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This happened the last time as well. Both of the engineers are out in the main room, working with Brett on his kit and his sound. The previous time we were out here, both Scott and Pedro offered some advice and tutelage to Brett. For the most part, he sort of listened, but didn't change all that much. I think his response was to downplay their comments on the grounds that a) Brett's not a pro and b) they don't really know this kind of music anyway.
To a degree, I can understand this -- when studying with Anthony on Tuesday, I figured out that my right hand articulation isn't sufficiently clean. Instead, I've been using hammer ons as a crutch to get around my speed issues. I know that I should work on this, but I decided not to do so with a studio date just around the corner. Once we're done here, I'm going to spend a lot of time on my right hand, but I don't want to risk worsening my already paltry playing when it's been good enough to get me here.
Having said that, though, I think it's a bit of waste to dismiss their comments. Regardless of their knowledge with this particular genre, comments about drum kit setup, timeliness and general musicianship really shouldn't be discounted. These guys are pretty good at what they do -- particularly Scott. It's my thought to drain as much knowledge from these guys as I can (without being a jerk about it) while I'm here.
I'm just hoping things will be better this time around.
Posted by Casper at August 4, 2005 11:54 AM