I’m producing a new record by the brilliant, under-appreciated Kent songwriter Tom Williams (of …And The Boat fame) and I find myself in the strange position of arguing for an ‘error’ to stay on the recording.
Quite fun reading this having spent this week listening to takes I’ve done and making conscious decisions to keep imperfections in.
I want the albums I’m making at the moment to sound like the product of the people making them, and the environments in which they were recorded.
Definitely a good idea to have your version of Tom’s track be a bonus somewhere - I love hearing that kinda stuff. I’m a subscriber to Tim Kasher (from off of Cursive/The Good Life/being Conor Bright Eyes’ [imho more talented] mate) Patreon and he shares a lot of early demos, which does risk demystifying a bit…but also reveals the craft of rehearsal/rewriting and studio production. See also the Radiohead Minidisc leaks. See also this early Green Day demo of Basket Case with almost entirely different lyrics: https://open.spotify.com/track/1RgfBv7Pbp9MSnJvCjgiip?si=VNsm-4hbTfCF6avf4-6dIA
Quite fun reading this having spent this week listening to takes I’ve done and making conscious decisions to keep imperfections in.
I want the albums I’m making at the moment to sound like the product of the people making them, and the environments in which they were recorded.
Definitely a good idea to have your version of Tom’s track be a bonus somewhere - I love hearing that kinda stuff. I’m a subscriber to Tim Kasher (from off of Cursive/The Good Life/being Conor Bright Eyes’ [imho more talented] mate) Patreon and he shares a lot of early demos, which does risk demystifying a bit…but also reveals the craft of rehearsal/rewriting and studio production. See also the Radiohead Minidisc leaks. See also this early Green Day demo of Basket Case with almost entirely different lyrics: https://open.spotify.com/track/1RgfBv7Pbp9MSnJvCjgiip?si=VNsm-4hbTfCF6avf4-6dIA