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Originally Posted by DupleMeter
And a close cousin of the "fix it in the mix" is the rampant use of many tracks "just because", which leads to lazy arranging & pre-production. "ah just lay it down, we can decide if t works later".
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There's a growing trend, and as a bass player I'll admit I participate, toward "mail-order" record-making. A producer tells his client "I can get players X, Y, and Z on your record for way cheap if we send them stems, they lay down tracks at home, and we give them some time to get it done." Operating in a vacuum, they get a click and a guide track of some sort and a scratch vocal, they lay down a Simple, a Medium, and a Fancy, and they send it back.
You can imagine the crazy-quilt that results.