Ask a music scene micro celebrity

[electrical]

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who was the biggest pain in the ass to work with?

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That would be Urge Overkill.

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were there any bands you recorded that were so damn good, you wish you were in their band?

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Yeah, I wanted to be in the Jesus Lizard and Fugazi after about ten seconds. In either case it would have made the band more lame though.

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how often do you wish you were 2+2'ing instead of recording?

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Maybe a better question is how often does the band have to wait for me to finish reading a BBV post before they can do another take? Happens every day.

[T.J. Combo]

Do you ever have people recognize you and run up to you in public and start gushing about how they loved your work with _______?

If I recognized you at the grocery store, and I had a broken arm and wanted you to sign my cast, would you?

[electrical]

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Do you ever have people recognize you and run up to you in public and start gushing about how they loved your work with _______?

If I recognized you at the grocery store, and I had a broken arm and wanted you to sign my cast, would you?

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Happens once in a great while. Once my girlfriend got asked for her autograph, so it probably happens to everybody once in a while by accident.

[MikeyPatriot]

KURT COBAIN: Hey Steve, I was wondering if you could turn up the gui...

STEVE ALBINI: Jesus Kurt, hold on. Grimstarr just tilted off $500k and I can't stop dreaming of Patrik Antonius.

(Insert incredibly offensive suicide by shotgun joke here.)

[manpower]

Hey Steve,

Do you do any mastering work and how valuable is it to a recording? Do you have a take on the so called 'loudness war'?

[FastPlaySlow]

1. You are in the BB and unknown player makes a standard button raise. Do you 3-bet AJs/AJo/AQs/AQo? What about AT?
2. Same scenario as above except this time you have a small or mid PP.
3. UTG+1 opens, BTN calls, you are in the BB with 22/77/TT. Do you 3-bet?
4. You open OTB with 66 and average aggro TAG 3-bets in the BB. Do you call?


1. You open in the CO and BB calls. The flop is 9s 6c 2s. You cbet and get called. How often and on what cards do you 2nd barrel? (assume you have no hand no draw)
2. Same scenario as above except the flop is T55r.
3. Same scenario as above except the flop is 632r.
4. Same scenario as above except the flop is Q72r.
5. Same scenario as above except the flop is Kh Jh Tc.

[electrical]

This quiz is probably going to expose how much of a fish I am, but I'll try to answer it off the top of my head.

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1. You are in the BB and unknown player makes a standard button raise. Do you 3-bet AJs/AJo/AQs/AQo? What about AT?

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Call AT AJ, three-ball AQ+ and donk any low or Ace flop.

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2. Same scenario as above except this time you have a small or mid PP.

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Three-ball anything bigger than Fives. Call other PP. Check sets and big card flops. Donk middle card flops. Check-raise flops where I make a draw that also have an Ace.

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3. UTG+1 opens, BTN calls, you are in the BB with 22/77/TT. Do you 3-bet?

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Not usually. TT+ occasionally I will reraise a healthy amount, but small pairs I'm hoping to bust somebody with a set.

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4. You open OTB with 66 and average aggro TAG 3-bets in the BB. Do you call?

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Not usually. This isn't a great gamble if he's for-real tight and won't go broke with one pair. Also, very few flops will help my hand.

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1. You open in the CO and BB calls. The flop is 9s 6c 2s. You cbet and get called. How often and on what cards do you 2nd barrel? (assume you have no hand no draw)

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Second barrel depends on history with opponent, but probably half the time I bet any Nine and non-spade Aces, Kings. Maybe other non-straight cards if I get weird hair.
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2. Same scenario as above except the flop is T55r.

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I'll probably check behind here. Maybe bluff an Ace.
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3. Same scenario as above except the flop is 632r.

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I'll bet any big cards, depending on opponent's trapping tendencies, about a third of the time, and the bet will be pretty big. One pair and a draw, set or made straight are his most likely hands, and I'm hoping to fold the pair+draw hands and find out if I'm drawing dead otherwise. Less often he has a medium overpair, and won't like the continued aggression.
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4. Same scenario as above except the flop is Q72r.

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Check behind about always. He has a weak queen or a set and isn't folding often.
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5. Same scenario as above except the flop is Kh Jh Tc.

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I'd have to make a pretty big bet here if I'm going to bother, and that would probably be about 10 percent of the time.

[electrical]

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Hey Steve,

Do you do any mastering work and how valuable is it to a recording? Do you have a take on the so called 'loudness war'?

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mastering is the last step before CDs or records are mass-produced. Lately there has been a trend toward making records "loud" at this stage by compressing and clipping the audio for a more aggressive sound. I am of the opinion that the record shouldn't leave the studio until it is pretty close to exactly what the band want, and consequently I prefer more judicious mastering.

If a record needs aggressive mastering to "save" it, then aggressive mastering isn't enough to save it. Given a choice between sound quality and apparent loudness, I will side with sound quality every time.

[brash]

have you ever worked with jon brion on any albums? any thoughts on him in particular?

[electrical]

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have you ever worked with jon brion on any albums? any thoughts on him in particular?

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I haven't worked with him. I've only heard a little bit of his work, and it isn't music that really moves me, but it seems to be executed competently. I guess I don't have much of an opinion on him or it.