Jonas Brothers and Robert Plant..oh no!!!!
They are not teaming up otherwise the world will end immediately.
This is follow up to the amazing auto tuned voice blog!
Yes, auto tune is being used to the extreme lately (I've been on the other side of this argument before). Many artists use some sort of pitch correction to fix everything from intonation to a wrong note when the perfect tone and emotion was present in a take. Moving on.
What I am not understanding is the Jonas Brothers. At least in regards to how the record sounds. I constantly question if those are real instruments, but that's besides the point. When have you ever heard a drum kit sound like that in person? (let me know if you have, I've been trying for years). There are no dynamics other than the fade ins and outs. No emotion. Everything is too perfect. To a person with ocd, the CD is a dream come true... or not.
Now lets move over to the same year... Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. They recorded in a top studio (Sage And Sound). Plant could've gotten ANY sound he wanted. Even the same sound that the Jonas Brothers achieved (my apologies Mr. Plant). BUT, he chose the natural sound of the instruments. 'Earthy' could be the term used, only because we have to come up with something to describe natural sound because we've forgotten what that is.
Maybe it's not all about slamming the audio file through the roof the produce the loudest, hottest, hippest, *_____* record. Maybe it's about the music, the sounds, the message and the heart (not the kind of jeans they're wearing or the instruments they are endorsing).
I have friend who was a successful recording engineer in the "pop" world (Eric Clapton, B-52's, P-Diddy, REM, Frank Zappa, Mary J Blige, Notorious BIG, to name only a few). One of his reasons for leaving that world was because of the lack of dynamics and musicality.
Maybe I'm a sarcastic person who watched a little too much Lewis Black growing up, but which artist has more emotion? Which one evokes more emotion from the listener? Who is nominated for Album of The Year and Record of The Year?
There's a reason for that. (take a listen to Herbie Hancock's album, River - The Joni Letters)
p.s. - the correct answer isn't T-Pain.
2 Comments
January 18, 2009 at 12:24 AM
the words of a great producer.
September 12, 2013 at 11:56 PM
are you saying there is NO autotune on Raising Sand ?
because there is plenty, and it's the only negative thing about that amazing record !
i'd like to talk to the store manager !!! hahaha no seriously T-Bone are you kidding ? seems like A LOT of detail was put into that production, not to mention I heard about that "CODE" situation...huge admirer of Mr' Burnett's work (Lisa Marie..one of the best records) i'd like to hear it from him...maybe he knows something i don't :)
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