's here
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/idb-p/ideaexchange
Well I don't know why this even exists because they don't implement any of the ideas. There are some great ideas here and some of them have been here for years.
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
From the artists perspective, it seems like 99% of these responses are hoping to make a living off of streaming royalties. With all due respect to them, it's time to get a new business model. I make a living as a TOURING songwriter. I have made more money this year, by playing shows, alone, then I ever have with online sales. I was featured on ITunes for the entire month of September. Guess how much I made for my "single?" Around 75 dollars. Guess how much I made selling merch? Far more and my market history is better. Not to mention I booked smart shows, promoted everything well, and worked the room. If you are thinking you will make a living, stuck in your hometown using online avenues, you are setting yourself up for failure. Sure there's a balance, but if you aren't playing the "right" bill or playing at all, then you're doing it wrong. It's a business first. Put the instrument down and get to work.
Derek Evans
Www.derekevansmusic.com
_____________________________________
From: Aaron Harris
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
Artists need to shut up about not getting a high enough percentage of sale price. Ever heard of markup, people? Go to the store and buy a loaf of bread, and half that money will never leave the retailer. THAT'S HOW BUSINESS WORKS. If you want the whole thing, you have to sell direct. If you want to sell volume, you need a retailer.
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
While I am old school and prefer buying cd's, Spotify works much
better than the last streaming service I paid for. So here I am in the
middle of New Mexico and as we are passing through Ruidoso, my friend
starts singing Charlie Daniels song "Saddle Tramp" because it mentions
the town. I gotta say it blew his mind when I streamed the song just a
few minutes later via my ipad and the aux input in our car. Spotify
has a lot to enjoy for the music listener. Maybe not so much for the
artist when you consider Charlie made less than 1 cent on that stream.
Joe Sherfy
Austin
_____________________________________
From: Andrew Stone
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
Nearly 3 in 4 Americans have a Facebook account now. I feel like the people railing against it were the same ones still proudly taking a stand against the "constant intrusion" or "unnecessary nature" of cell phones in 2005. The rest of us would care, but we can't get hold of you anyways, so whatever.
My mom kept complaining that she couldn't get in touch with my younger brother, an art student. "He won't return my calls!" she'd say, over and over. It took nearly two years and untold harassment, but now she's figured out she can send him a direct message on Facebook and she'll hear back the same day at worst. Kid may forget to listen to his voicemails for the weekend (or to pay his $60-a-month cell phone bill, for that matter), but he's sure as hell going to see your Facebook shout-out.
The service may not be perfect, but that never stopped the postal service, fax machines, telegraphs, satellite TV or any other new communication technology. A large majority of people seem to tolerate, if not outright enjoy Facebook. If you really care about privacy, take 30 minutes to set up your settings, and don't give them any info they don't require. Nobody is forcing you to use the location based features, or input your favorite movies, or add your accountant as your Friend. I'm not sure why we trust Verizon and AT&T to know damn near everything about us (and they DO), sign up for years of commitment to their known-to-screw-consumers policies (and pay them monthly for the privilege), yet balk at Facebook. Perception is everything. Don't be scared of change.
Andrew Stone
_____________________________________
From: Cathy Burke
Subject: Re: Re-Spotify Transparency
I got one of the early Spotify accounts in the US when you did not have to sign in through FB. I dug it. But once the FB sign-in was mandatory shortly thereafter, I stopped my subscription with no regrets. I do have a FB account, but will not participate in anything that HAS to be used through FB. Additionally, I don't play WWF through FB. I don't tie Pinterest to FB and I don't use social readers that are tied and posted to FB. Why would anyone want to just hand over every waking move they make to FB and whoever does or ever will do business with FB? As you know, I worked in the music industry for many years, but I have worked in digital marketing for quite a few more. Even when FB use loses its luster, all that info on one's activities will remain with whomever the powers that be want to share it with. The user has no control over where it goes. Forever is a long time. There are many, many people who gave up on Spotify or never signed up because of the FB tie-in. If Ken Parks truly thinks otherwise, he's delusional.
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: The Beer Market
Hey Bob,
Facebook's done, dude.
Does anyone in the room know *anyone* who reads 'Event Invites' anymore? Right. I'm an artist (and doing fine, thanks) and I don't even make them anymore, to say nothing of buying ads, or spamming the shit out of everyone I know. I resent the fuck out of being added to more open groups in the run of a day than I can weed, and not being given a means of stopping the insanity. Their app is so bad I took it off my phone. Fuckit.
Twitter just works way better.
Kev Corbett
_____________________________________
"Some teens aren't liking Facebook as much as older users: For these youngsters the social networking giant's novelty has worn off. They are checking out new mobile apps, hanging out on Tumblr and Twitter, and sending plain-old text messages from their phones.":
http://lat.ms/LRTnJH
_____________________________________
From: ken caillat
Subject: Making Rumours
Hello Bob, I saw your article on my book. I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to get your clear perspective on it. My goal was to try to give people a taste of how real records are or were made, and to experience a small bit of the excitement recording offers w/o getting too detailed. But I did hope that someone who read my book might pick up a studio term or two along the way, and gain a small understanding of how many possibilities music presents. Lastly, that musicians today should slow things down a bit and not let the new technologies make them loose site of how to make a good record. Pro-Tools has brought as many good things to recording as bad things. With my daughter, Colbie, I stress how to slow things down in the studio. Just because PT let's you move quickly doesn't mean it will make things better. "Make time to listen to your music, make it the best you can."
Regards
Ken
_____________________________________
From: Rubinson David
Subject: Re: Rhinofy-Abraxas
It was Bill Graham who introduced Carlos to Tito Puente.
Bill danced almost every night at Corso's in NY when he lived there, and was a true salsa fan and great latin dancer.
Alberto Gianquinto was the soul behind Incident.
And of course, the amazing Fred Catero gave it the "sound."
Thanks,
DR
_____________________________________
Subject: Re: Rhinofy-Abraxas
Santana was the poster child for synergistic music. The sum of the parts was greater than the band namesake. Yes Carlos can play. Let's just get that out of the way first. He is a great guitarist..."he plays like the wind" quoting Bill Graham. However you said it yourself, the haunting organ playing and haunting lead vocals of Greg Rolie propelled the hits onto the radio for the masses to catch on to. Greg was also the writer of "Mother's Daughter". Only then was the road paved for all of us to enjoy "Soul Sacrifice" "Jingo" and later "Oye Como Va" and appreciate the fine drumming of Michael Shreve, and killer percussion section with Chepito Areas and Michael Carabello.
But history reveals the truth. Without a charismatic lead vocalist and a good pop song, Carlos is just another great guitarist like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai or Eric Johnson, the sum of which couldn't even fill up a shed ten years ago. After Alex Ligertwood sang "I'm Winning" in 1981, we then saw a lull in Santana's career until he paired up with Rob Thomas and Nelly Furtado to rise like a Phoenix with Supernatural. But because Carlos can't make a solid business partnership with a lead vocalist, he sank once again off the charts and ended doing showrooms in Vegas to pay the rent. My suggestion to Carlos..."pay your band and split some royalties dude, maybe then your empire shall rise again!"
Kenny Lee Lewis-Steve Miller Band
_____________________________________
Subject: Ezrin's method first hand
Hey Bob, Bob Ezrin produced 2 albums for The Kings including our hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide".
When you mention he tells bands "no", boy does he ever! Here's how he does it. You play him your song and when he feels it starting to go wrong, he'll yell "Stop! Stop! Okay, it's good until there, then it goes off the rails. Go fix it."
This is how we learned the fine art of re-writes. How you're not done until it is as good as it can be. It hurts to have someone say half of your song sucks, but it also means half of it is good, so toss out the bad and work on the good. That is what a real record producer does, he brings out those tasty hooks.
best,
John Picard aka Mister Zero
The Kings
_____________________________________
Subject: 10,000 hours...?
In the mid 80s I got my start training to be a recording engineer in the music business. My first big break west to do an internship with Quincy Jones' legendary engineer Bruce Swedien.
I remember watching bruce at work on Michael Jackson's "Bad" album. When I asked how he survived being tossed into the fire on legendary jazz sessions at Universal Recording in Chicago by his mentor Bill Putnam at age 20 or how he instinctively knew what to do when changing the EQ or some other aspect of the recording he would give me the answer...
"The first million hours is a bitch, after that it's a piece of cake!"
That has always stuck with me through the years and when somebody asks me a deep engineering question it's always my first reply. So much truth in one sentence! Thank you Bruce!
Kind Regards,
Mark Hagen
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