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Producer Jim Dickinson on Self-Producing, Pro Tools, and Dangers of Confusing “Correct” with “Good”
Jim Dickinson
Mississippi-based producer and musician Jim Dickinson who just passed away this August 15th, 2009 - has worked on hundreds of recordings over a career in music spanning five decades. In that time, he has worked at some of the most legendary studios in the southern United States (such as Ardent, Muscle Shoals and Sun), and contributed to a veritable who’s who of the past fifty years of rock, blues and soul – from playing keyboards for Aretha Franklin, Ry Cooder, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan to producing records for artists like Big Star, Green on Red, Mudhoney, Mojo Nixon, the Spin Doctors, The Replacements, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, as well as dozens more.
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Description: Legendary record producer Jim Dickinson shares his opinions on whether there’s any such thing as self-producing, and what the pitfalls are for artists who try to produce their own work. He also discusses digital recording suites like Pro Tools, and their effect on the recording process – especially the tendency to confuse “correct” with “good,” and the need to learn how to defeat digital recording’s perfection in order to make better recordings.
Shoot Date: April 2008 |
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