.. this was in the Blagg thread, I wanted to elaborate on my brief comment on this issue.
You can get a brilliant session musician in , to create any feel you like in the studio and even live, you can get a computer system in, to make things sound pretty, but you will never replicate that initial spark from the human mind that made the music in the first place.
I love the human race and it`s love for music in particular, I also love the things that go slightly wrong in it, I don`t want to listen to a plastic X-Factor world, even though I use the same technoledgy myself, we need humanisation in music and art.
God forbid that Picasso had Photoshop installed on his univented computer.

Good point Mart; the notes can be in the right places, the rhythm spot on but that spark of magic defies all rules.

JK2006 wrote:
Good point Mart; the notes can be in the right places, the rhythm spot on but that spark of magic defies all rules.
This reminds of the loco French group Les Rita Mitsouko, who recorded their first hit "Marcia Baila" on an 8-track if I remember. They spent a bit of dosh trying to recreate the vibe in a proper studio before eventually releasing the original demo as the single. Still, it must have taken a brave A&R to write off the studio costs and greenlight the demo as a single. It paid off handsomely, however.

Which brings us to another "death of the industry and studios" point.
I cannot for the life of me remember which rap act were put with an expensive producer,(1991?) only to have the original home recording demo put out and get to number one. It had an orchestra sample in it.
But, my point is, when the record companies no longer had to invest in hits or developement, that was the first warning bell.
The art of "saving" money was as ill thought out as an over-charging plumber.