OK, back to reality. In my original post, I mentioned Eiffert Records, "AND OTHERS WHO WOULD TAKE JOBS AWAY FROM REAL MUSICIANS."
So I'm not particularly ranting about LJ Eiffert. I don't have to. Kevin Hatton asked the simplest of questions-"Is it true that you use synthesized music and drum machines?" LJ hasn't answered that one, although he did try to insult me personally---I've got no problem with that.
Ken, I've already replied to your post, but I WILL add--I've been playing, and recording music for a long time, too.
John Floyd's got a good idea---ignore it, maybe it'll go away. But how many indecipherable posts have we seen, courtesy of one LJ Eiffert?
I don't quite know what to make of Thom Beeman's post, since he has, or had, some personal involvement with LJ. I would like for you to elaborate a little, Thom.
Joe, you know as well as I do that the West Coast sound was done with real players playing real instruments. 'Nuff said.
Steinar, that MySpace page gives credit to LJ as a friend of the owner, and a few musicians. No word of his "heavy involvement."
Johnny Lee, I practice, but without tracks. Not hard to do, really. But those backing tracks that you use, were recorded with professional musicians. Not a 1983 Casio keyboard. And with all respect, even though you've been a member here since 2000, some of your questions sound like those of a beginner. No harm in that at all. But are you putting out videos, CD's, etc., using the professional tracks, without permission, or without paying some sort of "user fee," i.e., ROYALTY?
And Ron !. I've been in large studios, small basement studios, and living rooms with a 4-track cassette recorder. And I've seen guitars, basses, pianos, steel guitars, horns, drums, as WELL as the samples to which you refer. And the next time you "stroll" around the Forum, see how many posts you can find deriding the use of pitch correction or Auto-Tune. I checked your profile, and I like your daughter's singing. Is that her REAL voice? I don't ask that question as an insult, just asking you to verify if the tracks have been, as you say, "gone over by so many computers."
And as to your question, raise your finger if you're not using BIAB---well, maybe you could have worded that a little differently, 'cause I don't use BIAB, but I don't want to raise my finger
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Y'all, look here. Remember Ashley Simpson screwing up her lip-synching on SNL? How many of you guys gripe about the canned music on the awards shows? Complain because a singer is "pitchy?" And how many of you know of instances where an instrument has been replaced by a synth patch? I know of TWO excellent steel players who were replaced this way.
I doubt if LJ's gonna discover any new talent, Ron. But if he does, my hat's off to him.
By the way, my hometown has a little festival every year. This year, the STAR performer was some guy from Nashville. Came onstage with a laptop and a Strat. Case closed.
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