This thread actually does make sense here: Like when you're an mixer man you shouldn't say stuff like "you don't even know how much your album sucks, no matter what I do". It's bad for business. Statistically humans lie often and thats fine. Like Douglas Adams wrote "if a god wants to punish a planet, he gives it's inhabitants telepathic skills'. I mean what do clients expect when they ask "what'cha think of my new track, it's dope, innit, innit??"... "It stinks!" ain't something they wanna hear, they'd much more prefer a lie. And thats ok. So if you're bad at lieing (because your parents did't teach you how to do it properly) you can do two things: Find some aspect that is less of a lie. Like when you say "Yeah, and I totally dig the kick drum sample!". The other way round is to do it by method acting: Believe what you say. That's easier than telling a lie. Believe it, then say it. Make it your new truth. And when you master it, only do it to make people a little happier, don't do it to be a fraud or something. This does not mean you can't say what you would improve and how. you can always be like "and what'cha think if we did this, would that make it even better?".
What do you say when your girlfriend or wife likes a song a lot and you don't like it at all and they ask you what you think about it? The consequence of telling the truth =
Sometimes I'm a bit too honest with people about their musical tastes. My only complaint is when people are very closed minded about what music they listen to (ie "I only like Pop, Rock, Rap"). Drives me crazy. There's so much good music out there you're guaranteed to like at least something from every genre. Sometimes you even have to learn to like things by exposing yourself to them over a period of time (that was metal for me). Fun story related to this - My friend was chatting with a girl and he sent me links to some of the music she liked. It was all billboard pop music (just recent songs, not quality pop imo). I told me friend that she had a shitty taste in music and he got mad at me Then she stopped talking to him, Now he agrees with me that she has a shitty taste in music
Especially if nobody asked you to. On the contrary, if they ask you about technical stuff, you *have to* be honest. If the recording is poor, you have to say this, for example. At the same time, when they ask if you like it and you don't, or is it any good - "it's not to my taste, I'm a wrong person to ask" - which is *the* truth, unlike your personal opinion. Same as above, plus "but I respect your taste and glad that you found something that you like". Which is hopefully also the truth, otherwise you might need to reevaluate your life choices to boot.
Sure, you can (and should) do that in a private setting. But if you've been asked to mix something, I would't say "hey, it's not my cup of tea." If you know you dislike it that much that you can't do a good job, you should say that and say that there are others who are going to be better for the job. But you just can't say "nah, that's totally not my thing, but send it over I make it sound dope". This would damage clients trust.
"When they ask you if you like it" was the important part. You think not lying implies spewing your opinion left and right without prompt? In this case, you're lying to yourself about your opinion's importance.
