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[AceLuby]

Are there any bands in the Chicago area that you were just like 'wow, I need to try to get these guys...'? Also, do you work w/ any jam style bands and how do you do studio work w/ those bands?

[electrical]

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Are there any bands in the Chicago area that you were just like 'wow, I need to try to get these guys...'?

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Most bands in Chicago know how to get ahold of me, and if they're not interested in having me work on their records, I wouldn't want to put them on the spot by thrusting myself on them.
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Also, do you work w/ any jam style bands and how do you do studio work w/ those bands?

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I have worked with Blues Traveler and a few other jam-type bands. Generally, they set up and play live, so they can improvise and free-ball it the way they do onstage. It's a familiar and comfortable way for me to work.

If you're asking if I 'shroom first, then no, I don't 'shroom first.

[nyc999]

Great thread!

My question - what's the worst you have seen in regards to the band's experience? Have you ever seen a band fall apart in the studio?

[electrical]

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what's the worst you have seen in regards to the band's experience? Have you ever seen a band fall apart in the studio?

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The worst scene is when a band has a bunch of unspoken or passive/aggressive tension bubbling along in the background, but they've kept their [censored] together long enough to get into the studio. Once the session is winding down, in the last couple of days, the gloves start to come off and little complaints can turn into real freak scenes. I once saw a drummer quit a band while I was making him a cassette copy of the final master, over an argument about whether or not the last song should fade out a few seconds faster.

Obviously, that isn't why he quit. He quit because he couldn't stand being in the band, but this argument happened at a point where he could use it as cover. That's the sort of thing that I've seen happen.

[censored] like overdoses and tantrums, that only happens with childish rockstars of the type I seldom encounter.