[kj] In Defense of Hosannas

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

To be honest, I had to wonder myself, in the KJ 'o06 Electronic Press 
Kit, when Jaz was boasting about "primitive," "analog" etc. set up -- 
yet the camera shows a flat panel computer screen in the studio box, 
what was going on. I have also heard the Bad Brains say their new album 
is "the real deal, not some Pro-Tools affair," etc.

Myself, I would love to have a copy of ProTools. Why is everyone so down 
on it? (I do have Apple Logic Pro but have no idea how to use it.)

Having said all this -- changing my feeling about whether ProTools or 
not is Satan -- I'm still going with songs like "Tribal Antidote" being 
really good. What others see as a sludgy mess I justs ee as a very 
powerful, churning, juggernaut of a song.

-Oliver


Leigh Newton wrote:

> Yeah, I don't think I need any solid proof to know that that's 100% bullshit. It's so obviously not analogue, so much so that I can practically hear the whole thing "snapping to the grid". Which is not a bad thing at all as 99% of all albums in all genres are recorded using a computer. It's not a case of something being slick vs raw or whatever, it's just the way it is. Mostly, it's a question of convenience and working smart as opposed to hard.  

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> In the case of Hosannas, I get the impression of picking out parts from jams and demos and cobbling songs out of them, rather than the songs being there in the first place. You can just tell. I mean, if all 4 members live in completely different ends of the world, they aren't gonna have the time to sit down and work the kinks out of songs. It's gonna be what comes out of a few weeks of jamming and what can be salvaged from all that and the results speak for themselves. Half-baked, undercooked, lifeless and dumb.

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> I'm sure it's the same case with KJ2003, they just did a much better job with editing out the bullshit. 

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