Best post on this board in a long while!
I share your love for music and curiosity about its production and history. I’ve had the amazing opportunity to record on 2” tape - via Neve console - in a proper orchestra room. I’ve also tracked and bounced on a 4-track and even recorded through my phone. Mostly digital, in a small studio now - but that’s simply because of space and money restraints. It’s amazing what can be accomplished with different approaches. So much fun and so fulfilling, when you get interesting results, regardless of the approach. Any recording musician knows this. It’s not about the how. Just get it done. …and the results don’t have to be for other people. They can be just as rewarding for YOU, regardless of whether you make the Top-5 in Poland.
I LOVE that you referenced The Upsetter. There are a whole load of confidently ignorant, stuck, angry people out there, who’d benefit from some Arkology.
Thanks for your post. Very refreshing to know that not everyone around here is a Melvis-f****ing twat.