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Re: Live Looping: it pops up everywhere

hey,
 
i have just listened to the new juana molina tracks on her myspace site. is it just me who thinks the tracks sound very bad. i am talking about the quality of recording, mixing and mastering. it sounds like everything was recorded with a cheap dynamic mic and not eqed at all. eq, compresion problems all over the place. is this a new trend to have your recordings sound bad to make it indie? i am hearing this kind of sound engineer problems on many new indie albums. i do not think this trend helps the artists or the industry in general. your opinions?
 
best regards.
 
Erdem Helvacioglu
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www.myspace.com/erdemhelvacioglu
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----- Original Message -----
To: LD
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:44 PM
Subject: Live Looping: it pops up everywhere

From a music industry gossip board, the Velvet Rope:



"I saw Juana Molina put on a stunning show last night in Los Angeles. Aside from a live rhythm section, Juana creates much of the music creating live loops of her voice, guitar and keyboards through her foot pedals.

It seems that there's been a lot of this going on recently from the likes of Jon Brion, Joseph Arthur, Liam Finn and even the Ting Tings.

Is this a "new movement?" Is there a name for it? I'd be interested in hearing about other artists using similar techniques. 

Btw...I'm not talking about electronic/computer based musicians.
We're talking about musicians who actually play and sing live to create loops and layers."