I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.
I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance.
It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.
I'm still amazed by the process of recording.
A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful.
The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken... Being in the studio, I have to have an opinion.
It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing.
I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.