If you have done a bit of audio engineering, you may have come across a huge amount of discussion fora on the subject. Most are full of people that talk as if they have a clue, but actually do not. There is one shining exception: the World Of Media Boards, or the “Womb.” If you haven’t checked them out, by all means do so. Here’s the Link:Â www.thewombforums.com. They were started by a guy using the nomme du plume, “Mixerman,” to disseminate ACTUAL knowledge from ACTUAL PROS about how audio engineering ACTUALLY happens in REAL LIFE. Mixerman recruited some of his Audio Engineering colleagues that were fed up with the normal trolling and flame war BS that typically happens in fora.
One of these colleagues is a guy whose handle is “Slipperman.” He has a huge amount of experience running a high client recording studio on the outskirts of NYC, and on the WOMB, you will find his amazing narratives about Audio Engineering as a Life Pursuit, and his hilarious take on the way the music business is crumbling. He has a huge treatise in which he goes over his methodology for recording LOUD, HEAVY, DISTORTED GUITARS and he also has several podcast-sized audio files in which you can hear him go off about things in highly entertaining ways.
I was reading through various posts one day, and I came across this piece of Slipperman wisdom that has stayed with me…and although it is titled “Slipperman’s 10 Commandments of AE Beatdown,” I think it applies to ANYONE in the music industry IN ANY CAPACITY. Enjoy.
Slipperman’s 10 Commandments of AE Beatdown