Bad Musicians Need Good Engineers

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  1. Lois Lane

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    On the other hand, a bad musician just might be a good engineer!
     
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  2. rollerball

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    Couldn't agree more!
     
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  3. Triphammer

    Triphammer Producer

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    A popular saying among software coders:

    "Garbage In....Garbage Out."

    And a popular saying among REAL audio engineers:

    "You can't fix it in the mix."
     
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  4. droplet

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    but you can slow it down or filter it out and cut out parts and reverse others. and...
    I guess that's a bit more than mixing.
     
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    Real music only exists in the musician's mind. Everything else is capitalism.
     
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  6. tommyzai

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    Bad musicians need to either become a good musician or quit. ;-) They need an act of God, not an engineer.

    The world doesn't need another average song.
     
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    That is so true!
     
  8. Kluster

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    I'm a half-assed musician and a half decent engineer.
    Retiring soon from my day job to work on both.
    So much to learn, but I'll have so much time :)
     
  9. DoubleTake

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    Bad musicians need good drugs.
     
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  10. droplet

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    pirates are capitalists too (I should know)
     
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