We are the music makers - producers?

Thanks buddy.

I've been absorbing a lot of production wisdom of late and have made a few decisions about how I approach things. You're right it is all about vibe and atmosphere and capturing that is the challenge I've set myself.

It's hard with limited resources though the old chestnut of how to record a natural acoustic performance with suficient ambience separation to be able to edit later. To click or not etc. I'll get there. You're right i've just got to keep plugging away. tbh, it is early days for me as a hands on engineer/producer so I should be more patient with myself.

One problem is, that despite swearing I wouldn't do it, I have fallen foul of the temptation of over-process things. Add unnecessary compression etc. I realised this the other day when I decided to "un-do" a mix and deleted all the aux channels and removed all plugins and re-set the faders to start again. It immediately sounded better. Bit of an eye opener that.

Yeah it's so easily done. As long as you remember to do the a/b comparison and are prepared to listen honestly and make the hard decision if you have to (sometimes it's hard to wave goodbye to three hours of processing) then it can only sound better.

I've got access to a cool little space down in Stoke Newington if you ever need to use it - it's a great sounding room, very wet and resonant but I think it'd work with multiple mic positions.