Lo-fi Garbage

I'm officially sick of low fidelity recordings. These go by many alias in attempt to making them artistically legitimate: indie, garage, organic...blah blah blah. Here's the truth, these records sound like garbage. It's the recording equivalent of wearing second hand clothes and vintage t-s to show everyone how serious you are about your 'art'. Your record sounds like shit because you're a lazy slacker not because you are pushing back against the onslaught of corporate over produced recordings.

This is not to say I don't think records are over produced these days. They definitely are. One need only put out any Fall Out Boy record and then watch their live show to see that the real stars in that band are Steve Jobs >> Apple Computer >> The Mac >> Pro Tools >> Antaris >> Autotune in reverse order.

The kind of organic, rootsey, accessible tone you're going for is one of the hardest things you can do, it's not just about opening up some microphones and rolling tape. It's also not a cheap proposition.

The following are a couple albums that I would like Jack White and associates to listen to:

1. John Mayer - Continuum
2. Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July (save the guitar solo in Five Days in May)
3. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

Not over produced, real, powerful, organic and sonicly beautiful. It can happen but it requires more than a intentional desire to not sound 'corporate'