I went through that yesterday with a female vocalist. Take after take after take and at one point they just consistently went farther downhill. Unfortunately I was just the engineer, she produces herself so... I had to sit there for a long time punching over and over and over.
I think I witnessed many of those behaviors he talks about first hand in that one session, across multiple songs and overdubs.
The Performance Curve - everyone should read this article
in Phil O'Keefe: In The Studio Trenches
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Damn, that was really good.
I went through that yesterday with a female vocalist. Take after take after take and at one point they just consistently went farther downhill. Unfortunately I was just the engineer, she produces herself so... I had to sit there for a long time punching over and over and over.
I think I witnessed many of those behaviors he talks about first hand in that one session, across multiple songs and overdubs.
Good stuff.