Re: Liking/Disliking your own music

[David Gans <david@trufun.com>]

Good thing he wasn't Bob Dylan's producer on "Positively Fourth Street."

On the other hand, I saw Van Morrison at the Greek Theater in Berkeley a few years ago, and it wasn't one of his better shws. I kept thinking that glaring at his drummer nonstop (when he wasn't singing) was not likely to result in an improvement to the groove.

On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:13 AM, bill bigrig wrote:

This one may be way out there but,,, Joe Meek always forced his musicians/singers to smile while recording. Even without a window to the studio, he could tell when someone was not smiling during a take. I've had to chide a few frontmen during nights when they were giving other players bad looks. It always improved the performance almost instantly.