Shawn is just particular, I know he doesn't care for some Theo records, but hey it's OK not to like stuff. Just so it doesn't devolve here into some sort of Shawn- or Theo- bash-a-thon, I've never heard Shawn disrespect Theo as a person or a musician. Beyond the fact that Shawn is a great musician, he's a long time studio rat, and NOTHING comes out of his studio that isn't exactly how he wanted it to sound. There are enough great records in the world that Shawn can do his thing without Theo records in his case.
My feeling is that I love most of what Theo does, but as a (much, much, much) less successful producer, I hear things in otherwise great tracks that are 'wrong' in a way that is a sharp stick in the ear for no discernable artistic reason. Some tracks I want to remaster - mostly run them through a De-Esser, compress the low end to keep it manageable. I get the feeling that he just pushes his mixer and EQ's past where he should, and leaves it be because in the moment it felt right, and the moment when he's mixing down is the moment of creation, and to go back and fix the mix would lose the feeling he had when he was doing it. For the rest of us audio geeks, it just sticks out as something WE know how to avoid, or fix. You always have to realize though, that even if you could have scooped that SR-16 hihat out 3dB at 4 Khz, and managed the high end so it doesn't sound like frying eggs when Ron gets done cutting, you ain't making no Theo tracks, so respect where respect is due. On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:35:42 -0500, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > shawn is just a theo hater. i dont discuss theo with shawn anymore > because he is just irrational.
