I`m yet to record a band that has a drummer that can play to a click.
I have recorded songs myself, with me on drums along to a click, but every band that comes in cringes when they hear the word "click track"
they seem to have a mechanism that makes them try to find every excuse in the world not to use one.
it is at the point where they basically give you the ultimatum: no click, or we go somewhere else. well yes it is their money, but anyone that wants to get decent results is gonna have them record to a metronome.
me and a friend have argued about this for a while. he thinks that I should just say fuck it, let them have what they want, before bands go elsewhere.
but I`m not in it for money, I record metal for fuck sakes. I dont want to jew bands money and make them believe they are good, I want to make good music.
and any band who plays death metal with blastbeats at 220 bpm is gonna need a click to make their performance tight, unless they are so tight from years of playing, that it s not needed (the haunted)
so what do you guys think? I`m thinkin the best thing to do is to stick to my ethics. If a band would rather go somewhere else because I demand perfection, then too bad for them. Yeah there are not a lot of bands, but I want to churn out good albums. I have spent countless hours honing my mixing abilities, Its time for them to step up to the plate and take some initiative to get things done right!
I have recorded songs myself, with me on drums along to a click, but every band that comes in cringes when they hear the word "click track"
they seem to have a mechanism that makes them try to find every excuse in the world not to use one.
it is at the point where they basically give you the ultimatum: no click, or we go somewhere else. well yes it is their money, but anyone that wants to get decent results is gonna have them record to a metronome.
me and a friend have argued about this for a while. he thinks that I should just say fuck it, let them have what they want, before bands go elsewhere.
but I`m not in it for money, I record metal for fuck sakes. I dont want to jew bands money and make them believe they are good, I want to make good music.
and any band who plays death metal with blastbeats at 220 bpm is gonna need a click to make their performance tight, unless they are so tight from years of playing, that it s not needed (the haunted)
so what do you guys think? I`m thinkin the best thing to do is to stick to my ethics. If a band would rather go somewhere else because I demand perfection, then too bad for them. Yeah there are not a lot of bands, but I want to churn out good albums. I have spent countless hours honing my mixing abilities, Its time for them to step up to the plate and take some initiative to get things done right!