PureVolume

Happy holidays everyone!

Ive been taking a recording arts class at the Cuesta Community College since mid-August this year, and I have to say its taught me a lot. The scariest of things Ive learned, however (besides the fact that everything in the music studio biz costs you your first born child), is the extent to which software fix-its are used in recording music: Drummer mess up? Just cut-paste and use beat detective to make it right. Singer out of tune? Just use AutoTune to set him straight. The list goes on, and everybody these days uses these shortcuts.

It seems as if one doesnt even need talent or skill as a musician to become a success in the industry, and I think thats a fact that should strike fear in the hearts of every talented musician who has invested his or her life into music. As we venture further into digital technology, control will gradually be taken more from the artist and given more to ProTools.

Now while I admit that sound engineers have always played a larger part in recording music than they get credit for, the ease of these correcting tasks has inarguably increased in recent memory.

So, to clarify, nobody in CS & Lewis uses Auto Tune. Everything you hear (except the synthesizers, of course) is purely organic music (and proud of it!),

- Lewis

Currently listening to:
Evita - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Magnolia: The Soundtrack - Aimee Mann
Every Silent Hill Soundtrack - Akira Yamaoka