Producing like writing sheet music?

On 2010-08-13 00:52, willsanquil wrote:
Having watched all of the Cosmosis videos, I'm fairly certain that he doesn't mean write the whole tune from start to finish on shite speakers...

He mentions the benefits of having an A/B comparison right there at your fingertips to give an overall impression of the track. He says that sometimes studio monitors are like using a microscope to view a landscape, whereas shitty desktop hifi speakers give a quick and dirty impression of the entire thing.

I am really, really inspired by his Tweaking the Tuneage series because he goes out of his way to state that there is no formula, no magic technical EQ setting to get to good music, you just have to work at it and listen. People are always asking him ridiculous questions like 'how do you make an evolving soundscape' or attempt to ask technical questions when they're really just asking the synthesis equivalent of what is the meaning of life.

Also I'm a fan of his left brain/right brain thoughts...there is so much technical discussion surrounding this type of music that at times I think it detracts from the musical portion. I know when I sit down and tweak kick and bass for an hour or two that I'm developing my ears/technical skills, but I am certainly not writing music or developing musical ideas.

I mean, fuck, if Zen Mechanics doesn't know shit about scales and mixed his album on medium-grade studio monitors in his apartment and can make amazing music....