EXPRESSIONS TO AVOID
During A Recording Session
1.
Ready, Freddie (pronounced red-eye fred-eye)
2.
Bingo, gringo
3.
Uno, Bruno
4.
The phones sound O.K. but I need more of myself
5.
We won't need a click
6.
I like what you're trying to do but not the way you're doing it
7.
An excellent first attempt
8.
Was that the sound you had on the demo?
9.
Make the click louder
10. That was a pretty good take for this
time of night
11. If you want the tempo any brighter than
that, we better wait for a sunny day
12. No dynamics? We're playing as loud as
we can
13. I think that's a pretty good sounding
take for what were getting paid..
14. That was great, let's do it again
15. Is that about as tight as you boys want
to get it?
16. Is it possible the click is speeding
up?
17. I'm at the point where I'm making dumb
mistakes - before I was making much smarter mistakes
18. So many drummers, so little time
19. Why don't we do the double first and
the lead will be easier to get once we've got the double
20. I never had this problem when I was
being produced by Lenny and Russ
21. We got some things, we need some things
22. Fabulous
23. Punch in at the section
24. You can't make ice cream out of shit
25. You can't polish a turd
26. Just let your spirit soar
27. My spirit's already sore from the last
thirty takes...
28. Close
29. Less is more
30. Less is Paul
31. Less is Brown
32. Less is less
33. That's the way I've been playing it all
along
34. I just wish I could get a whole band
that sounds as good as I do
35. This will be a great opportunity for me
to show off my chop
36. Let's hear the bass, if you can call it
that
37. Does your amp have an underdrive
channel?
38. You can erase that one, I remember
exactly what I played
39. We'll catch that in the mix
40. You guys can fix that in Soundtools,
right?
41. I brought my kid along, he's never been
in a recording studio before
42. My girlfriend sings great background
vocals
43. I know a great drummer
44. You guys want to try some heroin?
45. Your girlfriend's been in the bathroom
a long time
46. Please, man, stay away from my faxes,
okay?
47. I'm not going to be any more dishonest
with you than I am with Donald
48. I'd like a little more of a live
feeling on this tune.
49. I also play eleven other instruments
50. Sorry I'm late, I just got through with
my blood test (or CAT scan)
51. That vocal's not a keeper is it?
52. That's how I wrote it but that's not
how I like to play it
53. I can't think of any improvements that
won't make it worse
54. That ground loop is a trademark thing
for me
55. That's the new old comp from today - I
want to hear the new old comp from last Tuesday
56. That reverb would sound a lot better if
it were coming out of a piece of MY GEAR
57. How bout we get rid of these 3M
machines and get ourselves a frozen yogurt machine
58. Skunk called, he's on his way down
59. The frozen yogurt machine is broken
60. When was the last time we worked
together? Tonight.
See also: 36 Rules for Bands
See also: 36 Rules for Bands
Thanks for posting this and the 36 Band Rules. Many LOL moments in both lists! Their sense of humor overlaps with Frank Zappa's.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed them. Yes, the two of them together always seem to have a great sense of fun.
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