“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”–Bruce Lee Back in the early days of recording, bands had to be grittier to get a magical take that would become the permanent version of a song that the world would hear on record. Back then things were recorded live off the floor, there were no overdubs, punch-ins, or re-dos. How it happened in the room became the recording. If you’ve ever heard the song “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley, the version that we all know was the 31st take. When was the last time you played a song 31 times with everything you had? With his high standards and his musical mindset guiding him, Elvis drove his band to play “Hound Dog” over and over for hours until they nailed it. He trusted his intuition and […]

March 2023 Issue