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> >Certainly I can see that maybe Mike P recorded a keyboard lick
> >melodically perfect, and decided not to redo it for the sake of perfect
> >tone, but isn't that what I pay these signed artists for?
> </quote>
>
> >It seems to me that you're assuming that all released music is produced
> >to a fixed quality standard and that every click and pop has been judged
> >and found essential to the mood of the piece.
What was Frank Zappa's quote again about mistakes and better music?
I don't know what paths between CD release and master the music of Mu-ziq
or Aphex or Devine or anybody take... maybe the artists have full control
of the sound of the final product until manufacturing.. or maybe there are
people who do some post-production/mastering in the middle. But given the
nature of how each's music is made (i.e. by him/herself only), I'm
guessing any 'mistakes' one perceives in the final product was either A)
unnoticed, B) intended, or C) noticed but not cared about.
What I'm really trying to say is, 'mistakes' are subjective. This might
apply more comfortably to loud guitar music more than anything, but I
prefer occasional mistakes in all types of music. In fact, I figure
mistakes occurring along the way of experimenting with the creative
process has made many of the tracks we enjoy most that much more special.
How many times have you fooled around with making noise, loops, or music
in any form -- whether band practice, or farting around with the latest
digital drum machine you just downloaded -- and discovered some mistakes
that create cooler sounds than you ever imagined?
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