Re: [LAU] Advice / Listeners needed

Arnold, I think you shoud persuade the violinist not to replace or
re-record his track and leave it as it is. Self-criticism is a good
thing when practicing, can go along in live performing but absolutely
untolerable in studio. Only sound editors and producers have a right to
criticize then. ;-)

I should also admit that after listening to this track I liked the band
a lot and even visited their site -- too bad they don't have an English
version. :-( The teaser did its job.
> Hi all,
>
> I do have kind of a strange situation here: A band is currently recording
> their first (and probably last) album at my home studio. In parallel they
> started a webpage and since one of their songs doesn't really fit on the cd
> (different mood) this song will be published on the internet for free...
>
> That song is finished. At least that is what I think. The one playing the
> violin isn't happy with the performance. And knows that he can't do any
> better. But for some songs we have a cello and now he wants to have his
> violin-parts replaced with cello playing the same.
>
> The problem:
> 1. Our (especially my) time is limited and that is only the internet-teaser.
> If we do one or two rerecordings for each song after I mastered them the
> first time, the cd is going to be published summer 2008 or even 2009.
> 2. That song should have been on the net a month or more ago...
> 3. As the one playing the cello is doing that for business it will definitely
> sound better and cleaner. But he isn't part of the regular band. So you will
> hear something on the net which isn't the band.
> 4. Everyone (except the violinist) who listened to the song in one of the
> (pre-)mastered versions didn't think of the violin-tracks as bad and in need
> of rerecording.
>
> The solution:
> I ask you (yes, you) for your comments:
> http://www.bloomingdesert.de/files/files/there_is_not_much-delta-2007-05-07.mp3
>
> Should I go through the trouble of mixing and mastering again just to replace
> the violin?
>
> Other comments are welcome too... ;-)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Arnold
>
> PS: The band doesn't know that I am prereleasing the song to you... I just
> don't know whom else to ask about the song, my wife, brother and even
> everyone else in the band thinks of the song as finished.
>
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Received on Thu May 10 08:15:01 2007