New Gracey interview in Drummer's Digest Options

[NectarDan]

A new interview with Chad Gracey has just been posted to the Drummer's Digest website, which also includes some pictures from Live's concert on June 8th in Stockholm, Sweden. [Credit: Jakob Herrmann, Editor of Drummer's Digest]

[PhoenixDecay]

Eds guitar and vocals would (probably) have just been guide tracks... not final recordings. Makes sense for a pop album to be recorded that way.

Yeah, could've been that way!

Yeah, I understand it's done that way. But for me, it's one o those "a whole is more than the sum of its parts" things. The later Live albums sound more like some parts put together, whereas the earlier ones sounded like a whole.

You're right, but it's more the production and the mix. It's so polished and precise, everything is so clear, that you can hear every instrument (except the bass) for itself. Plus the compression kills much of the dynamics. It's difficult then to get a "whole" feeling, but it's possible. The work of Steven Wilson in Porcupine Tree is a good example.

This post has been edited by PhoenixDecay: Jun 22 2006, 2:31 am