That's absolutely right. And if you're the producer, you can sometimes even do those things without checking with the artist. However, this isn't the case with engineers, you need to verify changes, especially when doing something as crucial as leaving out a guitar solo. I would have been fine with leaving a lot of elements out, just not the guitar solo. It's a guitar solo!Compyfox wrote:But in a Business to Client (B2C) situation, chances are that the Engineer can be like "objective criticism on this one - I'd move this section, I'd change that section, etc" - to improve things.
Someone I know was produced by Rick Rubin. Rubin gave notes and suggested changes but it was still up to the band to decide whether they wanted to make those changes, and they often did not.
Yes, I agree with your sense of fairness and I honestly hate that anyone should get disqualified, especially this first time when we're still figuring it all out. In Loz's case, if it were only one or the other issue, I definitely would have opted for leaving him in.If we go by the fact that Android (Loz) removed stuff to make a song more streamlined in his opinion, but he's now disqualified for it... We also need to disqualify kbaccki due to the fact that he "added" stuff without asking (another thing that would scare away the client).
I think Nine of Kings confirmed earlier in this thread that the metronome is supposed to be in the final mix. You're right, though, I didn't pay attention to that in the demo track and I'll happily be disqualified if that's what's called for. I'd like to give Loz the opportunity to make that decision, it seems only fair.And in your case Eric... even you. Since you put in the metronome, even if it was not(!) in the demo track.
Maybe we should look at this comp as the dress rehearsal and perhaps hold the prizes until the next one? I absolutely, will, not, break the rules next time!
