Andy Sneap Recording Column

[JV]

I just picked up Total Guitar magazine Summer 2005. Someone wrote to the editor and asked how to improve their recordings, to match those that come with the TG Cd. The editor replied:

"It just so happens that UK Metal Producer Andy Sneap (Killswitch Engage,Trivium,Testament), approached TG about writing just a feature. As the man responsible for making today's metal guitarists sound truly kick-ass on record, Any is the ideal dude to show you how to get the most out of your home studio kit and improve the quality of your recordings. Watch out for Andy's feature in a forthcoming issue of TG."


.....awesome!

 

[Kazrog]

I will subscribe to Total Guitar for this reason alone. Congrats Andy!!

 

[EtherForBreakfast]

Word has it Andy has also been contacted by Hugh Heffner about writing a new Playboy column on how to pick up metal/rocker chicks.

 

[adrianvillan]

awsome! Now two sources to pick his brain...Wish he had the time to post here more often. Duty calls!

 

[James Murphy]

the feature should be cool.. but it's not a column as far as i know.

 

[Andy Sneap]

yeah it'll just be a feauture, probably covering alot of the bits n pieces we talk about here.

 

[Lee_B]

Word has it Andy has also been contacted by Hugh Heffner about writing a new Playboy column on how to pick up metal/rocker chicks.

It'll be pretty short...

 

[Andy Sneap]

yep thanks Lee

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

It'll be pretty short...

LMAO !!!

 

[Skyweaver]

awesome !!

I'm just about to start recording guitars and NEED help !!!!!

The tone is close just NOT quite there....

Andy any chance you'll be flying to Australia and helping out us Aussie metalheads ???

*sighs* yep thought so, well worth a try

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCK !!!

 

[Matt Smith]

Word has it Andy has also been contacted by Hugh Heffner about writing a new Playboy column on how to pick up metal/rocker chicks.

That's actually true, but supposedly it's a full book and not just a column:

 

[adrianvillan]

WTF! Andy lives a double life? Bunny porn!

 

[~BURNY~]

 

[metalkingdom]

LMFAO!

Seriously though, I've always wondered why 'Mix' has never done a feature article on Andy. Every issue (for years now) I check the table of contents hoping to see something. You'd think that a guy with such notoriety and a beautiful studio would've been interviewed a few times by now.

 

[Kazrog]

LMFAO!

Seriously though, I've always wondered why 'Mix' has never done a feature article on Andy. Every issue (for years now) I check the table of contents hoping to see something. You'd think that a guy with such notoriety and a beautiful studio would've been interviewed a few times by now.

I'd rather see Andy in EQ or Electronic Musician. Mix is basically toilet paper.

 

[metalkingdom]

I'd rather see Andy in EQ or Electronic Musician. Mix is basically toilet paper.

EQ and Electronic Musician are intermdiate level mags, as far as recording goes. Mix is for pro's. It's definitely the most respected rag in the business.

 

[Andy Sneap]

I knew that pissed in Barcelona pic was going to show up somewhere down the line.

 

[Kazrog]

EQ and Electronic Musician are intermdiate level mags, as far as recording goes. Mix is for pro's. It's definitely the most respected rag in the business.

Really? Why is Mix the most respected? It's basically all advertisements, ass-kissing, and no substance. There's nothing hands-on, and the product reviews are basically copy/pasted from product marketing literature, instead of honest reviews. Why do "pros" want that?

Last year my Electronic Musician subscription changed to Mix, without warning, for no reason. I was very angry and got them to switch me back. Electronic Musician and EQ cater to all experience levels, and every month I find their articles to be informative and useful.

 

[metalizer]

I think sound on sound is the best magazine about music recording, a couple of weeks ago i send the sos editor an email begging him to bring a feature about Andy,he haven't answered back yet.

 

[metalkingdom]

Really? Why is Mix the most respected? It's basically all advertisements, ass-kissing, and no substance. There's nothing hands-on, and the product reviews are basically copy/pasted from product marketing literature, instead of honest reviews. Why do "pros" want that?

Last year my Electronic Musician subscription changed to Mix, without warning, for no reason. I was very angry and got them to switch me back. Electronic Musician and EQ cater to all experience levels, and every month I find their articles to be informative and useful.

You kinda get to the point where you've outgrown EQ and Electronic Musician(at least for the recording aspect of EM). The vast majority of the info and tips offered in those mags are things that highly experienced engineers know already. They are both more useful for those who own project studios, as opposed to those who work in the big studios. I never really looked at Mix's articles as "ass-kissing". I think that it's more like a tribute to your peers and those engineers and producers who are admired in the real music business (which is why I'd like to see Andy featured). Aside from technical specs, product reviews are merely one's opinion - which doesn't mean much when you know that you yourself have your own tastes and likes/dislikes. There's plenty of substance in Mix. Instead of "how to" articles, there are first hand accounts of high profile and historic sessions that are generally more interesting to those that have done this for a long time.

For several years after I started engineering, Recording, EQ, and EM were the only mags whose content I actually understood. I definitely learned LOTS from them (usually read on the can!). It's hard to relate to some of the things mentioned in Mix like Telefunken mic pre's and AMS s-dmx delay/samplers if you've never used them.

I read EM for music creation and MIDI related stuff. Sound on Sound is a good magazine, as well as Audio Media. I have a personal issue with EQ.