Attention to Detail

Share It seems that everything I do comes back to the same thing: attention to detail. I took Culinary Arts at a vocational high school, and as many of you know, attention to detail is very important in the cooking industry. I also spend a lot of time recording, and in today's digital age, it has become a lot easier to get a good sound for cheap.

Even recording comes back to that same theme. Recording guitar tracks for a metal band is quite possibly one of the hardest things about recording. Singers/screamers are a VERY close second.... When recording guitar, this is where everything comes down to the details. Are you going to use a direct input and computer simulated amplifiers? Are you using a Marshall head with a Mesa cab? Which speaker are you you going to mic on the cab? Are you only using one mic? Which combination of mics are you using? Where does that specific speaker on the head/cab combo sound the best through your chosen mic(s) in the room you're recording in? Moving the mic even a half inch can be detrimental to your sound. Hell, the PICK they are using matters. Yes, the PICK!

The most infuriating thing of it all is that guitarists are always convinced that they have the tone of God flowing from their fingertips through their guitars and out of their amp. When recording, it's going to sound much different than it does live, and typically requires a lot more mids and far less gain. Trying to explain that to them is like trying to shave with a butcher's knife.

The entire point of this is to remind myself and anyone who reads it that details ARE important, no matter what you're doing. It's always the small little details in life that make it awesome, even in relationships. Always pay attention to the details, and the rest will fall into place.