people in a position they shouldn't be in - Page 7

Harry Hughes · November 27th, 2009, 06:44 AM

The More I see that cat pic, the less funny it comes and the more downright creepy it becomes, to the point where I think I'll get nightmares from it

~BURNY~ · November 27th, 2009, 06:46 AM

Harry Hughes · November 27th, 2009, 06:50 AM

Definitely gonna have nightmares now

~BURNY~ · November 27th, 2009, 06:57 AM

GarethSE · November 27th, 2009, 06:58 AM

good fucking lord

Trevoire520 · November 27th, 2009, 07:05 AM

Selling lots of records doesn't mean that the song's good. The crazy frog got to number 1 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, New Zealand, Australia and most of Europe. Does that make it good? No. It just means marketing people are really good at getting idiots to spend money on whatever they tell them to.

Jaymz · November 27th, 2009, 07:21 AM

Dear me, look what happens when a girl becomes involved.

Lasse....ban all females, they destroy this forum

haha

gabriel g. · November 27th, 2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ~BURNY~

ALIEN?

GarethSE · November 27th, 2009, 07:50 AM

thanks to burny i am never ever going to sleep again and thus die of sleep deprivation induced insanity
cunt

Harry Hughes · November 27th, 2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GarethSE

thanks to burny i am never ever going to sleep again and thus die of sleep deprivation induced insanity
cunt

Me and you both man

Let's see who dies first from sleep deprivation

AudioGeekZine · November 27th, 2009, 08:42 AM

Speaking of selling music to the masses

You Tube

DanLights · November 27th, 2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Shred

Dear me, look what happens when a girl becomes involved.

Lasse....ban all females, they destroy this forum

haha

are you kidding? the girl is the ONLY good thing that has happened to this thread, it´s the dumbasses discussing about what is good and what is not that md this boring

FAIL THREAD

Öwen · November 27th, 2009, 09:06 AM

Actually I think it all turned to shit when you started hitting on her

drew_drummer · November 27th, 2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sptz

drew, it's really not that hard to understand. Like Morgray said, you can't say they aren't well written and well arranged, because they just are, it's up to you to like it or not.

My position is not that hard to understand either, but you chaps aren't even trying to.

My position is this: 'well-written' and 'well arranged' are value judgements. There is NO universal concrete method to writing a pop song, or any kind of song; it is all subjective, with varying degree's of individuality involved. The evidence I provide to support this is the range of responses that everyone has had to the idea that they write good music - the body of varied responses is evidence that this is a subjective argument.

You cannot say that because I think they suck, that I'm ignoring that their stuff is "well written" - because me thinking they suck means inherently that I think their stuff is NOT well written. It's just not a valid response on your part; it really just smacks of fanboi-ism, or bending-over-backwards-liberalism.

How on earth you expect me to find the silver lining with a band like Nickelback, I'll never know.

/thread

slashvanyoung · November 27th, 2009, 09:50 AM

The only one I could think of off the top of my head might be Greg Fidelman, but even he has some decent sounding records under his belt. He might be better at engineering than mixing though.

You could argue that his patriarch, Rubin, has no technical knowledge whatsoever, but you can't deny his eye and ear for picking artists and his ability to push bands to bring out quality songs.

Team up Rubin with a great mixer and you're in for a treat. His work with Andy Wallace or Brendan O'Brien was magnificent. Just imagine if it would have been Andy Wallace who mixed "Death Magnetic" and "World Painted Blood"...

spioraid · November 27th, 2009, 10:02 AM

http://wimp.com/ladygaga/

Maybe retract a couple statements in that department, at least. But back to the topic....

Obviously the guy in the original article/video has success. He's at least adequate at what he does and can support himself on his job as an engineer. Perhaps he's gotten to a point where all he has to do push a few buttons and slide a few faders and he's got a mix that becomes a top hit? Perhaps. I think it's also likely where he's at a point where can "afford" to be lazy and inarticulate and still make the big bucks.

I think if anything he's not a good steward of his success. I think it would be incredible if people like him could bring like Joey into his studio, purely for getting a name's sake the easy way and pumping out GOOD engineers in the market for the entire musical spectrum, and not just what is popular.

I also hate to be a forum nazi but could we keep NSFW material in a specifically NSFW thread?

Notuern · November 27th, 2009, 10:02 AM

I has peniz, u gotz vaginaz?

Chryst Krispies · November 27th, 2009, 10:09 AM

This thread makes baby jesus cry.

Metaltastic · November 27th, 2009, 11:24 AM

I hereby decree this thread will now be about poasting your favorite Sloan quotes.

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